【正文】 shoul d encourage t hose among us who cannot swim f ive yards bef or e t hey are gaspi ng f or ai r. Lesson95 A f antasy 純屬虛構 When the Am bassador of Escalopia retur ned hom e for l unch, hi s wi fe got a shock. He l ooked pale and his cl othes were i n a f ri ght ful state. 39。 39。 The Ambassador39。t you t hi nk ? For tunat ely, I wasn39。 said the Am bassador. 39。 answer ed the Am basador . 39。 answer ed the Am bassador dri ly. 39。My key, 39。Wel l, I 39。 I looked down and nearl y f el off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I i mmediatel y regr et ted answer ing i n t he way I did, but I said, 39。that you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not catch t he 8. 0 o39。 39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t ime. 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on the o39。And how can you explai n that ?39。 excl aim ed his wi f e. 39。What has happened ?39。You see, I 39。 So do I, 39。cl ock tr ai n di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at i on and was t aken of f the l ine.39。And you di dn39。 39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 asked t he i nspect or. 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a l at er t r ai n. 39。 39。 lesson90 What s f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of the r ichest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was mai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Br azi li an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new ci ty buil t 600 mil es nort h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he gr eat ar chi t ect Luci o Costa, t he 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 ly pl anned f or m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een l anes of tr af ic, have been kept away f r om li ving ar eas. Chi l dr en do not have t o cr oss busy str eet s to go t o school. Housewi ves can vi sit shoppi ng centr es on f oot, f or i n t hese speci al l y desi gned li vi ng ar eas, car s ar e unnecessar y. At f ir st , the gover nment had gr eat dif fi cult y i n per suading peopl e t o leave Ri o and t o set tl e i n Br asil ia. Since 1960, however , the popul ati on has been gr owi ng al l t he t im e. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abl ished it self as t he capit al of t he count ry. The idea t o have t he capit al m oved so f ar inl and wi l have a gr eat ef f ect on t he fut ur e of Br azil . Lesson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal l oon whi ch seemed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St ati on near by. He i nf orm ed t he st ati on at once, but no one there was abl e to explai n the m yst er y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard t he news, because bal l ons can be a great danger t o air craft . He sai d t hat som eone m i ght by spyi ng on t he st at ion and t he pi l ot was or der ed t o keep tr ack of t he st r ange object . The pil ot m anaged t o ci rcl e the bal oon f or som e tim e. He coul d m ake out thr e m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holdi ng f i el dgl asses. When t he bal oon was over t he st ati on, t he pi l ot saw one of t he m en t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, the bal oon began t o descend and i t landed near an ai r fi el d. The poli ce wer e cal ed i n, but they coul d not ar r est anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned t wo Members of Parl iam ent and the Comm andi ng Of i cer of t he stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of i cer expl ai ned lat er , one half of t he st at i on di d not know what t he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or troubl e 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n the m or ni ng when I r et ur ned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up my wi f e by ri ngi ng t he door bel, but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst t he wal l, and began cli mbi ng t owar ds 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。s busy wor ki ng, but would you mi nd i ng wit h me t o t he st at i on ?39。Your what ?39。 39。 answer ed t he Am bassador. 39。 sai d t he Am bassador. 39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 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 used, 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 m en 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 sixt en hours and t hey st il l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a microphone, whi ch was lowered i nto t he mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he m en t o keep in t ouch wi t h the closest r el ati ves. Though t hey ar e r unning out of food and dr ink, the men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ati ons ar e progressi ng smoothly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l t hr ough the hard rock, t hey woul d l ose heart . Lesson89 A sl ip of t he t ongue 口誤 People wi l l do anythi ng to see a f ree show even i f it i s a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a var iety show woul d be present ed at our l ocal cinema by t he P. and U. Bi rd Seed Company, we al rushed to see i t. We had t o queue f or hour s to get i n and there m ust have been sever al hundred peopl e present j ust be for e the show began. Unf or tunately, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever seen. Those who f ai led t o get in need not ha ve f el t di sappoint ed as m any of t