【正文】 a great ef f ect on the f utur e of Brazil . Lesson91 Thr e m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noticed a bal oon which seem ed to be m aki ng for a Royal Air For ce St ati on near by. He i nf or m ed the stati on at once, but no one there 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 the st at ion and t he pi lot was order ed to keep tr ack of t he str ange object. The pil ot m anaged to ci rcl e the bal oon for som e ti me. He coul d make out thr e m en in a basket under it and one of t hem was holding fi el dglasses. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, t he pi lot saw one of the men t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t landed near an air fi el d. The pol ice were cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and the Comm anding Of icer of the stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of icer expl ained later , one half of t he st ation di d not know what he other hal f was! Leson92 Aski ng f or t rouble 自找麻 煩 It must have been about t wo i n the mor 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 eep, so I got a ladder f rom the shed in t he gar den, put it agai nst t he wal , and began cl im bi ng towar ds the bedroom wi ndow. I was al most there when a sarcastic voi ce bel ow sai d,39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng the t rut h. I suggest that you did not cat ch the o39。 At what t im e did you ar ive at t he st at ion? eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or the t rain. 39。 answered t he man.39。 said the man. 39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st udents i n let ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never too ol d to learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nform ing m e that my f ormer head m aster , Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t39。 I t ol d you yest erday and the day befor e yester day,39。monst ers39。 which have at t imes been si ghted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual creatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal l f i shing boat was car r ied mi les out to sea by t he power f ul 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 , t he fi sh, whi ch has since been sent to a museum wher e i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eature s have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a dept h of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter the electi ons 大選之后 The f or mer Pr ime Mini st er, 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 lif e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has always been a f anati cal opponent of Lane39。 he shout ed, Lane was defeated in the electi ons. He has ret ir ed fr om poli ti cal l if e and gone t o l ive 39。 Lesson84 On str ike 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on str ike next week. The st r ike is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l last. The busm en have stated t hat t he st ri ke wi l cont inue unti l general agr eement i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Most pe ople bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast for at least a wek. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e goi ng to off er 39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember 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 gr eat many former pupil s wi l be at ending a far ewel l di nner i n his next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that he day bef ore hi s r et i r em ent , Page wi l have been t eaching for a t ot al of f ort y year s. Af ter he has ret ir ed, he wi l devot e himself t o gardeni ng. For him , this wi l l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old to l ear n. Lesson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As t he man tr ied t o swing the speedboat round, t he st eer ing wheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water ski ing 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 he y wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove very qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had j ust begun to swi m towards t he shor e. t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng in a ci rcl e. I t now cam e str ai ght t owards them at t remendous speed. I n less than a minute, it r oar ed past them 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 swim out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cle. On thi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. Befor e long, the noise dropped pletely and t he boat began to dr if t gentl y across the wat er . Lesson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an ear