【正文】 e went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tendi ng a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day befor e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f or ty year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devot e hi mself t o gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at el y t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nutes. Bot h men had hardly had tim e to reali ze what was happening when they were t hrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Both men had just begun t o swim towar ds the shor e. when they not iced wi th di sm ay that the speedboat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towar ds t hem at tr emendous speed. In l es t han a mi nut e, i t roared past t hem only a few feet away. Af ter it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they could because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had just had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s oc casion, however, i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had near ly al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dri f t gentl y acr oss the water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。 At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or t he tr ain.39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at ni ght .39。 I shouted.39。 to people on t hei r way t o work. This wi l l r eli eve pr esure on t he tr ains t o some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whil e the st ri ke last s. Al l the young men ar e expert dr ivers, but befor e they dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pas a special test. The student s ar e going t o t ake t he test i n t wo days39。 39。t thi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at this tim e of the night .39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper ations are pr oving di f icult . I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibrat ions wil l cause the r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue worker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nor th si de of the mi ne. They i nt end to br ing t he men up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard layer of r ock beneat h t he soi l, they would have plet ed the j ob in a f ew hours. As i t is, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xt een hour s and they stil l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l ower ed int o the m ine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the men t o keep in t ouch wi t h the closest r elati ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dr ink, the men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ati ons ar e pr ogr essi ng smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was t o dr il l t hrough the har d rock, they would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of the t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hing t o see a f r e showeven if i t i s a bad one. When the news got r ound that a var iet y show would be pr esented at our l ocal cinema by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Com pany, we al r ushed t o see i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and ther e must have been sever al hundred people pr esent just be for e the show began. Unf ort unat el y, t he show was one of t he dullest we have ever sen. Those who f ail ed to get in need not have f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art istes who should have appeared di d not e. The onl y f unny t hings we heard t hat evening came f rom the adver ti ser at the beginning of the pr ogramme. He was obviously very ner vous and f or some minutes stood awkwar dl y befor e the mi crophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone bur st out l aughing. We al l know what t he poor man shoul d have said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。 39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。 39。 l eson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil i s one of t he ri chest countr ies i n the wor ld, much of it has not yet been developed. I t was mainly for thi s reason that he Br azi lian government deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Rio de Janeir o. Designed by the gr eat archi tect Lucio Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ull y planned for modern l ivi ng. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can take fourt een lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away fr om l iving ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s to go to school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for in these special y desi gned l iving ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f ir st, the government had gr eat di f icult y in per suading people t o leave Rio and to set le i n Br asi l ia. Since 1960, however , the popul ation has been growi ng al l the t ime. Br asi li a has quickly est abl ished itself as t he capit al of t he countr y. The idea to have t he capit al m oved so f ar i nland wi l have a great ef fect on the f utur e of Br azil . Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noti ced a bal loon which seemed to be maki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He infor med t he st at ion at once, but no one t her e was able t o explain t he mystery. The off icer in the contr ol t ower was ver y angr y when he hear d t he news, because bal loons can be a gr eat d