【正文】 dr il li ng for sixt en hours and t hey sti l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a m icr ophone, whi ch was lower ed i nto t he mi ne t wo hour s ago, has enabled t he m en t o keep i n t ouch wi th t he closest r el at i ves. Though t hey ar e r unning out of food and dri nk, t he men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue operati ons ar e pr ogr essing smoot hl y. I f t hey knew how di f i cult i t was to dr il l thr ough t he har d r ock, t hey woul d l ose hear t. Leson89 A sl i p of t he t ongue 口誤 People wil do anyt hi ng t o see a f r e show even i f it i s a bad one. When the news got round t hat a vari et y show woul d be present ed at our l ocal ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bi rd Sed Com pany, we al r ushed t o see i t. We had t o queue f or hours t o get i n and t her e must have been several hundr ed peopl e pr esent j ust be f ore t he show began. Unf or tunat el y, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ail ed to get i n need not ha ve f elt disappoi nt ed as many of t he art i st es who shoul d have appear ed di d not e. The onl y f unny t hi ngs we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e fr om t he advert i ser at he be gi nni ng of t he pr ogr amm e. He was obvi ously ver y ner vous and f or som e m i nut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e t he m icr ophone. As soon a s he opened hi s m outh, ever yone bur st out l aughi ng. We al know what t he poor m an shoul d have sai d, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。Thi s i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Com pany. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gent lemen !39。 l eson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil i s one of t he ri chest countr ies i n the wor ld, much of it has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nly f or t hi s reason t hat t he Br azil ian government deci ded t o have a new cit y bui lt 600 mi l es nort h west of Rio de Janei r o. Desi gned by t he gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new ci t y, Br asil i a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasi li a has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or m oder n l ivi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake fourt een l anes of t raf i c, have been kept away f r om li vi ng ar eas. Chi l dr en do not have t o cr oss busy str eet s t o go to school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , f or i n t hese speci al l y desi gned li vi ng ar eas, car s ar e unnecessar y. At f ir st , t he gover nment had gr eat dif fi cult y i n per suading peopl e t o leave Ri o and t o set tl e i n Br asil ia. Since 1960, however , the popul at i on has been growi ng al l t he t im e. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abli shed i tself as t he capit al of t he countr y. The i dea t o have t he capit al m oved so f ar i nl and wi l have a great ef f ect on t he f ut ur e of Br azil . Lesson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal l oon whi ch semed t o be maki ng f or a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He i nf orm ed t he stati on at once, but no one t her e was abl e t o expl ai n t he m yst er y. The off icer in t he cont rol t ower was ver y angr y when he hear d t he news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger t o ai r cr aft. He sai d t hat som eone mi ght by spyi ng on t he stati on and the pil ot was ordered t o keep t r ack of t he st range obj ect . The pi l ot m anaged to ci rcl e t he bal l oon f or som e tim e. He coul d m ake out thr e m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holdi ng fi el dgl asses. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, t he pi l ot saw one of t he m en taking photogr aphs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal oon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The pol i ce wer e cal l ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar est anyone, f or t he basket contai ned t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and t he Com manding Of fi cer of t he st at i on! As t he Com manding Of fi cer explai ned l at er, one hal f of t he st ati on di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t m ust have been about t wo i n t he m or ni ng when I r et ur ned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up m y wi fe by ri ngi ng t he door bel l, but she was f ast asleep, so I got a ladder f r om t he shed i n the gar den, put it against he wal , and began clim bing t owards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sar casti c voice bel ow sai d,39。 I don39。t t hi nk t he wi ndows nee d cl eani ng at t hi s tim e of t he ni ght .39。 I l ooked down and near l y f el of f t he l adder when I saw a pol i ceman. I i mm edi at el y r egr et ed answeri ng i n t he way I di d, but I sai d, 39。I enj oy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght.39。 39。So do I, 39。 answered t he pol i ceman i n t he sam e t one. 39。Excuse m y i nt er r upt ing you. I hat e to i nter upt a man when he39。s busy worki ng, but woul d you mi nd i ng wi t h m e t o t he st at ion ?39。 39。Wel , I39。d pr ef er t o stay her e,39。 I sai d. 39。You see, I 39。ve f ott en m y key. 39。 Your what ?39。 he cal l ed. 39。My key,39。 I shout ed. 39。 For t unatel y, t he shouti ng woke up my wi f e who opened t he wi ndow j ust as t he policeman had start ed to cl im b towar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monum ent s in t he wor ld, the Stat ue of Li bert y, was pr esented to the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca i n t he ni eent h cent ury by the peopl e of France. The great st atue, whi ch was desi gned by t he scul pt or Auguste Bar thol di , took t en years t o plet e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a metal f ramewor k which had been especi aly constr uct ed by Eif fel . Bef ore i t coul d be tr ansport ed to the Unit ed Stat es, a site had t o be f ound f or it and a pedestal ha d to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sl and at t he ent rance si nce hi s def eat , the ex Pr im e Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f oll owi ng day, Crawl ey went t