【正文】 leson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he richest countr ies in t he worl d, m uch of it has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y for t hi s reason that t he Brazi li an governm ent decided t o have a new cit y buil t 600 m il es nor th west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great archi tect Luci o Cost a, t he new ci ty, Br asil a, r eplaced Ri o de Janei ro as the capi tal of Brazi f in 1960. Br asil ia has been car ef ul ly planned for m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can take f ourt een l anes of tr af fic, have been kept away f rom li vi ng ar eas. Chi l dr en do not have to cross busy st reet s to go to school . Housewives can vi sit shoppi ng cent res on f oot, f or i n t hese special y desi gned li vi ng areas, cars are unnecesar y. At fi rst, the gover nm ent had gr eat di f icul ty i n persuading peopl e to l eave Ri o and to set tle i n Brasil ia. Si nce 1960, however , t he popul ati on has been gr owi ng al t he tim e. Br asi li a has qui ckly est abli shed i tsel f as the capit 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 gr eat ef ect on t he f ut ure of Br azil . Leson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal oon which seemed t o be maki ng f or a Royal Air For ce Stati on near by. He i nformed the st ati on at once, but no one t here was able t o expl ai n the m yster y. The off icer i n t he cont rol t ower was very angr y when he hear d t he news, because bal oons can be a great danger t o air cr aft. He sai d t hat someone m ight by spying on t he st ati on and the pi lot was order ed t o keep t r ack of t he st range obj ect. The pi lot m anaged t o ci rcle t he bal loon for som e t ime. He coul d m ake out t hr e men in a basket under i t and one of t hem was hol di ng f iel dglases. When t h。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a m ine for seventeen hour s. If t hey ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon they may lose t heir li ves. However, rescue operat i ons ar e pr ovi ng dif icul t. If expl osives are used, vibrati ons wil cause t he roof of t he mi ne t o col apse. Rescue worker s ar e ther ef or e dril li ng a hol e on t he nort h si de of t he mi ne. They intend t o bri ng t he men up i n a special capsule. I f t her e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath t he soil , t hey woul d have pleted t he j ob in a few hour s. As it is, t hey have been dr il ing f or si xt en hours and t hey stil l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, whi ch was l ower ed i nt o the m ine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en t o keep i n touch wit h the cl osest rel at ives. Though t hey ar e runni ng out of food and dr i nk, t he men are cheer ful and confi dent t hat hey wil l get out soon. They have been told t hat r escue oper ati ons are progr esi ng smoot hl y. I f t hey knew how dif fi cult it was to dril l through t he har d r ock, t hey would l ose heart. Lesson89 A sli p of t he t ongue 口誤 People wil l do anyt hi ng t o see a fr e show even i f it is a bad one. When t he news got round t hat a vari et y show woul d be present ed at our l ocal ci nema by the P. and U. Bir d Sed Com pany, we al l r ushed t o see it. We had to queue for hours to get i n and t here must have been sever al hundred peopl e pr esent just be f or e t he show began. Unf or tunat el y, the show was one of t he dul lest we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get in need not ha ve felt disappoi nt ed as m any of t he art istes who should have appear ed di d not e. The only f unny things we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e fr om t he advert iser at he begi nni ng of the pr ogr amme. He was obviousl y very ner vous and f or some mi nutes st ood awkwardl y before t he mi cr ophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, ever yone burst out l aughi ng. We al know what t he poor m an shoul d have sai d, but what he act ual y sai d was: 39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught t he 8. 25 which woul d sti l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m or ni ng of the m ur der, t he o39。 said t he i nspect or, 39。 Of cour se not .39。t noti ce anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a l at er tr ai n. 39。 Would a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on tim e ?39。 I must be at work at o39。Of course I do,39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t rai n ?39。clock t rain t o London,39。I enjoy coinci dence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir ement , Mr Page wi l have been teachi ng for a t ot al of fort y year s. Aft er he has reti red, he wil devote himsel f t o gar deni ng. For him, this wil l be an enti rely new hobby. But t his does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten rem ar ked, one is never t oo ol d t o lear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the m an t ri ed t o swing t he speed boat r ound, the st eri ng wheel came away i n hi s hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water skii ng f or t he l ast f if teen mi nutes. Both men had har dl y had tim e to r eali ze what was happeni ng when t hey were t hr own violent 1y into t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to m ove ver y quickl y acr oss t he water. Bot h m en had just begun to swim t owar ds t he s hore. when they noti ced wit h dism ay t hat the speed boat was m oving in a cir cl e. It now cam e st raight t owards them at tr em endous speed. I n les t han a m inut e, it r oared past hem only a f ew f eet away. Af ter i t had passed, t hey swam on as quickl y as t hey could because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough tim e t o swim out of danger when the boat agai n pl et ed a cir cl e. On t hi s occasi on, however, it had slowed down consi derabl y. The petr ol had near ly al l be en used up. Before l ong, t he noise dr opped pl et el y and the boat began to dri ft gentl y across t he water. Lesson