【正文】 s home. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat ience and understanding and f or t he kindly encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tending a f arewel dinner in hi s honour next Thur sday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day bef or e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f ort y year s. Af ter he has reti red, he w。 to people on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esure on the t rains t o som e ext ent . Meanwhil e, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whi le t he st ri ke lasts. Al l t he young men ar e exper t dr ivers, but bef or e t hey dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The s tudent s are going to t ake t he test in t wo days39。t wear ing i t at t he time. I f I had been, I woul d not have been abl e to get home f or l unch.39。Someone f ir ed a shot t hr ough my of fi ce window. Accur ate, don39。Oh, that, 39。And how can you explai n that ?39。s wif e went on asking questions, when she suddenly not iced a bi g hol e i n her husband39。The f ir e broke out i n t he basement . I went down i mm edi at ely. of course, and t hat f ool, Horst , ai med a f ir e extinguisher at m e. He t hought I was on f ir e. I must def ini tely get that f el low posted.39。I was i n my of f ice as usual, 39。And where were you at the t ime ?39。Good heavens!39。Uni ver si ty st udents set the Em bassy on fi re t his m or ning.39。A f i reexti ngui sher , m y dear ,39。How di d your cl ot hes get int o such a mes ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shouted.39。 he cal ed. 39。 39。You see, I39。d pr efer to st ay her e, 39。 39。Excuse my i nter rupti ng you. I hate t o int er r upt a m an when he39。So do I,39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at ni ght .39。t thi nk the wi ndows ne ed cleaning at thi s ti me of the ni ght .39。 leson90 What s f or 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 i t has not yet been developed. I t was mainl y for t hi s r eason that the Br azi li an governm ent deci ded to have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor th west of Rio de Janeir o. Designed by t he gr eat ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r eplaced Ri o de Janei ro as t he capi tal of Br azif in 1960. Br asil ia has been car ef ull y planned for modern livi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can take four teen lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away fr om l ivi ng ar eas. Chil dren do not have t o cross busy st reets t o go to school. Housewi ves can visi t shopping cent res on f oot, for i n these special y desi gned l ivi ng ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he government had great di f icult y i n per suading people t o l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi lia. Since 1960, however, the populati on has been gr owi ng al l t he tim e. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abl ished it sel f as t he capi tal of t he count ry. The idea to have t he capi tal moved so f ar inland wi l have a great ef f ect on t he f utur e of Brazil . Lesson91 Three men in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal loon whi ch seemed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stat ion near by. He inf or med t he st ati on at once, but no one there was able to explain the myster y. The of fi cer i n the contr ol t ower was ver y angr y whe n he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a great danger t o air craft . He said t hat someone might by spyi ng on the stat ion and the pi lot was ordered t o keep tr ack of t he st range object. The pil ot m anaged to ci rcle the baloon f or som e ti me. He coul d make out three m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding f iel d glasses. When the bal oon was over t he st at ion, the pi lot saw one of t he men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af ter wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t l anded near an ai rf iel d. The poli ce were cal ed in, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and t he Com m andi ng Of f icer of the stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of icer expl ai ned later , one half of t he st at ion di d not know what t he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for t roubl e 自找麻煩 It must have been about two in t he mor ni ng when I r et urned home. I t ri ed to wake up my wi fe by ri ngi ng the door bel, but she was f ast asleep, so I got a ladder f r om t he shed in the garden, put i t against the wal , and began cli mbing t owards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sar casti c voice bel ow said, 39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six men have been tr apped i n a m ine f or sevent en hours. If t hey ar e not brought t o the surf ace soon t hey may lose their l ive s. However, r escue oper ati ons ar e proving di f icult . If expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wi l cause t he roof of the mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her efore dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h side of the m ine. They i ntend to br ing t he men up i n a speci al capsule. I f there had not been a hard layer of r ock beneath t he soi l, they woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they have been dri l ing f or si xteen hour s and they sti 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 wit h the cl osest r el at ives. Though they ar e running out of food and dri nk, t he men are cheerf ul and confi dent that they wi l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat r escue oper at ions are pr ogresi ng sm oot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was to dri l thr ough t he har d r ock, t hey woul d lose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口誤 People wi l do anything to see a f ree showeven i f it is a bad one. When t he news got round t hat a vari ety show woul d be present ed at our local ci nem a by the P