【正文】 Lesson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or seventeen hour s. I f they are not br ought to t he sur f ace soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operat ions are pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f explosives are used, vi br ati ons wi l l cause the r oof of the m ine t o collapse. Rescue wor kers ar e theref or e dri l ing a hol e on the nor th side of t he mine. They intend t o bri ng the m en up in a special capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath the soil , t hey would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dr il li ng for sixt en hours and t hey st il l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a m icrophone, whi ch was lower ed into the mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he men to keep i n touch wi th t he closest rel at ives. Though they are running out of food and dri nk, t he men are cheer f ul and confi dent that they wi l get out soon. They have been tol d that rescue oper at i 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 sh。cl ock t r ai n, but that you caught the whi ch would st il l get you to wor k on t ime. You see, on the mor ni ng of the m ur der , the o39。 said the inspect or, 39。 39。 39。And you didn39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for t he t r ai n.39。 At what ime did you ar ri ve at t he st ation ?39。 asked the i nspector . 39。 39。 I must be at wor k at o39。Of cour se I do, 39。Do you always cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。cl ock t rai n to London,39。 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Fest ival for t he Dead is held once a year i n Japan. This f esti val i s a cheer ful occasion, for on thi s day, t he dead are said to r etur n to t heir homes and they are wel ed by the l iving. As t hey ar e expected t o be hungr y aft er t hei r long j our ney, f ood is l ai d out for them. Speci al y made lanter ns ar e hung outside each house to hel p the dead to fi nd their way. Al ni ght l ong, peopl e dance and sing. In t he e ar ly morni ng, the f ood that had been l ai d out for t he dead i s thrown into a ri ver or i nto t he sea as i t i s consider ed unl ucky f or anyone li ving t o eat i t. I n towns t hat are near the sea, t he ti ny lanter ns whi ch had been hung i n the str eet s the ni ght befor e, ar e placed into the water when t he festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowl y dr if t out t o sea guidi ng the dead on their r et urn journey t o the ot her wor ld. This i s a moving spect acl e, f or cr owds of peopl e stand on the shore wat chi ng the l ant erns dri ft ing away unt il they can be sen no m or e. 關(guān)于在拉薩西郊建設(shè) 3 萬(wàn)噸恒溫庫(kù)建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 可行性研究報(bào)告 ****投資有限公司 2020年 1月 sel f t o gar deni ng. For him, t hi s wi l be an entir ely new hobby. But this does not m at ter , f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never t oo ol d t o learn. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at ely t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng f or t he last f i ft en m inutes. Bot h men had hardl y had ti me to reali ze what was happeni ng when the y were thrown violent1y 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. Bot h men had just begun t o swim towar ds the s hor e. when they noticed 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 tim e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s occasi on, 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 ft gent ly acr oss t he water. Lesson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。t you thi nk ? Fort unat el y, I wasn39。 said t he Ambassador. 39。 she asked. 39。s hat . 39。 The Ambasador 39。 answer ed the Am bassador . 39。 39。 excl ai med his wi f e. 39。 39。 answered t he Ambassador dr il y. 39。 39。 she asked. 39。 For t unatel y, t he shouti ng woke up m y wi f e who opened t he wi ndow just as t he pol iceman had start ed to cl imb towar ds m e. Lesson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of the m ost f am ous m onum ent s in t he worl d, the Stat ue of Li ber ty, was pr esent ed to the Uni ted Stat es of Am er ica i n t he ni eent h cent ury by t he peopl e of Fr ance. The great st at ue, whi ch was desi gned by t he sculpt or Auguste Bar tholdi , took ten years t o plete. The act ual f igur e was made of copper support ed by a metal fr amework which had been especi al ly constr uct ed by Eif fel . Bef ore i t coul d be tr ansport ed to t he Unit ed States, a si te had t o be f ound f or it and a pedestal had to be bui lt. The sit e chosen was an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Harbour. By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet tal , had been erected i n Par is. The f ol lowi ng year , it was taken to pi eces and sent t o Amer ica. By the end of October 1886, the stat ue had been put toget her again and i t was of f icial y present ed to the Am er ican peopl e by Bart holdi. Ever si nce then, t he great monument has been a symbol of l ibert y f or the m i l l i ons of people who ha