【正文】 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 a ctual y sai d was: 39。 39。 asked the i nspector. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。 Leson84 On stri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided to go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l last . The busmen have stated t hat t he str ike wi l l conti nue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last for at least a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane l ived there, the pol iceman on duty t old hi m t hat s ince his def eat, t he ex Pri me Mini st er had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The sam e pol iceman was j ust walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t his t ime, the poli cem an gave hi m t he same answer. The day aft er , Crawl ey went t o t he house once more and asked exact ly the same questi on. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman l ost his temper. 39。 Your what ?39。Excuse m y i nt er r upti ng you. I hat e to i nter upt a m an when he39。 lesson90 What s f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he ri chest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. I t 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 cit y buil t 600 m il es nor t h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, the new cit y, Brasil ia, replaced Ri o de Janei r 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 roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een l anes of t raf i c, have ben 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 t o school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , f or i n t hese special y desi gned l i vi ng ar eas, car s ar e unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he gover nm ent had great di f i cult y i n persuadi ng peopl e t o l eave Ri o and t o set l e i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he popul at ion has been gr owi ng al l t he ti me. Br asil ia has quickl y est abli shed i tself as t he capit al of t he countr y. The i dea to have t he capit al m oved so f ar i nland wi l have a great ef f ect on t he f ut ur e of Brazil . Lesson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal l oon whi ch semed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He i nf orm ed t he stati on at once, but no one t her e was abl e t o expl ai n t he m yst er y. The of icer in t he cont rol 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 rcr af t. He sai d that som eone mi ght by spying on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e t he bal oon f or som e t im e. He could m ake out t hr ee m en i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng fi eld gl ases. When t he bal l oon was over the stati on, t he pil ot saw one of t he m en taking phot ogr aphs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal oon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The pol i ce wer e cal led i n, but t hey could not ar est anyone, f or t he basket cont ai ned t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and t he Comm andi ng Of fi cer of t he st at ion! As t he Com mandi ng Of fi cer explai ned l at er, one hal f of t he s tati on did not know what the ot her half was doing ! Leson92 Aski ng f or t rouble 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n t he m orni ng when I r et ur ned hom e. I tr i ed t o wake up m y wif e by r ingi ng t he door bel , but she was f ast asl eep, so I got a l adder f rom the shed i n t he gar den, put it agai nst t he wal l, and began cl im bi ng t owar ds t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sarcast ic voi ce bel ow sai d, 39。 39。 39。Of cour se I do,39。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pressur e on the t rai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dr i ver s, but bef ore 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。 he shouted, 39。m onst ers39。 I know,39。At t he t im e the m ur der was m it ed, I was t r avel ing on t he o39。cl ock. My em ployer wil l confi rm t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 39。t hat you ar e not t el li ng t he t r ut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the 8. 0 o39。 I l ooked down and nearl y f el l of f t he l adder when I saw a poli cem an. I i mm edi at el y r egr et ed answeri ng i n the way I di d, but I sai d, 39。Wel , I39。 I shout ed.39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in the electi ons. He has ret ir ed fr om poli ti cal l if e and gone t o li ve abr oad !39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st udents i n let ters to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the students wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just received a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to mar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gi f t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。 answered t he man. 39。 39。I suggest, 39。 I don39。s busy worki ng, but would you m ind ing wit h me t o t he st at ion ?39。Your what ?39