【正文】 an. I imm edi at ely r egr et ed answeri ng in the way I di d, but I sai d, 39。Thi s is t he Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gentl emen ! 39。t hat you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch the 8. 0 o39。 Of cour se not. 39。At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or the t rain. 39。 I suppose i t would, but I never catch a l ater tr ain.39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm that I was there on ti me.39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。At the ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。My key,39。You se, I 39。 39。 So do I, 39。 I don39。cl ock tr ai n did not r un at a l l. It br oke down at Ferngr en st at ion and was t aken off t he li ne. 39。I suggest ,39。t notice anythi ng unusual ?39。At what ti me di d you ar ive at the stat ion ?39。 Would a later tr ain get you to work on t im e ?39。 answer ed the m an. 39。 said the man. 39。has expr essed it s gr ati tude to the student s in let ers t o the Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ected t hat he st udent s wil l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學到老 I have just r ecei ved a let er f r om my ol d school inf ormi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of the school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng him a present t o mark the occasion. Al t hose who have contr ibuted t owar ds the gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es i n a l ar ge album which wi l be sent t o the headm ast er 39。clock tr ain t o London, 39。Of cour se I do,39。 39。 39。 And you didn39。 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。 l esson90 What s f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he ri chest countr i es i n the wor l d, much of i t has not yet been developed. I t was mainl y for t hi s r ea son that the Br azi li an government deci ded to have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor th west of Rio de Janeir o. Designed by t he gr eat ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r eplaced Ri o de Janei ro as t he c api tal of Br azif in 1960. Br asil ia has been car ef ull y planned for modern li vi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can take four teen lanes of tr af fi c, have been kept away fr om l ivi ng ar eas. Chil dren do not have t o cross busy st reets t o go to school. Housewi ves can visi t shopping cent res on f oot, for i n these special y desi gned l ivi ng ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he government had great di f icult y i n per suading people t o l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi lia. Since 1960, however, the populati on has been growi ng al t he ti me. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abl ished it sel f as t he capi tal of the count ry. The idea t o have t he capi tal moved so far inl and wi l l have a great ef ect on t he futur e of Br azi l . Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal loon whi ch seemed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force Stat ion near by. He inf ormed t he stati on at once, but no one there was abl e to explain the myster y. The of fi cer i n the contr ol tower was ver y angry when he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a great dange r to air craf t. He said t hat someone might 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。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night. 39。s busy wor king, but woul d you mi nd ing wi th m e to the stati on ?39。 I sai d. 39。 he cal led. 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 them onl y a f ew f et awa