【正文】 The fi re broke out i n the basement . I went down *鎳業(yè)有限責任公司 年產(chǎn) 30萬噸多元金屬鎳項目（一期 10萬噸） 可行性研究報告 中國鳥林工程技術(shù)有限公司 f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal fi shingboat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he power ful fish as i t pulled on the line. Real izing that t hi s was no or di nary f ish, the fi sherman made every ef or t not to damage i t i n any way. When i t was event ual y brought t o shore, i t was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining sil ver skin, and a bright r ed tai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent to a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar fish. Such creatures have r ar el y been seen ali ve by man as they live at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet. Lesson83 Af ter the el ecti ons 大選之后 The former Pr ime Mi ni st er , Mr Wentwort h Lane, was d。I was i n my offi ce as usual ,39。And wher e wer e you at t he t ime ?39。Good heavens! 39。University students set the Embassy on fi re this morning.39。A fi reext ingui sher , my dear ,39。How di d your clothes get i nt o such a mess ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shout ed.39。 he cal led. 39。 39。You se, I39。d prefer to stay here,39。 39。Excuse my inter upti ng you. I hat e to inter upt a man when he39。So do I ,39。I enjoy cl eaning windows at night.39。t think the windows need cl eaning at this t ime of t he night. 39。 lesson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he r ichest countri es i n the wor ld, much of it has not yet been developed. I t was mai nly for this reason that t he Br azil an government decided to have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Ri o de Janeiro. Designed by the gr eat ar chit ect Lucio Cost a, the new cit y, Brasil a, replaced Rio de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azif i n 1960. Brasi lia has been carefully planned for modern l iving. It s wide roads, which can take four teen l anes of tr af fic, have been kept away f rom l iving ar eas. Children do not have to cross busy st reet s to go to school . Housewives can visit shoppi ng centr es on foot, for in these speci al ly designed l iving ar eas, car s ar e unnecessary. At f ir st , t he government had great dif ficulty i n per suading people to l eave Ri o and to set tl e i n Brasi lia. Si nce 1960, however , the popul ati on has been gr owi ng al the ti me. Brasi li a has quickly established i tself as the capi t al of t he countr y. The i dea to have t he capit al moved so far i nl and wil l have a great ef ect on t he f ut ur e of Br azil. Lesson91 Thre men in a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noti ced a bal oon which seemed to be maki ng f or a Royal Air For ce Station nearby. He i nf or med the stati on at once, but no one there was able to expl ain t he mystery. The of fi cer in the contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard the news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger to aircraft . He sai d that someone mi ght by spyi ng on the st at ion and the pilot was ordered to keep tr ack of t he str ange object . The pi lot m anaged to circle t he baloon for some time. He coul d make out thr e men in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding fi el d glases. When the bal oon was over t he station, t he pil ot saw one of t he men taking photogr aphs. Soon afterwards, t he bal loon began to descend and i t l anded near an air fi el d. The police were cal ed i n, but t hey could not ar est anyone, for the basket cont ai ned two Member s of Parli ament and the Commanding Of ficer of the st at ion! As the Commandi ng Of fi cer expl ai ned lat er , one half of the st ati on di d not know what the ot her half was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 It must have been about two in t he mor ni ng when I r et ur ned home. I t ri ed t o wake up my wi fe by ri nging the door bel , but she was f ast asl ep, so I got a ladder f rom t he shed in t he garden, put it against the wal l, and began cli mbing towar ds the bedroom window. I was almost t here when a sar castic voice below sai d, 39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a mine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been tr apped i n a mine f or sevent en hours. If they are not br ought to t he sur face soon t hey may lose their li ves. However , rescue oper at ions are proving di f icul t. If explosi ves ar e used, vibrations wi l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne t o coll apse. Rescue wor ker s are t herefor e dr il ing a hole on the nor th side of the mine. They i nt end to br ing the men up in a special capsul e. If there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneath t he soil, they would have pl et d the job in a f ew hours. As i t i s, they have been dri li ng f or sixteen hour s and they sti l have a long way to go. Meanwhil e, a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hour s ago, has enabled the men t o keep in touch wi th the closest relati ves. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dri nk, the m en ar e cheerf ul and conf ident that hey wil l get out soon. They have been t ol d that rescue operations ar e pr ogressing smoothly. If they knew how di fi cult it was to dril l through the har d rock, they would lose hear t. Leson89 A slip of the tongue 口誤 Pe opl e wi l do anyt hi ng to see a fr e showeven if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a variety show would be pr esent ed at our local ci nema by t he P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we al rushed to se it . We had to queue for hours to get i n and there must have been several hundr ed people present j ust be fore t he show began. Unfort unately, t he show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who f ail ed t o get in need not have felt disappoi nt ed as many of t he art istes who should have appeared did not e. The onl y funny thi ngs we hear d that evening came fr om the adver ti ser at the beginni ng of the pr ogr amme. He was obviously very ner vous and for some minutes stood