【正文】 e t hr own vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st r uck a buoy, but i t conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er . Both m en had j ust begun t o swi m t owar ds t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h di sm ay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng i n a ci r cl e. I t now cam e str ai ght t owards t hem at t r em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m inute, it r oar ed past t he m onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er i t had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as t hey coul d because they knew t hat t he boat woul d soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t im e t o swim out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On t hi s occasi on, however, it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet r ol had near ly al l been use d up. Bef or e l ong, t he noise dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dr if t gent ly acr oss t he wat er. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。cl ock tr ain t o London,39。Do you al ways cat ch such an ear l y t r ai n ?39。Of cour se I do,39。 I m ust be at work at o39。 39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 39。 39。 And you di dn39。 39。 39。 said t he i nspect or , 39。cl ock t r ai n, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 whi ch would sti l get you t o work on t im e. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi 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 t hey are not br ought t o t he sur face soon t hey m ay l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng di f fi cult . If expl osi ves are used, vi br ati ons wi l cause t he r oof of t he m ine t o col l apse. Rescue wor kers ar e theref or e dri l i ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he mi ne. They i nt end t o bri ng t he m en up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard l ayer of r ock beneat h t he soil , they woul d have pl et ed t he j ob i n a f ew hour s. As i t i s, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xt een hour s and they sti l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi crophone, whi ch was l owered i nt o t he m i ne t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en to keep i n touch wit h t he cl osest rel ati ves. Though they are r unni ng out of f ood and dri nk, t he m en are cheer f ul and conf i dent tha t they wi l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat r escue oper at ions are pr ogr essi ng sm oot hl y. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dril l t hr ough t he hard r ock, t hey woul d l ose hear t. Lesson89 A sl i p of t he t ongue 口誤 People wi l do anyt hi ng to see a f ree show even i f it i s a bad one. When t he news got r ound that a var i et y show would be pr esented at our l ocal ci nema by t he P. and U. Bi r d Seed Com pany, we al r ushed t o se i t. We had to queue f or hours t o get i n and t her e m ust have been sever al hundr ed people pr esent just be f or e t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, t he show was one of t he dull est we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get i n need not have f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art ist es who should have appear ed di d not e. The only f unny thi ngs we hear d that evening cam e f r om t he adver ti ser at t he begi nni ng of t he programm e. He was obvi ousl y ver y nervous and f or som e mi nut es st ood awkwar dly bef or e t he m icr ophone. As soon as he opened his m out h, ever yone burst out l aughi ng. We al l know what the poor m an shoul d have said, but what he act ual l y sai d was: 39。 l esson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azi l is one of t he r i chest count r ies i n t he wor ld, much of it has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y for t hi s r eason that he Br azi li an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 m il es nor t h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, the new cit y, Brasil ia, replaced Ri o de Janei r o as the capi t al of Br azif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been caref ul ly pl anned f or m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een l anes of t ra f i c, have been kept away f r om li vi ng ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s t o go t o school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent r es on f oot , f or i n t hese special y desi gned l i vi ng areas, cars ar e unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he gover nm ent had great di f fi cult y i n persuadi ng peopl e to l eave Ri o and t o set l e in Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he popul at i on has been gr owi ng al l the ti me. Br asil i a has quickl y est abli shed i tself as t he capit al of t he countr y. The i dea t o have t he capit al m oved so f ar i nl and wi l have a great ef f ect on t he f ut ur e of Br azil . Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal l oon whi ch semed t o be maki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce St at i on near by. He i nform ed t he st at ion at once, but no one t her e was able t o expl ain t he myster y. The of fi cer i n the contr ol t ower was ver y angr y when he heard t he news, because bal l oons can be a great danger to ai rcr af t. He said t hat someone mi ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of t he str ange obj ect. The pi lot managed t o cir cle t he bal loon f or some t im e. He coul d make out t hree m en i n a basket under i t and one of t hem was holdi ng f i el dgl asses. When t he bal oon was over t he st ati on, t he pi l ot saw one of t he m en t aking photogr aphs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal oon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The pol i ce wer e cal l ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket cont ai ned t wo Mem ber s of Parl iament and t he Comm andi ng Of icer of t he stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of i cer expl ai ned lat er , one half of t he st ati on di d not know what he ot her hal f was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or t rouble 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n t he m orni ng when I ret ur ned hom e. I t ri ed