【正文】 e i t. A great many goods wer e sent to t he exhi bi tion f rom var ious parts of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of machiner y on display. The most wonderf ul piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。Your what ?39。 I sai d. 39。s busy wor ki ng, but woul d you mind i ng wit h me t o t he station ?39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night .39。 l eson90 Whats f or supper ？ 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 it has not yet been devel oped. It was mai nl y for t his reason that t he Brazil an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new cit y built 600 mil es nort h west of Rio de Janeir o. Desi gned by the great ar chit ect Lucio Costa, the new ci ty, Brasi lia, r eplaced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azif i n 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ul ly pl anned f or m odern l iving. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt en l anes of t raf ic, have been kept away f rom l iving areas. Chi ldren do not have to cr oss busy str ets t o go to school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on foot , for i n these speci al ly desi gned li vi ng ar eas, cars are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he gover nment had great dif fi cult y i n per suadi ng people t o l eave Rio and t o setl e i n Brasi li a. Since 1960, however , the populati on has been gr owi ng al t he tim e. Brasi li a has quickl y est abli shed i tsel f as the capit al of t he countr y. The i dea t o have the capit al m oved so far inland wil have a great ef ect on t he f ut ur e of Brazi l. Lesson91 Thre men in a basket 三人同籃 A pi l ot not iced a bal oon whi ch seemed t o be m aki ng f or a Royal Air Force Stati on near by. He i nf orm ed the stai on at once, but no one t her e was able t o expl ai n the myst er y. The off icer i n t he cont rol tower was ver y angr y when he hear d t he news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger t o air cr af t. He sai d t hat someone mi ght by spying on t he stati on and t he pi lot was or dered t o keep tr ack of t he str ange obj ect. The pil ot managed to cir cl e t he bal loon f or some tim e. He coul d m ake out three men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol ding fi el d gl ases. When t he bal oon was over t he st ati on, t he pil ot saw one of the men taki ng photographs. Soon af ter war ds, t he bal oon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fiel d. The poli ce wer e cal ed in, but t hey coul d not ar est anyone, for the basket cont ai ned t wo Members of Parli ament and t he Commandi ng Of fi cer of t he st ati on! As t he Commandi ng Ofi cer expl ai ned later, one hal f of t he st at ion did not know what the other half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻 煩 I t m ust have been about t wo i n t he m or ni ng when I r et urned hom e. I tri ed to wake up my wi fe by r ingi ng the door bel l, but she was fast asl ep, so I got a l adder f rom t he shed in t he gar den, put it agai nst the wal, and began cl imbing t owards t he bedr oom window. I was al most t here when a sar casti c voice bel ow sai d,39。cl ock t rain, but t hat you caught the which woul d st il get you t o wor k on tim e. You se, on the morning of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。 39。 At ten t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed for the t rai n. 39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t ime ?39。Of cour se I do,39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 t o people on t hei r way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve presur e on t he t rains t o some ext ent. Meanwhi le, a number of univer si ty students have vol unteer ed to dri ve buses whil e t he str ike last s. Al l the young men are expert dri vers, but before t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l have t o pass a special test. The students are going t o take the t est in t wo days39。 answered Cr awley, 39。 I t ol d you yesterday and t he day bef or e yester day,39。monst er s39。smoked wi th sat isfact ion. My wif e was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had ret urned to normal once more. Anyway, as Bri an poi nt ed out, it i s t he easi est t hing i n the worl d to gi ve up smoki ng. He himsel f has done it l ot s of t imes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f ly t her e fr om Europe i n t he holi days. An air hostes would t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant e xper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and only on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ight ened. Af ter taki ng off, we wer e fl yi ng low over t he ci ty and slowly gaining hei ght, when the plane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and fl ew back t o the ai r port. Whi le we wer e wai ti ng to l and, an air host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he pl ane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ied and we were cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we lear nt that t her e was a ver y impor tant person on board. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For tunat el y, not hi ng was found and fi ve hours l at er we wer e abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost ext raor di nar y bui lding of the ni eenth cent ur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t i n Hyde Park f or t he Great Exhibiti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif f er ent fr om al l other buil di ngs i n the worl d, f or i t was m ade of ir on a nd glass. It was one of the bi ggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a lot of peopl e fr om many count ri es cam e to see it. A great m any goods were sent t o the exhi bit ion f rom vari ous par ts of t he worl d. There was also a great deal of machi nery on di splay. The most wonderf ul pi ece of machiner y on show was Nasm yth39。 which