【正文】 ot hes wer e i n a fr i ghtf ul st at e. 39。 Your what ?39。d pref er t o stay here,39。Excuse m y i nt er r upt ing you. I hat e to i nter upt a m an when he39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght .39。 l eson90 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 t he wor l d, m uch of it has not yet been devel oped. I t was mai nl y f or t hi s r eason t hat t he Br azi li an gover nm ent deci ded to have a new ci ty buil t 600 m il es nor t h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chi t ect Luci o Costa, the new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the capi t al of Br azif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been caref ul l y pl anned f or moder n li vi ng. It s wi de roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een l anes of t raf i c, have been kept away f r om li vi ng ar eas. Chi l dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s t o go to school . Housewi ves can vi si t shopping cent r es on f oot, f or i n t hese speci al y desi gned l i vi ng areas, cars ar e unnecesar y. At fi rst, t he gover nm ent had great di f fi cult y i n persuadi ng peopl e to l eave Ri o and t o set l e i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he popul ati on has been gr owing al t he ti me. Brasil ia has qui ckl y establi shed it sel f as the capi t al of t he count r y. The i dea t o have the capi t al m oved so f ar i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he f ut ure of Br azi l. Leson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon which seem ed t o be m aki ng for a Royal Air For ce St at i on near by. He i nform ed t he st ati on at once, but no one t her e was abl e t o expl ai n t he m yst ery. The off icer in t he cont r ol t ower was ver y angr y when he hear d t he news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger t o ai r cr af t. He sai d t hat som eone mi ght by spyi ng on t he st ati on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of t he str ange obj ect. The pi lot managed t o cir cl e t he bal loon f or some t im e. He coul d make out t hr ee men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng f iel d gl ases. When t he bal oon was over t he st at i on, t he pi lot saw one of t he men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af t er war ds, t he bal oon began t o descend and i t l anded near an ai rf i el d. The poli ce were cal ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket cont ai ned t wo Mem bers of Parl iament and t he Comm andi ng Of ice r of t he st ati on! As t he Comm andi ng Of icer expl ai ned later, one half of t he st at i on di d not know what t he ot her hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about t wo in t he mor ni ng when I r et urned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up m y wi f e by ri ngi ng t he door bel l, but she was f ast asleep, so I got a ladder f r om t he shed i n the gar den, put it against he wal , and began clim bing t owards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow sai d,39。cl ock t rai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der , the 8. 0 o39。 39。 39。 39。 39。Of cour se I do, 39。cl ock t rai n to London, 39。 t o people on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l r eli eve pressur e on t he t r ai ns t o som e extent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y st udent s have vol unt eer ed t o dr i ve buses whil e t he str i ke l ast s. Al l t he young men ar e expert dr ivers, but bef or e t hey dr i ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。 answered Cr awley,39。 he shout ed, 39。t you t hi nk ? Fort unat ely, I wasn39。 she asked. 39。 The Ambassador39。And wher e were you at t he tim e ?39。 answer ed the Am bassador dr ily. 39。 she asked. 39。My key, 39。ve f ott en my key.39。Wel l, I 39。 answer ed t he poli cem an in t he same tone. 39。t t hink t he windows need cl eaning at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or seventeen hour s. I f they are not br ought to t he sur face soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operat ions are pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f explosives are us ed, vi br ati ons wi l l cause the r oof of the m ine t o col lapse. Rescue wor kers are theref or e dri l ing a hol e on the nor th side of t he mine. They intend t o bri ng the men up in a special capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath the soil , t hey would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dr il li ng for si xt een hours and t hey sti l have a long way to go. Meanwhil e, a m icrophone, whi ch was lowered i nto t he mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he m en to keep i n touch wi th t he cl osest relat ives. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dri nk, t he men are cheer ful and conf ident that they wi l get out soon. They have been tol d that rescue operat ions ar e pr ogr esing smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was to dr il l through t he har d r ock, they would lose hear t. Lesson89 A sli p of the tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anyt hing t o se a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When the news got round that a vari et y show would be pr esented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al l r ushed t o se it. We had to queue f or hours t o get in and t her e must have been several hundr ed people pr esent just be f ore t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who fail ed to get i n need not have f elt disappoi nted as many of the art ist es who should have appeared di d not e. The only f unny t hi ngs we hear d that evening came fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of the progr am me. 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 soo