【正文】 the shed in the garden, put it against t he wal , and began cl im bing t owar ds the bedroom window. I was al most there when a sarcasti c voi ce bel ow said,39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at night .39。Excuse my i nter upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。d pr ef er to stay here, 39。 39。 I shouted.39。How did your clothes get i nto such a mess ?39。Uni versit y student s set t he Embasy on f ir e thi s morni ng. 39。And wher e wer e you at t he ti me ?39。The f ir e br oke out in the basement. I went down 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 sci 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。 he shout ed, 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l rel ieve pressur e on the t rai ns t o some extent. Meanwhil e, a number of universit y student s have volunt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he str ike lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dr ive any of t he buses, t hey wi l l ha ve to pass a speci al t est. The students are goi ng to take the t est in two days39。clock t rai n to London,39。Of cour se I do, 39。 39。 At what t i m e di d you ar ive at the stat ion ?39。And you didn39。 39。clock tr ain, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 which woul d sti l get you t o wor k on ti me. You se, on the m orning of t he murder , t he o39。 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 developed. I t was mainly for thi s reason that he Br azi lian government deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Rio de Janei r o. Designed by the gr eat archi tect Lucio Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ull y planned for modern l ivi ng. I ts wi de roa ds, whi ch can take fourt een lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away fr om l iving ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s to 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 kee p 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 t hem was hol ding f ield glasses. When the bal oon was over t he st at ion, the pi lot saw one of t he men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af ter wards, t he bal loon began to descend and it l anded near an ai rf ield. The poli ce were cal ed in, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket contai ned t wo Member s of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he st ati on! As t he Commanding Of f icer explai ned l ater, one half of the stat ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Asking for t roubl e 自 找麻煩 I t must have been about two in t he morni ng when I ret ur ned hom e. I t ri ed to wake up m y wi fe by r ingi ng the door bel l, but she was f ast asl eep, so I got a ladder f rom the shed in the garden, put it against t he wal , and began cl im bing t owar ds the bedroom window. I was al most there when a sarcasti c voi ce bel ow said,39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at night .39。Excuse my i nter upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。d pr ef er to stay here, 39。 39。 I shouted.39。How did your clothes get i nto such a mess ?39。Uni versit y student s set t he Embasy on f ir e thi s morni ng. 39。And wher e wer e you at t he ti me ?39。The f ir e br oke out in the basement. I went down in the gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher eit is said。I was in my off ice as usual ,39。Good heavens! 39。A f ir e ext inguisher , my dear, 39。What has happened ?39。 he caled. 39。You see, I 39。 39。So do I ,39。t think t he wi ndows need cleani ng at this t im e of the night. 39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or sevent een hour s. I f they are not brought to t he sur face soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e provi ng di f fi cul t. If explosives are used, vibr ati ons wi l cause t he roof of the m ine to col la pse. Rescue wor ker s are t herefor e dri l ing a hol e on the nort h sid