【正文】 by spyi ng on the stat ion and the pi lot was ordered t o keep tr ack of t he st range object. The pil ot m anaged to ci rcle the bal oon f or som e ti me. He coul d make out three men in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding f iel d glasses. When the bal oon was over t he st ation, the pi lot saw one of the men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af t er wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t landed near an ai rf iel d. The poli ce were cal ed in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he stati on! As the Commanding Of icer expl ai ned later , one half of t he st at ion di d not know what t he other hal f was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n the m or ning when I r etur ned home. I tr ied t o wake up my wif e by r inging t he door bel , but she was fast asl ep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst the wal l, and began cl imbi ng towards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t her e when a sar cast ic voice below sai d, 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 t he morning of t he mur der , t he o39。 39。 And you didn39。 39。 39。Of cour se I do,39。clock tr ain t o London, 39。 I shout ed. 39。ve for got ten m y key. 39。Wel , I39。 answered t he pol iceman i n the same t one. 39。t t hink t he windows need cl eaning at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six men have been tr apped i n a m ine f or sevent en hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ive s. However, r escue oper ati ons ar e proving di f icult . If expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wi l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h si de of the mi ne. They i nt end to br ing t he men up i n a speci al capsule. I f t here had not been a hard layer of r ock beneat h t he soi l, they woul d have plet ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they have been dri l ing f or si xteen hour s and they sti l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l ower ed int o the m ine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the men t o keep in t ouch wit h the cl osest r elati ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dr ink, the men ar e cheerf ul and conf ident t hat t hey wi l l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ati ons ar e progressi ng smoothly. I f they knew how dif f icult it was t o dri l t hr ough the hard rock, t hey woul d lose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anything t o see a fr ee showeven i f i t is a bad one. When the news got round t hat a vari ety show would be present ed at our local ci nema by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al l rushed t o see it . We had to queue f or hour s to get in and t her e must have been several hundr ed peopl e present just be f ore t he show began. Unfor tunat ely, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who fai led t o get i n need not have felt di sappoi nted as many of the ar ti st es who should have appear ed di d not e. The only funny thi ngs we hear d that evening came f rom the advert iser at the beginning of t he programm e. He was obvi ously ver y nervous and for som e mi nut es st ood awkwar dly bef or e t he micr ophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone burst out l aughi ng. We al know what the poor man should have said, but what he act ualy sai d was: 39。 sai d t he inspector , 39。 39。 39。 asked the inspect or. 39。 I m ust be at wor k at o39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly tr ai n ?39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page f or his pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A great m any form er pupil s wi l be at endi ng a far ewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of for ty years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devote him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not m at t er , f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr ied t o swi ng the speedboat round, t he st eer ing wheel came away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skiing for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a cir cl e. I t now came str ai ght t owards t hem at remendous speed. I n less than a minute, it r oar ed past the m onl y a f ew f et away. Af t er i t had passed, they swam on as quickly as t hey coul d because they knew that the boat woul d soon retur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swi m out of danger when the boat again plet ed a cir cl e. On thi s occasi on, however , it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Befor e long, the noise dropped pletel y and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er . Leson87 A perfect alibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At the ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm that I was there on ti me.39。 I suppose i t would, but I never catch a l ater tr ain.39。At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or the t rain. 39。 Of cour se not. 39。t hat you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t