【正文】 cl ock tr ai n did not r un at al l. It br oke down at Ferngr en st at ion and was t aken of f t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch the 8. 0 o39。I suggest ,39。 Of course not. 39。t notice anything unusual ?39。 39。 39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t ime.39。 answered t he man. 39。 asked the i nspector . 39。 sai d the m an. 39。At the t im e the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st ude nts i n let ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。f r ee r i des39。 answered t he Ambasador . 39。And wher e were you at the t im e ?39。Good heavens! 39。Uni ver sit y st udent s set the Em bassy on fi re this m orning. 39。A fi re ext inguisher , my dear ,39。How di d your cl othes get i nt o such a mes ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shouted.39。 he cal ed. 39。 39。You see, I39。d pr ef er to st ay her e, 39。 39。Excuse my i nter upti ng you. I hate t o int er rupt a ma n when he39。So do I ,39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at ni ght .39。t thi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at this tim e of the night .39。 l eson90 What s for 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 it has not yet been developed. I t was mainly for thi s rea son that the Br azi lian government deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Rio de Janeir o. Designed by the gr eat archi tect Lucio Cost a, t he new ci t y, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as t he capit al of Br azif in 1960. Brasil 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 visit shoppi ng 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, the governme nt 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 growi ng al 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 t o have t he capi ta l moved so f ar inl and wi l have a great ef ect on t he futur e of Brazil . Lesson91 Three m en 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 Force Stat ion near by. He inf ormed t he st ati on at once, but no one there was abl e to explain the myster y. The of fi cer i n the contr ol tower was ver y angr y when he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a great danger t o air craft . He sai d t hat someone m ight 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 t he bal loon f or some ti me. He coul d make out t hree m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was hol ding 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, t he baloon 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 t he basket contai ned t wo Member s of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he st ati on! As t he Commanding Of f icer explai ned later, one half of the st at ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about two in t he morni ng when I ret ur ned home. I t ri ed to wake up my wi fe by r i ngi ng the door bel l, but she was f ast asleep, so I got a ladder f rom t he shed in the garden, put it against he wal , and began cli mbing t owar ds the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow said,39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mine 困在礦井里 Six m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ive s. However, r escue oper at ions are pr oving dif f icult . I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibrat ions wil l cause the r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue workers ar e the r ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nor th si de of the mi ne. They i nt end t o br ing t he men up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard layer of r ock beneat h t he soil , they would have plet ed the job in a f ew hours. As i t i s, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xt een hour s and they st il l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi le, a micr ophone, which was lower ed int o the m ine two hour s ago, has enabl ed the men t o keep in t ouch wi th the closest r el ati ves. Though t hey ar e r unning out of food and dr ink, the men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ations ar e progressi ng smoot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l t hr ough the hard r ock, t hey woul d l ose heart . Lesson89 A sl ip of t he t ongue 口誤 People wi l l do anythi ng to see a f ree showeven i f it i s a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a var iety show woul d be present ed at our l ocal ci nema by t he P. and U. Bi rd Seed Company, we al rushed