【正文】 I shout ed.39。 he cal ed. 39。 39。You see, I39。d pr ef er to st ay her e,39。 39。Excuse m y i nt er upt i ng you. I hat e t o i nt er rupt a man when he39。So do I, 39。I enj oy cl eani ng wi ndows at night.39。t t hi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at t hi s tim e of t he ni ght .39。 l esson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azi l is one of t he ri chest countr ies i n the wor ld, much of it has not yet been devel oped. I t was m ainl y f or t hi s r eason t hat t he Br azil ian government deci ded t o have a new cit y built 600 m il es nor th west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, the new cit y, Br asil ia, repl aced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capi t al of Br azi f i n 1960. Brasi li a has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or modern l i vi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can take f our teen lanes of t r af fi c, have been kept away fr om l i vi ng areas. Chil dr en do not have to cr oss busy st r et s t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi sit shoppi ng centr es on f oot, f or i n these speci al y desi gned l ivi ng ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he gover nm ent had great di f i cult y i n per suadi ng peopl e t o l eave Ri o and t o set l e in Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he popul at i on has been gr owi ng al l the t im e. Br asil i a has qui ckl y est a bl ished it self as t he capit al of t he count ry. The i dea t o have t he capi tal m oved so far i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he f ut ure of Br azi l. Lesson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi l ot noti ced a bal oon whi ch seem ed t o be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce St ati on near by. He i nf or med t he st at i on at once, but no one t here was abl e t o explai n t he m yster y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol t owe r was ver y angr y when he heard t he news, because bal l oons can be a great danger t o air cr af t. He said t hat someone m i ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pi l ot was or der ed to keep tr ack of t he 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 coul d m ake out t hr ee men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng f iel d gl ases. When the bal oon was over t he st at ion, the pil ot saw one of t he m en t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af t er wards, t he bal l oon began to descend and it l anded near an ai rf i el d. The poli ce were cal ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar r est anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned t wo Members of Parl i am ent and the Comm andi ng Of i cer of the stati on! As t he Comm andi ng Of fi cer expl ained l at er , one hal f of t he st ati on di d not know what the ot her hal f was doing ! Leson92 Asking 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 ret ur ned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up m y wi f e by r inging 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, and began cl im bi ng t owar ds the bedroom window. I was al most here when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow said,39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been t r apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hour s. I f t hey ar e not br ought t o t he sur f ace soon t hey may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f expl osi ves are used, vi br ati ons wil cause t he r oof of t he m i ne t o col l apse. Rescue workers ar e t her ef ore dr il i ng a hol e on t he nor t h si de of t he mi ne. They i nt end t o br ing t he m en up i n a speci al capsule. If t her e had not been a har d layer of r ock beneat h t he soi l, t hey woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they have been dri l i ng f or si xteen hour s and t hey sti l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi l e, a mi cr ophone, whi ch was l ower ed i nto t he mi ne t wo hour s ago, has enabled t he m en t o keep i n t ouch wi th t he closest r el at i ves. Though t hey ar e r unning out of f ood and dri nk, t he men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat r escue oper at i ons ar e progressi ng sm oot hl y. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l t hr ough t he har d rock, t hey would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sl i p of t he t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hi ng t o se a f r ee showeven if i t i s a bad one. When the news got round t hat a var iet y show woul d be pr esented at our l ocal ci nema by t he P. and U. Bir d Seed Com pany, we al r ushed t o see i t. We had t o queue f or hour s t o get in and t her e m ust have been sever al hundr ed peopl e present j ust be f or e t he show began. Unf or t unatel y, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ai l ed t o get in need not have f el t disappoi nt ed as m any of t he art ist es who should have appear ed di d not e. The only f unny thi ngs we hear d that evening came f r om t he adverti ser at t he begi nni ng of t he pr ogr amm e. He was obvi ousl y ver y ner vous and f or som e mi nut es st ood awkwardl y bef ore t he mi cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s m out h, ever yone bur st out l aughing. We al know what t he poor m an should have sai d, but what he act ual ly sai d was: 39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 which woul d st il l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m orni ng of t he mur der, t he o39。 sai d the i nspect or, 39。 39。 39。And you di dn39。At t en t o ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n.39。At what t im e did you ar ri ve at t he st at i on ?39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a lat er t rai n.39。 Woul d a l at er t rai n get you t o wor k on tim e ?39。cl ock. My em ployer wil l confi rm t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 answer ed t he m an.39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 sai d t he man. 39。At t he ti me t he m ur der was mit t ed, I was tr avel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。 answer ed t he Ambassador dri ly. 39。