【正文】 d you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 39。At t en t o ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n.39。 39。And you di dn39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of course not.39。 39。I suggest, 39。 sai d t he i nspect or, 39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng t he t r ut h. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d stil l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at i on and was t aken of f t he l ine.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or s eventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper at i ons ar e pr oving di f icult. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wil l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her efor e dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h si de of t he m ine. They i ntend t o br i ng t he m en up i n a speci al capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneat h t he soi l, t hey woul d have pl eted t he j ob i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dri l i ng f or si xteen hour s and t hey sti l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi l e, a mi cr ophone, whi ch was l ower 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 t h t he closest r el at i ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood 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 oper ati ons ar e pr ogr essi ng sm oothl y. I f they knew how di f icult it was t o dri l t hr ough t he har d r ock, they woul d l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of t he tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anyt hing t o see a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a vari ety show woul d be present ed at our l ocal ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Com pany, we al l r ushed t o see it . We had t o queue for hour s t o get i n and t her e m ust have been sever al hundr ed people pr esent j ust be f or e t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, t he show was one of t he dull est we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get i n need not ha ve felt di sappoi nted as many of t he ar ti st es who shoul d have appear ed did not e. The only f unny thi ngs we hear d that eveni ng came f r om t he adverti ser at t he begi nni ng of t he pr ogr amm e. He was obvi ousl y ver y ner vous and for som e mi nut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e t he m i cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s m outh, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what t he poor man shoul d have sai d, but what he act ual y sai d was: 39。Thi s i s t he Poo and Ee Sed Bi rd Com pany. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gent l em en !39。 lesson90 What s f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he r ichest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Brazi li an gover nm ent decided t o have a new ci t y bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janei ro. Desi gned by the 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. Brasil a has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or modern l i vi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een lanes of t r af fi c, have been kept away fr om l ivi ng ar eas. Chil dren do not have t o cr oss busy st reets t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on f oot, f or i n these special y desi gned livi ng areas, cars are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he governm ent had great di f icul ty i n persuadi ng people to l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populati on has been gr owi ng al t he ti me. Brasil ia has qui ckl y establi shed it sel f as the capi tal of the count ry. The i dea t o have the capi tal moved so far inl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he fut ur e of Br azi l. Leson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a baloon whi ch semed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He inf orm ed the stati on at once, but no one ther e was abl e to explai n the m yst er y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol tower was ver y angry when he heard the news, because bal oons can be a great danger to ai rcraf t. He said t hat someone might by spyi ng on t he st at ion and t he pi lot was or der ed to keep tr ack of t he str ange object. The pil ot managed to ci rcl e the bal oon for some ti me. He coul d make out thr e men in a basket under it and one of f i sh was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by the power ful fi sh as it pull ed on the l ine. Reali zing t hat t hi s was no ordi nar y f ish, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. 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 since been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a s ci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundr ed f eet. Leson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eated in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical 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 esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t