【正文】 l cinema by t he P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al r ushed t o se i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and ther e must have been several hundr ed people pr esent just be f or e t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, t he show was one of the dull est we have ever sen. Those who fail ed to get in need not have f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art istes who should have appeared di d not e. The only f unny things we heard that evening came f rom the adver ti ser at the beginning of t he pr ogr am m e. He was obvi ousl y ver y nervous and for some mi nut es st ood awkwar dly bef ore t he micr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s mouth, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what the poor man shoul d have said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。 said t he i nspect or , 39。 39。 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。 answered t he man. 39。 sai d the m an. 39。t weari ng it at the t ime. I f I had been, I woul d not have been abl e to get home f or l unch.39。Oh, that, 39。s wi fe went on asking quest ions, when she suddenly noti ced a big hol e i n her husband39。I was in my of fi ce as usual ,39。Good heavens! 39。A f ir e extinguisher, my dear, 39。What has happened ?39。 he cal led. 39。You see, I 39。 39。 So do I ,39。 I don39。cl ock tr ai n di d not run at al l. I t broke down at Fer ngreen st ati on and was t aken of f t he l i ne.39。I suggest,39。t noti ce anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 At what t im e did you ar i ve at t he st at ion ?39。 39。Of cour se I do, 39。clock t rain to London,39。At the t ime the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。 asked the i nspector . 39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 And you di dn39。 39。cl ock t r ai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch would sti l get you to wor k on t im e. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 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 f or thi s reason t hat t he Brazil ian government decided t o have a new cit y built 600 miles nort hwest of Rio de Janei ro. Designed by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new city, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been caref ully planned f or moder n l iving. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can t ake fourt een lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away f r om l iving ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s to go to school . Housewives can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for in these speci al y designed l iving ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f i r st , the gover nment had gr eat dif fi cul ty in persuading peopl e to leave Rio and t o set tl e in Brasil ia. Si nce 1960, howeve r , t he popul at ion has been gr owing al l the t ime. Br asil ia has quickly establi shed i tself as the capit al of t he countr y. The i dea to have the capit al moved so f ar i nland wi l have a gr eat ef fect on the f ut ure of Br azi l. Lesson91 Three men i n 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 nfor med the st at ion at once, but no one t her e was able t o expl ain t he mystery. The off icer in the cont rol t ower was very angr y when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger t o air cr aft . He sai d that som eone mi ght by spying on t he stati on and the pil ot was or der ed to keep t rack of the str ange obj ect . The pi lot managed t o cir cle t he bal loon f or some t im e. He could make out t hr ee men i n a basket under it and one of them was hol di ng f ield gl ases. When the baloon was over the stat ion, the pil ot saw one of t he men taking photogr aphs. Soon af terwar ds, t he bal loon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The pol ice wer e cal led i n, but t hey could not ar est anyone, for t he basket contained t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and the Com mandi ng Of fi cer of the st at ion! As t he Commanding Of fi cer explained l at er, one hal f of the stati on did not know what the ot her half was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻煩 I t m ust have been about t wo i n the m orning 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 f ast asl ep, so I got a l adder fr om the shed i n t he gar den, put it agai nst t he wal l, and began cl imbi ng towar ds t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t her e when a sarcast ic voice below sai d,39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night. 39。s busy working, but woul d you m i nd ing wi th me t o the stat ion ?39。 I sai d. 39。Your what ?39。 For tunat ely, the shout ing woke up my wi fe who opened the wi ndow j ust as the poli cem an had st ar ted t o cli mb t owar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of the most famous monuments i n the wor ld, t he St atue of Liber ty, was pr esented t o t he Unit ed St ates of Amer ica in the nie enth centur y by the people of Fr ance. The gr eat statue, which was designed by the scul ptor August e Bart holdi, t ook ten year s to pl ete. The actual f igure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a m et al f r amewor k whi ch had been especial y const ructed by Ei f el. Befor e it could be t ranspor ted t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found for i t and a pedest al had t o be buil t. The site chosen was an island at the entr ance of New York Har bour . By 1884, a st at ue which was 151 f et t al l, had been er ect ed in Par is. The foll owing year, i t was t aken t o pieces and sent to Ameri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st atue had been put t ogether agai n and it was of fi ci aly present ed to t he Ameri can people by Bar thol di . Ever since t hen, the gr eat monument has been a sym bol of l ibe