【正文】 son87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At t he t im e the m ur der was m it ed, I was t r avel ing on t he o39。cl ock t r ai n t o London,39。 sai d t he m an. 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t r ai n ?39。 asked t he i nspect or. 39。Of cour se I do,39。 answer ed t he m an.39。 I m ust be at work at o39。cl ock. My em ployer wil l confi rm t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 39。 Woul d a l at er t r ai n get you t o wor k on ti me ?39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a l at er tr ai n.39。 39。At what ti me di d you ar ive at the stati on ?39。 At t en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wai t ed f or t he t rai n.39。 39。And you di dn39。t noti ce anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of cour se not .39。 39。I suggest,39。 sai d t he i nspect or, 39。t hat you ar e not t el li ng t he t r ut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d st il l get you t o wor k on tim e. You se, on the m or ning of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t r ai n did not r un at al . It br oke down at Fer ngr en st ati on and was t aken off t he li ne.39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a m i ne f or sevent een hour s. I f they are not br ought to t he sur f ace soon t hey may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f expl osi ves are used, vi br ati ons wil cause t he r oof of t he m i ne t o col l apse. Rescue workers ar e ther ef or e dri l i ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he mi ne. They i nt end t o bri ng t he m en up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard l ayer of r ock beneat h t he soil , they woul d have pl et ed t he j ob i n a f ew hour s. As i t i s, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xt een hour s and they s til l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l ower ed i nt o t he m i ne t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en t o ke ep i n t ouch wit h t he cl osest r elati ves. Though t hey are r unni ng out of f ood and dr i nk, t he m en ar e cheer f ul and conf i dent that hey wil l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat rescue oper ati ons are pr ogr esi ng sm oot hl y. I f t hey knew how di f i cult i t was t o dr il l thr ough t he har d r ock, t hey woul d l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of t he t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hing t o se a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When t he news got round t hat a vari et y show woul d be pr esent ed at our local ci nem a by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Com pany, we al l rushed t o see it. We had t o queue f or hour s t o get in and t her e m ust have been sever al hundr ed peopl e present j ust be f ore t he show began. Unfor tunat ely, t he show was one of t he dull est we have ever seen. Those who f ai led t o get i n need not have felt di sappoi nt ed as m any of t he ar ti st es who shoul d have appear ed did not e. The onl y f unny t hi ngs we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of the pr ogr amm e. He was obvi ousl y very ner vous and f or som e mi nutes st ood awkwardl y bef ore t he mi cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s mout h, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what t he poor m an 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 r d 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 ri chest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. I t was mai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Br azi li an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 m il es nor t h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, the new cit y, Brasil ia, replaced Ri o de Janei r o as the capi t al of Br azif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been caref ul ly pl anned f or m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een l anes of t raf i c, have ben kept away f r om li vi ng ar eas. Chi l dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s t o go t o school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , f or i n t hese special y desi gned l i vi ng ar eas, car s ar e unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he gover nm ent had great di f i cult y i n persuadi ng peopl e t o l eave Ri o and t o set l e i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he popul at ion has been gr owi ng al l t he ti me. Br asil ia has quickl y est abli shed i tself as t he capit al of t he countr y. The i dea to have t he capit al m oved so f ar i nland wi l have a great ef f ect on t he f ut ur e of Brazil . 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 making 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 of 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 rcr af t. He sai d that som eone mi ght by spying on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e t he bal oon f or som e t im e. He could m ake out t hr ee m en i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng fi eld gl ases. When t he bal l oon was over the stati on, t he pil ot saw one of t he m en taking phot ogr 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 led i n, but t hey could not ar est anyone, f or t he basket cont ai ned t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and t he Comm andi ng Of fi cer of t he st at ion! As t he Com mandi ng Of fi cer explai ned l at er, one hal f of t he s tati on did not know what the ot her half was doing ! Leson92 Aski ng f or t rouble 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n t he m orni ng when I r et ur ned hom e. I tr i ed t o wake up m y wif e by