【正文】 ar , he dr ove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sai lors somet imes clai m t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of te n l aughed at st ori es t old by seamen, i t is now known t hat m any of t hese 39。m onster s39。 whi ch have at ti mes been sight ed ar e simpl y str ange f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to the shor e, but they ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however , a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A smal fi shi ngboat was car ied m il es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing that his was no or dinary f ish, the f isher man made every ef f or t not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found to be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen al ive by man as t hey live at a depth of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now r eti ri ng fr om pol it cal l if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essive Part y. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he for mer Pr im e Mi nister 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tle suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y t he same quest ion. This t ime, t he pol iceman lost his t em per .39。 I tol d you yester day and t he day bef ore yest erday,39。 he shouted, 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ect ions. He has r etir ed f rom pol it ical lif e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 Lesson84 On st rike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busmen have stat ed that the str ike wi l continue unti l general a greement i s r eached about pay and wor king conditi ons. Most peopl e bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr ivate car s ar e going t o off er 39。f ree r ides39。 to people on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esure on the t rains t o some ext ent . Meanwhile, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whil e t he st ri ke lasts. Al l the young men ar e expert dr ivers, but befor e t hey dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The student s are going to t ake t he test in t wo days39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng to f ind i t dif fi cul t to get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publ ic has expr es ed it s grati tude t o the students i n let ters t o t he Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old t o l earn 活到老學到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing m e that my f ormer head master , Mr Regmald Page, wi l l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school , ol d and new, wi l l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o mar k the occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。s home. We shal al l r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under standi ng and for t he ki ndly encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly t o school. A great many for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a curi ous coi nci dence that the day befor e his r et ir ement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a total of for ty years. Af ter he has r eti red, he wil l devote hi msel f to gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not m at ter , f or, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one is never too old to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr ied t o swing t he speedboat round, t he st eer ing wheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desperately to hi s pani on, who had been water ski ing f or the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own viol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but i t conti nued t o move very qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had j ust begun to swi m t owards t he shore. when t hey noti ced wit h dismay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng in a ci rcl e. I t now cam e str ai ght t owards them at t remendous speed. I n less than a m inute, it r oar ed past the m onl y a f ew f et away. Af t er i t had passed, they swam on as quickly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that the boat woul d soon retur n. They had j ust had enough ti me t o swim out of danger when t he boat again plet ed a ci r cl e. On this occasi on, however , it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had near ly al been used up. Befor e long, the noise dropped pletely and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ling on the o39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 said t he man. 39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rai n ?39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。Of course I do,39。 answer ed the m