【正文】 Som eone f ir ed a shot t hr ough my of fi ce window. Accur ate, don39。The fi r e br oke out i n t he basement . I went down i mm edi at el y. of course, and t hat f ool, Horst , ai med a f ir e ext inguisher at me. He t hought I was on f ir e. I must def ini tely get that fel low posted.39。Uni ver si ty st udents set the Embassy on fi re t his m or ning.39。 I shouted.39。d pr ef er to st ay her e, 39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at ni ght .39。clock t rain, but that you caught t he whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t ime. You see, on t he morni ng of the mur der , the o39。And you di dn39。 39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 she asked. 39。And wher e wer e you at t he tim e ?39。 she asked. 39。ve f or gott en my key.39。 answer ed t he poli ceman i n t he same t one. 39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been t r apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hour s. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey m ay l ose their li ves. Howeve r, r escue oper at i ons ar e pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vi br ati ons wil l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne t o coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nor t h si de of the mi ne. They i nt end to br i ng t he men up i n a speci al capsul e. If t her e had not been a har d layer of r ock beneat h t he soi l, t hey woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they ha ve been dri l i ng f or si xteen hour s and t hey sti l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi l e, a mi crophone, whi ch was l owered i nt o t he m i ne t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en to keep i n touch wit h t he cl osest rel ati ves. Though they are r unni ng out of f ood and dri nk, t he m en are cheer f ul and conf i dent that t hey wil l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat r escue oper at i ons are pr ogressi ng sm oot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l t hr ough the har d rock, t hey would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of t he t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hing t o se a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a vari ety show woul d be pr esent ed at our l ocal ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bi r d Seed Com pany, we al r ushed t o se i t. We had to queue f or hours t o get in and t her e m ust have been sever al hundr ed peopl e present j ust be f or e t he show began. Unf or t unatel y, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ail ed to get i n need not ha ve f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art i st es who shoul d have appear ed di d not e. The onl y funny t hi ngs we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of t he pr ogr am me. He was obviousl y ver y ner vous and f or som e m i nut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e t he m icr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s m out h, ever yone burst out l aughi ng. We al know what t he poor man shoul d have sai d, but what he act ual y sai d was: 39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o wor k on tim e ?39。 sai d t he m an. 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t r ai n ?39。 asked t he i nspect or. 39。 Of course not.39。Thi s i s t he Poo and Ee Sed Bi r d Com pany. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gentl em en !39。Excuse m y i nt er upt i ng you. I hat e t o int er r upt a man when he39。 39。How did your cl ot hes get i nto such a mess ?39。 I was i n m y of fi ce as usual ,39。Oh, that,39。 said t he man. 39。 Woul d a l ater tr ai n get you to wor k on t ime ?39。t not i ce anythi ng unusual ?39。cl ock tr ai n did not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at ion and was t aken of f the l ine.39。 39。 I said. 39。 Fort unatel y, t he shout i ng woke up m y wif e who opened the wi ndow just as the poli ceman had star ted t o clim b towar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monument s in the wor ld, the St at ue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca in t he nieent h cent ury by the peopl e of France. The gr eat statue, which was desi gned by the scul pt or August e Bart hol di, took t en year s to pl et e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a met al f ramewor k which had been especi al y constr ucted by Ei f el . Before it coul d be t ranspor ted to the Uni ted Stat es, a sit e had to be f ound for it and a pedest al had to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sl and at he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet tal , had been erected i n Pari s. The f oll owi ng year , it was t aken t o pieces and sent t o Am er ica. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st at ue had been put together again and i t was off icial ly pr esented t o the Am eri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever since then, t he great monum ent has been a symbol of li ber ty f or the m il lions of peopl e who have passed t hr ough New Yor k Harbour to make their homes in Ameri ca. Leson94 Future champi ons 未來(lái)的冠軍 Exper iments have proved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swim mi ng at a ver y ear ly age. At a special swim ming pool in Los Angeles, chi ldr en bee exper t at holdi ng their br eat h under wat er even bef ore t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo m ont hs ol d do not appear to be r eluctant to enter the wat er, I t i s not l ong bef ore they are so accustomed t o swim mi ng that they can pi ck up weights fr om t he fl oor of t he pool. A game that is ver y popul ar wi th these young swim mers i s the underwat er t ri cycle race. Tr icycles are l ined up on t he fl oor of t he pool seven f et under wat er . The chi ldr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o reach the ot her end of the pool. Many pedal t hei r tr icycles, but most of t hem pr ef er to push or dr ag them. Some chil dren can cover t he whol e l ength of t he pool wi thout ing up f or br eat h even once. Whether they wi ll ever bee f ut ure Ol ympi c champi ons, onl y t ime wil l tel . Meanwhi le, they