【正文】 t he pol iceman lost his t emper .39。 39。 Leson84 O n stri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The str ike is due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wi l last. The busm en have st at ed t hat the st ri ke wil l cont inue until general agreement i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most peopl e beli eve t hat he str ike wi l last f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are goi ng t o off er 39。s home. We shal l al l r em ember Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f ormer pupi ls wil l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thur sday. It is a cur ious coinci dence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir ement, Mr Page wil have been teaching for a t otal of fort y years. Af ter he has r et ir ed, he wil l devot e himsel f to gar dening. For him, t hi s wi l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at ter, for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too old t o l ear n. Leson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied to swing the speedboat r ound, the st eri ng wheel came away i n hi s hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water ski ng f or t he l ast fi teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime t o r eali ze what was happening when they wer e t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er. Bot h m en had j ust begun t o swim t owards the shore. when t hey not iced wi th dism ay t hat the speed boat was movi ng i n a ci rcle. I t now cam e str ai ght towar ds t hem at remendous speed. In l ess than a mi nute, i t roar ed past them onl y a few feet away. Aft er it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that t he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swim out of danger when t he boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On this occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. The pet r ol had nearl y al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dropped pletely and t he boat began t o drif t gent ly acr oss the wat er . Leson87 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 earl y tr ai n ?39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a later tr ai n.39。 And you di dn39。 39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t ime. You se, on t he morning of t he m ur der, the 8. 0 o39。 l esson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he r ichest countr ies i n the wor ld, m uch of i t has not yet been developed. It was mainly f or t hi s r eason t hat he Br azil ian gover nm ent deci ded to have a new cit y bui lt 600 mil es nort h west of Rio de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great archi tect Luci o Costa, t he new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as the capi tal of Br azif in 1960. Br asil ia has been car ef ul ly planned for m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can take f ourt een lanes of t raf ic, have been kept away fr om li vi ng ar eas. Chi ldren do not have t o cr oss busy st reet s t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping cent r es on f oot , f or i n these speci al y desi gned li vi ng areas, cars are unnecessary. At fi rst, the gover nm ent had gr eat di f icul ty i n persuading peopl e to leave Ri o and to set le i n Br asil ia. Si nce 1960, however , t he populati on has been gr owi ng al the tim e. Brasi li a has quickl y establ ished it self as t he capi tal of the count ry. The i dea t o have the capital m oved so f ar i nl and wil have a great ef fect on the f ut ur e of Brazi l. Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon whi ch seemed to be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He i nf orm ed t he stati on at once, but no one ther e was abl e to expl ai n t he m ystery. The of fi cer in t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger to air cr af t. He said t hat som eone mi ght by spyi ng on t he stati on and t he pil ot was or dered to keep tr ack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e the bal oon f or some tim e. He coul d m ake out three m en i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng f ieldglases. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, the pi lot saw one of the m en t aking phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, the bal oon began t o descend and it landed near an ai rf ield. The poli ce wer e cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket contai ned two Mem ber s of Parl iam ent and t he Comm anding Ofi cer of t he stati on! As t he Commandi ng Of icer expl ai ned later, one hal f of t he st at ion di d not know what t he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t rouble 自找麻 煩 It must have been about t wo i n the m or ning when I returned hom e. I tr ied to wake up m y wif e by r ingi ng t he door bel l, but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om the shed i n the gar den, put it agai nst he wal , and began clim bi ng t owards the bedroom window. I was alm ost ther e when a sar cast ic voi ce bel ow said,39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght. 39。s busy wor ki ng, but woul d you m ind i ng wit h m e to t he stai on ?39。 I sai d. 39。Your what ?39。 Fort unately, t he shouti ng woke up my wif e who opened the window j ust as t he pol iceman had start ed t o clim b towar ds me. Leson93 A nobl e gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous m onum ents i n t he worl d, t he Statue of Li bert y, was presented to t he Unit ed States of Am erica in t he ni eenth cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The great statue, whi ch was designed by the scul pt or Auguste Bart holdi, took t en year s to plete. The act ual f i gure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a metal fr amewor k whi