freerides'topeopleontheirwaytowork.Thiswillrelievepressureonthetrainstosomeextent.Meanwhile,anumberofuniversitystudentshavevolunteeredtodrivebuseswhilethestrikelasts.Alltheyoungmenareexpertdrivers,butbeforetheydriveanofthebuses,theywillhavetopassaspecialtest.Thestudentsaregoingtotaethetestintwodays'time.Evenso,peoplearegoingtofinditdifficulttogettowor.Butsofar,thepublichasexpresseditsgratitudetothestudentsinletterstothePress.Onlyoneortwopeoplehaveobjectedthatthestudentswilldrivetoofast!Lesson85Nevertoooldtolearn活到老学到老Ihavejustreceivedaletterfrommyoldschoolinformingmethatmyformerhead-master,MrRegmaldPage,willberetiringnextwee.Pupilsoftheschool,oldandnew,willbesendinghimapresenttomarktheoccasion.Allthosewhohavecontributedtowardsthegiftwillsigntheirnamesinalargealbumwhichwillbesenttotheheadmaster'shome.WeshallallrememberMrPageforhispatienceandunderstandingandfortheindlyencouragementhegaveuswhenwewentsounwillinglytoschool.AgreatmanyformerpupilswillbeattendingafarewelldinnerinhishonournextThursday.Itisacuriouscoincidencethatthedaybeforehisretirement,MrPagewillhavebeenteachingforatotaloffortyyears.Afterhehasretired,hewilldevotehimselftogardening.Forhim,thiswillbeanentirelynewhobby.Butthisdoesnotmatter,for,ashehasoftenremarked,oneisnevertoooldtolearn.Lesson86Outofcontrol失控Asthemantriedtoswingthespeed-boatround,thesteering-wheelcameawayinhishands.Hewaveddesperatelytohiscompanion,whohadbeenwater-skiingforthelastfifteenminutes.Bothmenhadhardlyhadtimetorealizewhatwashappeningwhentheywerethrownviolent1yintothesea.Thespeed-boathadstrucabuoy,butitcontinuedtomoveveryquicklyacrossthewater.Bothmenhadjustbeguntoswimtowardstheshore.whentheynoticedwithdismaythatthespeed-boatwasmovinginacircle.Itnowcamestraighttowardsthemattremendousspeed.Inlessthanaminute,itroaredpastthemonlyafewfeetaway.Afterithadpassed,theyswamonasquicklyastheycouldbecausetheyknewthattheboatwouldsoonreturn.Theyhadjusthadenoughtimetoswimoutofdangerwhentheboatagaincompletedacircle.Onthisoccasion,however,ithadsloweddownconsiderably.Thepetrolhadnearlyallbeenusedup.Beforelong,thenoisedroppedcompletelyandtheboatbegantodriftgentlyacrossthewater.Lesson87Aperfectalibi极好的不在犯罪现场的证据'Atthetimethemurderwascommitted,Iwastravellingonthe8.0o'cloctraintoLondon,'saidtheman.'Doyoualwayscatchsuchanearlytrain?'askedtheinspector.'OfcourseIdo,'answeredtheman.'Imustbeatworkat10.0o'clock.MyemployerwillconfirmthatIwasthereontime.''Wouldalatertraingetyutoworontime?'askedtheinspector.'Isupposeitwould,butInevercatchalatertrain.''Atwhattimedidyouarriveatthestation?''Attentoeight.Iboughtapaperandwaitedforthetrain.''Andyoudidn'tnoticeanythingunusual?''Ofcoursenot.''Isuggest,'saidtheinspector,'thatyouarenottellingthetruth.Isuggestthatyoudidnotcatchthe8.0o'clocktrain,butthatyoucaughtthe8.25whichwouldstillgetyoutoworkontime.Yousee,onthemorningofthemurder,the8.0o'clocktraindidnotrunatall.ItbroedownatFerngreenstationandwastaenofftheline.'Lesson88Trappedinamine困在矿井里Sixmenhavebeentrappedinamineforseventeenhours.Iftheyarenotbroughttothesurfacesoontheymaylosetheirlives.However,rescueoperationsareprovingdifficult.Ifexplosivesareused,vibrationswillcausetheroofoftheminetocollapse.Rescueworersarethereforedrillingaholeonthenorthsideofthemine.Theyintendtobringthemenupinaspecialcapsule.Iftherehadnotbeenahardlayerofrockbeneaththesoil,theywouldha...
