【正文】 ll est we have ever seen. Those who fai led t o get i n need not ha ve felt di sappoi nted as many of the ar ti st es who should have appear ed did 啤酒有限責任公司籌建項目 可行性研究報告 投資單位：市萬潞啤酒有限公司 申報日期： 2020 年 月 日 r of t he car cam e t owar ds him. The m an obvi ousl y want ed t o t alk. He was r at her el der l y wit h gr ey hair and cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner f elt sor ry f or hi m, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or f i sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sherm en and sail ors som etim es cl aim t o have seen m onst er s i n the sea. Though peopl e have oft en l aughed at st or ies t ol d by s eam en, it i s now known t hat m any of t hese 39。m onster s39。 whi ch have at im es been si ght ed ar e si m pl y st r ange fi sh. Ocasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ures ar e washed to t he shor e, but t hey ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul i ar f ish was caught ne ar Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pull ed on t he l i ne. Real izi ng t hat t his was no or di nary f i sh, the f isher man m ade every ef f or t not t o dam age i t in any way. When i t was event ual y br ought to shore, it was f ound t o be over t hir t en f eet l ong. It had a head li ke a horse, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a museum wher e it i s bei ng exam ined by a scienti st , i s cal l ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eat ur es have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as t hey l ive at a dept h of si x hundred f eet. Lesson83 Af t er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi ni st er, Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he r ecent el ecti ons. He i s now r eti ri ng fr om poli ti cal l if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esi ve Par ty. Aft er the el ecti ons, Cr awl ey went to t he f or mer Pri me Mini st er 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l i ved t her e, t he pol iceman on dut y t ol d hi m t hat si nce hi s def eat , the ex Pr im e Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he foll owi ng day, Cr awl ey went t o t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king sl owl y past t he ent r ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e questi on. Though a l it l e suspi ci ous t hi s tim e, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer. The day aft er , Cr awl ey went t o t he house once m ore and asked exact l y the sam e questi on. Thi s ti me , the poli cem an l ost hi s temper.39。 I t old you yester day and t he day bef or e yest er day, 39。 he shouted, 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ecti ons. He has r et ir ed f rom pol it ical if e and gone to l i ve abr oad ! 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it !39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str i ke next week. The str ike i s due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed that he str ike wi l cont i nue unti l gener al agreem ent i s r eached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat t he str i ke wil l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vat e car s ar e goi ng t o off er 39。f ree r ides39。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pressur e on the t rai ns t o som e ext ent . Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dr i ver s, but bef ore t hey dr i ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o t ake t he t est i n t wo days39。 t im e. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o fi nd it dif fi cul t t o get t o wor k. But so far, t he publ ic has expr essed it s gr at it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed t hat t he st udents wi l dr ive t oo fast ! Leson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom m y ol d school i nf or mi ng m e t hat m y form er head m ast er , Mr Regm al d Page, wil l be r et ir ing next week. Pupi ls of t he school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l t hose who have contr i but ed t owar ds t he gi ft wil l si gn their nam es i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to t he headmaster39。s hom e. We shal l al l reme m ber Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst andi ng and f or t he ki ndl y encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l i ngl y to sc hool . A gr eat many f orm er pupi l s wil l be at tending a f arewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur i ous coi nci dence t hat t he day bef ore hi s reti r em ent, Mr Page wi l have been t eachi ng for a t ot al of f ort y year s. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardeni ng. For him , thi s wil l be an enti r el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he m an tr i ed t o swi ng t he speed boat round, t he st eer i ng wheel cam e away i n hi s hands. He waved desperat el y t o hi s pani on, who had been water ski i ng for t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h m en had har dly had t im e to r eal i ze what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly acr oss t he wat er . Bot h m en had j ust begun to swim t owar ds t he shor e. when t hey noti ced wit h di sm ay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng i n a ci r cl e. I t now cam e str ai gh