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【正文】 nat ely, I wasn39。t wear ing it at t he t im e. If I had been, I would not have been able t o get home f or lunch. 39。 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Festival f or t he Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead ar e said to r et ur n to t heir homes and t hey are weled by the living. As they ar e expect ed to be hungry af ter t heir long jour ney, f ood is laid out f or t hem. Specialy made lant er ns ar e hung outside each house t o help the dead t o find t heir way. Al night long, people dance and sing. In t he early morning, t he food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a 20xx 年節(jié)能備選項(xiàng)目建議書(shū) 項(xiàng)目名稱(chēng)： 新型節(jié)能煤制氣浮法玻璃熔窯 所屬行業(yè)：節(jié)能環(huán)保 所屬專(zhuān)題：節(jié)約和替代石油工程 項(xiàng)目建議單位： 河南省建華玻璃廠(chǎng) 二○○七年六月二十五日 pat i ence and understanding and f or the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f or mer pupi ls wil l be atendi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thursday. I t i s a curi ous coi ncidence that the day bef ore his reti rement, Mr Page wil l have been teaching for a total of fort y years. Af ter he has reti red, he wil devote himsel f t o gardeni ng. For him, this wil l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not mat ter, for, as he has oft en r emarked, one i s never too old to l earn. Lesson86 Out of control 失控 As the man tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he steer ing wheel came away in his hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water skii ng f or t he l ast f if teen mi nutes. Both men had har dl y had ti me to r ealize what was happeni ng when t hey were thrown violent 1y i nt o the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued to move ver y qui ckly acr oss the wat er . Both men had j ust begun t o swim towar ds t he shor e. when they noti ced wit h di smay that t he speed boat was moving in a cir cl e. It now came st raight t owar ds them at tr emendous speed. I n les than a mi nut e, it roared past them onl y a few f et away. Aft er it had pased, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had just had enough t ime to swim out of danger when t he boat again pleted a circle. On this occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider ably. The pet rol had nearly al been used up. Bef or e long, the noise dr opped pl et el y and the boat began to dr ift gentl y across t he water. Lesson87 A perfect alibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At he t ime the murder was mit ted, I was t ravel ing on t he o39。clock t rain t o London,39。 said the man. 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。 asked t he i nspector. 39。Of course I do,39。 answer ed t he man. 39。 I must be at work at o39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was t her e on t ime.39。 Would a later train get you to work on ti me ?39。 asked the inspect or . 39。 I suppose it would, but I never catch a later t rain.39。 39。At what time did you ar ri ve at he stati on ?39。 39。At en t o ei ght. I bought apaper and wait ed f or t he tr ain.39。 And you di dn39。t not i ce anything unusual ?39。 Of cour se not.39。 39。I suggest,39。 said t he i nspector, 39。t hat you ar e not tel ing the truth. I suggest that you di d not catch the 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught the which would sti l get you to work on t ime. You see, on the morning of t he murder, the 8. 0 o39。clock tr ain di d not run at al. It broke down at Fer ngr en st at ion and was t aken of f t he l ine. 39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six men have been t rapped in a mine for seventeen hour s. I f t hey are not brought t o the surf ace soon they may lose thei r l ives. However, rescue operations ar e pr oving dif ficult. I f expl osives are used, vibrati ons wil l cause the roof of the mine to col lapse. Rescue workers ar e ther e fore dril li ng a hole on t he nort h side of the mine. They intend to bring the men up i n a special capsule. I f ther e had not been a hard l ayer of rock beneath the soil , they woul d have pleted the job in a few hour s. As it is, t hey have been dr il ing for si xt en hours and t hey stil l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l owered into t he mi ne t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en t o keep in t ouch wi th t he closest r el at ives. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dr ink, the men ar e cheerf ul and conf ident that they wil get out soon. They have been t ol d that rescue operations ar e pr ogresing smoothly. If they knew how dif fi cult it was t o dril l t hr ough the har d rock, they would lose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of the tongue 口誤 People wi l do anyt hi ng t o see a fr e show even if it is a bad one. When t he news got round that a var iety show would be pr esent ed at our local cinema by t he P. and U. Bi rd Seed Company, we al rushed t o see it . We had to queue for hours to get i n and ther e must have been s everal hundr ed people present j ust be fore the show began. Unfort unately, t he show was one of t he dullest we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get in need not have felt disappointed as many of t he art ist es who shoul d have appeared di d not e. The onl y funny things we hear d that evening came fr om the adver tiser at the begi nni ng of the pr ogramme. He was obviously very ner vous and for some minutes tood awkwar dly bef or e the microphone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone burst out l aughi ng. We al l know what the poor man should have said, but what he act ual y said was: 39。This is t he Poo and Ee Seed Bi rd Company. Good l adies, evening and gentl emen !39。 lesson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil is one of the richest countr ies in the worl d, much of it has not yet been devel oped. It was mainly f or t hi s reason t hat the Brazi lian gover nment deci ded to have a new ci ty bui lt 600 mi