【正文】 ol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr awley 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 hous e 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 useum 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。I enjoy 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？ 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。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 a t 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 wa s 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 he bal loon began to descend and it l anded near an ai rf ield. The poli ce were cal ed in, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket contai ned t wo Member s of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he st ati on! As t he Commanding Of f icer explai ned l ater, one half of the stat ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Asking for t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about two in t he morni ng when I ret ur ned hom e. I t ri ed to wake up m y wi fe by r ingi ng the door bel l, but she was f ast asl eep, so I got a ladder f rom the shed in the garden, put it against t he wal , and began cl im bing t owar ds the bedroom window. I was al most there when a sarcasti c voi ce bel ow said,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 l 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 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 en