【正文】 ake 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 f i rst, the government had gr eat di f icult y in per suading people t o le ave Ri o and to set le i n Br asil ia. Since 1960, however , the populati on has been growi ng al t he time. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abl ished it sel f as t he capi t al of the count ry. The i dea t o have the capi tal moved so far inl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he fut ur e of Br azi l. Leson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a baloon whi ch semed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He inf orm ed the stati on at once, but no one ther e was abl e to explai n the m yst er y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol tower was ver y angry when he heard the news, because bal oons can be a great danger to ai rcraf t. He said t hat someone might by spyi ng on t he st at ion and t he pi lot was or der ed to keep tr ack of t he str ange object. The pil ot managed to ci rcl e the bal oon for som e ti me. He coul d make out thr e men in a basket under it and one of t hem was holdi ng fi el dgl asses. When t he bal loon was over t he stati on, t he pi lot saw one of the men t aki ng photographs. Soon aft er wards, the bal oon began t o descend and i t landed near an air fi el d. The pol ice were cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and the Commandi ng Of icer of the stati on! As the Commandi ng Of icer expl ai ned lat er , one hal f of t he st ati on di d not know what he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or trouble 自找麻煩 It must have been about t wo in the mor ning when I r et urned home. I tr ied t o wake up my wi f e by ri nging t he door bel , but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n the gar den, put i t against the wal l, and began cli mbing t owards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost ther e when a sar casti c voice below said, 39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been tr apped in a mi ne for seventeen hour s. If t hey ar e not br ought to the surf ace soon they may l ose their li ves. However, rescue oper at ions are pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f expl osi ves are used, vi brati ons wil l cause the r oof of t he mine t o coll apse. Rescue workers ar e theref ore dr il li ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he mi ne. They int end t o br ing t he men up in a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard l ayer of rock beneat h the soil , they would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hours. As it i s, t hey have been dr i li ng f or sixt en hour s and t hey st il l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a micr ophone, whi ch was lower ed into the mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he men t o keep i n t ouch wi th the closest r el at ives. Though t hey ar e running out of food and dri nk, t he m en 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 ati ons 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 to see it . We had t o queue f or hour s to get i n and there m ust have been sever al hundred peopl e present j ust be for e the show began. Unfor tunately, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever seen. Those who f ai led t o get in need not have fel t di sappoint ed as m any of t he ar ti stes who shoul d have appear ed did not e. The onl y funny t hi ngs we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of the pr ogr amme. He was obviousl y very ner vous and for some m inutes stood awkwardl y bef ore t he mi cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s mouth, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what the poor m an shoul d have sai d, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。cl ock t rai n, but that you caught t he whi ch would sti l get you to wor k on t ime. You see, on t he mor ni ng of the mur der , the 8. 0 o39。 said t he inspect or , 39。 39。 39。And you didn39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for the t rai n. 39。 At what t ime did you ar ive at t he st at ion ?39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 39。 I must be at work at o39。Of cour se I do, 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。clock t rain to London,39。s home. We shal al r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under standi ng and for t he ki ndly encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi li ngly t o school. A great many f or m er pupi ls wi l l be at tending a f arewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day befor e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f or ty year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devot e himself t o gar deni ng. For him , t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en rema r ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the m an tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, the st er ingwheel came away in hi s hands. He waved desper ately t o his panion, who had been wat er ski ing f or the last fi ft een minutes. Both m en had har dl y had ti me t o r eali ze what was happeni ng when they wer e thr own viol ent 1y into the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o move very qui ckl y acr oss t he water . Bot h men had j ust begun t o swi m t owar ds the shore. when they noti ced wi t h dismay t hat the speed boat was movin