【正文】 Your what ?39。 I don39。 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。 I shout ed.39。 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。 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。m onst ers39。 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。 39。 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。 Your what ?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。 asked the i nspector. 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 brought to t he sur face soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. If explosives are used, vi br ati ons wi l cause t he roof of the m ine t o col lapse. Rescue wor ker s are therefor 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 speci al capsul e. I f there had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath the soil, t hey woul d have pl eted t he job i n a f ew hour s. As it is, they have been dr il li ng for sixteen hours and t hey st il 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 men to keep i n touch wi th t he closest relat ives. Though they are running 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 are pr ogr esing smoot hl y. I f they knew how di f icul t i t was to dr il l through t he har d r ock, they would l ose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口誤 People wi l do anythi ng to see a f ree showeven i f it is a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a vari