【正文】 opl 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。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and working condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last for at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr a wley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tle suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. This tim e, t he pol iceman l ost his t emper .39。 which have at t imes been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but t hey are r arely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f i sh was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by the power ful fi sh as it pull ed on the l ine. Reali zing t hat t hi s was no ordi nar y f ish, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail , The f ish, which has since been sent t o a m use um wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundr ed f eet. Leson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eated in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 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 az i 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 r unni ng her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icer s i nside i t, stopped at he cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of t he car came t owards him . The m an obvi ously want ed to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pr i soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fisherm en and sail or s someti mes cl aim to have sen m onster s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by s eamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or sevent een hour s. I f they are not brought to t he sur face soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e provi ng di f fi cul t. If explosives are used, vibr ati ons wi ll cause t he roof of the m ine to col lapse. Rescue wor ker s are t herefor e dri l ing a hol e on the nort h side of t he mine. They intend t o bri ng the men up in a speci al capsul e. I f there had not been a har d layer of rock beneath the soi l, t hey woul d have pl eted the j ob in a few hour s. As it is, they have been dr i l li ng for sixt en hours and t hey st il l