【正文】 s 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。t t hink t he wi ndows need cl eani ng at t his t im e of t he night.39。So do I, 39。 39。You see, I39。My key,39。 which have at ti mes been sighted ar e simpl y str ange f ish. Occasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rarel y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculiar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied m il es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat t his was no or di nar y f ish, the f isher man made ever y ef for t not to dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought t o shor e, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen feet long. It had a head like a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ni ng sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exam ined by a sci entist , i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ures have r arel y been seen al ive by m an as they li ve at a depth of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Mi ni st er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has always been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 he shout ed, 39。 answered Cr awley,39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l r el ieve pressur e on the t rai ns to some extent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y student s have vol unt 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 dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have 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 im e did you ar ri ve at t he st at ion ?39。And you didn39。 39。cl ock t rai n, but that you caught the whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on ti me. You se, on t he morni ng of t he mur der , the o39。 l esson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil is one of t he ri chest countr ies in the wor ld, much of it has not yet been devel oped. I t was mai nly for thi s rea son t hat t he Brazil ian gover nm ent decided to have a new ci ty bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janei ro. Desi gned by the great ar chit ect Luci o Costa, the new ci ty, Brasil ia, replaced Rio de Janeir o as the c api tal of Brazif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been careful ly pl anned f or m oder n li ving. It s wide r oads, which can t ake f our teen l anes of tr af ic, have been kept away f rom li ving areas. Chi ldr en do not have to cr oss busy str ets to go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on foot, f or in t hese speci al ly designed li ving areas, cars ar e unnecesary. At f ir st , t he gover nment had gr eat dif fi cul ty i n persuadi ng peopl e to l eave Ri o and t o set tl e in Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he popul at ion has been gr owing al l the ti me. Brasil ia has quickly establi shed i tself as the capital of the countr y. The i dea t o have the capital moved so far i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef fect on the f ut ure of Br azi l. Leson91 Thre men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot not iced a bal oon which seem ed to be m aki ng for a Royal Air For ce St ation nearby. He i nfor med the stat ion at once, but no one t her e was abl e t o expl ai n t he myst ery. The off icer in t he cont rol tower was very angr y when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger to ai r cr af t . He sai d t hat som eone m ight by spyi ng on the stati on and the pi lot was ordered t o keep tr ack of t he st range obj ect . The pi lot managed to cir cle t he bal loon f or some tim e. He coul d make out t hree men i n a basket under i t and one of them was hol ding f ield glasses. When the bal oon was over the 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 could not ar rest