【正文】 not have t o cr oss busy st reet s t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping cent r es on f oot , f or i n these speci al y desi gned li vi ng areas, cars are unnecessary. At fi rst, the gover nm ent had gr eat di f icul ty i n persuading peopl e to leave Ri o and to set le i n Br asil ia. Si nce 1960, however , t he populati on has been gr owi ng al the tim e. Brasi li a has quickl y establ ished it self as t he capi tal of the count ry. The i dea t o have the capital m oved so f ar i nl and wil have a great ef fect on the f ut ur e of Brazi l. Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon whi ch seemed to be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He i nf orm ed t he stati on at once, but no one ther e was abl e to expl ai n t he m ystery. The of fi cer in t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger to air cr af t. He said t hat som eone mi ght by spyi ng on t he stati on and t he pil ot was or dered to keep tr ack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e the bal oon f or some tim e. He coul d m ake out three m en i n a basket under it and one of t hem was holding fi el d gl asses. When the bal oon was over the station, t he pil ot saw one of the men taki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af terwards, the bal loon began to descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The police wer e cal ed i n, but they could not arest anyone, for the basket cont ai ned two Member s of Par li ament and t he Commanding Of icer of the stati on! As the Commandi ng Of ficer expl ai ned later, one half of the station did not know what he other half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for trouble 自找麻煩 I t must have been about t wo i n the morning when I returned home. I tr ied to wake up my wif e by r ingi ng t he door bel, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder fr om the shed i n the garden, put it against he wal, and began climbing towards the bedr oom window. I was al most ther e when a sarcasti c voice bel ow said,39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or sevent en hours. If they ar e not br ought t o t he sur face soon t hey may lose t heir li ves. However, rescue oper at ions are pr oving di f icul t. If explosi ves ar e used, vibrati ons wil cause t he r oof of t he mi ne t o col apse. Rescue worker s ar e t her ef or e dr il i ng a hol e on t he nort h side of t he mi ne. They intend t o br ing the m en up i n a special capsul e. I f t her e had not been a hard l ayer of rock beneat h the soil , t hey woul d have plet ed t he j ob i n a few hour s. As it is, t hey have been dri li ng for si xt en hours and t hey st il have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l ower ed i nt o t he mi ne t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he men to keep i n t ouch wit h t he cl osest r el 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 they wil l get out soon. They have been told t hat r escue oper ati ons are progresing smoot hl y. I f t hey knew how dif ficult it was t o dr il t hr ough the har d r ock, t hey woul d lose heart . Lesson89 A sl ip of the tongue 口誤 People wil l do anyt hi ng t o see a fr e show even if it is a bad one. When t he news got round t hat a vari et y show would be pr esent ed at our local ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al r ushed to se i t. We had t o queue f or hours t o get in and t here must have been sever al hundred peopl e pr esent just be f or e the 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 i n need not have fel t di sa ppointed as many of t he arti st es who shoul d have appeared di d not e. The only f unny things we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e f r om t he advert iser at t he begi nning of t he pr ogramm e. He was obvi ously ver y ner vous and for som e m inut es stood awkwar dl y bef or e t he mi cr ophone. As oon as he opened hi s m outh, ever yone burst out laughing. We al know what t he poor m an shoul d have sai d, but what he actual ly sai d was: 39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t ime. You se, on t he morning of t he m ur der, the 8. 0 o39。 sai d t he i nspector, 39。 39。 39。 And you di dn39。At what t ime did you ar ri ve at he stati on ?39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a later tr ai n.39。 Woul d a later t rai n get you to work on tim e ?39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。Of course I do, 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ai n ?39。cl ock tr ai n to London,39。s home. We shal l al l r em ember Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f ormer pupi ls wil l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thur sday. It is a cur ious coinci dence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir ement, Mr Page wil have been teaching for a t otal of fort y years. Af ter he has r et ir ed, he wil l devot e himsel f to gar dening. For him, t hi s wi l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at ter, for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too old t o l ear n. Leson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied to swing the speedboat 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 ski ng f or t he l ast fi teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime t o r eali ze what was happening when they wer e t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er. Bot h m en had j ust begun t o swim t owards the shore. when t hey not iced wi th dism ay t hat the speed boat was movi ng i n a ci rcle. I t now cam e str ai ght towar ds t hem at remendous speed. In l ess than a mi nut