【正文】 to see it . We had t o queue f or hour s to get i n and there must have bee n sever al hundred peopl e pr esent 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 awkwardly 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 man shoul d have sai d, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught the whi ch would st il l get you to work on t im e. You see, on the mor ning of the m ur der, the 8. 0 o39。 said the inspect or, 39。 39。 39。And you di dn39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for t he tr ai n.39。 At what tim e did you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 asked the i nspector . 39。 39。 I must be at work 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。s hom e. We shal l al remem ber Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst anding and f or the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we we nt so unwi l li ngl y to school. A gr eat many f orm er pupil s wil l be at tending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence t hat he day bef ore hi s reti rem ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one is never too old to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr ied t o swing the speedboat round, t he st eer ing wheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skiing for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had st r uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to move very qui ckl y across the wat er . Both men had j ust begun t o swi m towar ds the shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di sm ay that the speedboat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. In l es t han a minut e, i t roared past t hem only a few f eet away. Aft er it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had j ust had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The petr ol had near ly al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, the 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)場的證據(jù) 39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l rel ieve pressur e on the t rai ns t o some extent. Meanwhil e, a number of universit y student s have volunt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he str ike lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dr ive any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est. The students are goi ng to take the t est in two days39。The f ir e br oke out in the basement. I went down 39。I was in my off ice as usual ,39。And wher e wer e you at t he ti me ?39。Good heavens! 39。Uni versit y student s set t he Embasy on f ir e thi s morni ng. 39。A f ir e ext inguisher , my dear, 39。How did your clothes get i nto such a mess ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shouted.39。 he caled. 39。 39。You see, I 39。d pr ef er to stay here, 39。 39。Excuse my i nter upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。So do I ,39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at night .39。t think t he wi ndows need cleani ng at this t im 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 he Br azi lian government deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Rio de Janei r o. Designed by the gr eat archi tect Lucio Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ull y planned for modern l ivi ng. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can take fourt een lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away fr om l iving ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s to go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on f oot, f or i n these special y desi gned livi ng areas, cars are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he governm ent had great di f icul ty i n persuadi ng people to l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populati on has been gr owi ng al t he ti me. Brasil ia has qui ckl y establi shed it sel f as the capi tal 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 some ti me. He coul d make out thr e men in a basket under it and one of t hem was hol ding f ield 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