【正文】 m onster s39。 he cal led. 39。 I sai d. 39。s busy wor king, but woul d you mi nd ing wi th m e to the stati on ?39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night. 39。 lesson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azi l is one of the r ichest count ri es in t he worl d, much of i t has not yet been developed. It was m ai nl y f or t his r eason that the Br azil an gover nment decided to have a new ci ty bui lt 600 mi les nor th west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chi tect Luci o Costa, the new ci ty, Brasil ia, replaced Rio de Janei r o as the capi tal of Brazif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been car eful ly pl anned f or m oder n li ving. It s wide r oads, which can take f our teen l anes of tr af f ic, have been kept away f rom li vi ng areas. Chi ldren do not have to cr oss busy st reets t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on foot, f or i n t hese special ly designed li vi ng areas, cars ar e unnecessary. At fi rst , t he gover nm ent had great dif fi cul ty i n persuadi ng peopl e to l eave Ri o and to set tle in Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populat ion has been gr owing al l t he ti me. Brasil ia has quickly establi shed i tsel f as the ca pi tal of the count r y. The i dea t o have the capi tal moved so far i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he fut ure of Br azi l. Leson91 Thre m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon which semed t o be making for a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He i nf or m ed the stati 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 tower was ver y angry when he heard the news, because bal oons can be a great danger to ai rcraf t. He said t hat someone might by spyi ng on the st at ion and t he pi lot was order ed to keep tr ack of t he str ange object. The pil ot m anaged to ci rcl e the bal oon for som e ti me. He coul d make out thr e m en in a basket under it and one of t hem was holding fi el dglasses. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, t he pi lot saw one of the men t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t landed near an air fi el d. The pol ice were cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and the Comm anding Of icer of the stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of icer expl ained later , one half of t he st ation di d not know what he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 It must have been about two in the mor ning when I r et urned home. I tr ied to wake up my wi f e by r i 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 the wal l, and began cli mbi ng towards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sar cast ic voice below sai d, 39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d st il l get you t o work on ti me. You see, on the mor ning of t he murder, t he o39。 Of course not. 39。 At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or t he tr ain.39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rai n ?39。s home. We shal al r emember Mr Pa ge f or his pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a far ewel l dinner i n his honour next Thursday. I t i s a curi ous coinci dence that the day befor e hi s r et ir ement , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng f or a total of for ty years. Aft er he has r etir ed, he wi l l devote hi msel f to ga r dening. For hi m, t hi s wi l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never too ol d t o learn. Lesson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steeri ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er . Both men had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat he speedboat was m ovi ng in a cir cl e. I t now came str ai ght t owards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m inute, it r oar ed past t he m onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er i t had passed, they swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew that the boat would soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t ime to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On thi s occasi on, however, it had slowed down consi der ably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Befor e long, the noise dr opped pletel y and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。 Lesson84 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 st ated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most people beli eve t hat he str ike wi l last for at least a week. Many owners of pri vat e cars are goi ng to of fer 39。 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t her e, the poli ceman on dut y tol d him that si nce hi s defeat, the exPr im e Mi nister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Crawl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked t he sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi cious thi s ti me, t he policeman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Cr awley went t o the house once mor e and asked exactl y t he same question. This t