【正文】 on95 A f antasy 純屬虛 構(gòu) When t he Am bassador of Escal opi a r et ur ned hom e f or l unch, his wi f e got a shock. He looked pal e and his cl ot hes wer e i n a f ri g ht f ul stat e. 39。 she asked. 39。 39。 ans wer ed t he Am bassador dr il y. 39。 39。 exclaim ed hi s wi fe. 39。 I was i n my of fi ce as usual,39。The f ir e br oke out in t he basement. I we nt down imm edi atel y. of cour se, and t hat f ool , Horst, aim ed a fi r e ext i nguisher at m e. He t hought I was on f ir e. I m ust defi ni t el y get t hat f el ow post ed. 39。s wi f e went on asking quest ions, when she suddenl y not iced a bi g hol e i n her husband39。And how can you explain that ?39。Oh, that, 39。Someone fi r ed a shot thr ough m y off ice wi ndow. Accur at e, don39。t weari ng it at the t ime. I f I had been, I woul d not have been abl e to get home f or l unch.39。At the t ime the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。 sai d the m an. 39。 asked the i nspector . 39。 answered t he man. 39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 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 t he 8. 25 whi ch would sti l get you to wor k on t im e. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Six m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or sevent en hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper at i ons ar e pr oving di f icult. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vi br at ions wil l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne t o coll apse. Resc ue wor ker s ar e t her ef or e dr il li ng a hole on t he nor t h si de of the mi ne. They i nt end to br i ng t he men up i n a speci al capsul e. If t her e had not been a har d layer of r ock beneat h t he soil , t hey woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xteen hour s and they sti l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a m i cr ophone, which was l owered i nto t he mine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the m en to keep in touch wit h t he cl osest relat ives. Though they are r unni ng out of f ood and dr ink, the m en ar e cheer ful and conf ident that hey wil l get out soon. They have been told that rescue operati ons ar e progr essing smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was to dr il l t hrough t he har d rock, they would lose hear t. Lesson89 A sli p of the t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hing t o se a fr e showeven if i t is a bad one. When the news got round that a var iet y show would be pr esented at our local cinema by t he P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al r ushed t o se i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and ther e must have been several 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 the dull est we have ever sen. Those who fail ed to get in need not have f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art istes who should have appeared di d not e. The only f unny things we heard that evening came f rom the adver ti ser at the beginning of t he pr ogr am m e. He was obvi ousl y ver y nervous and for some mi nut es st ood awkwar dly bef ore t he micr 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 said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。 l esson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil is one of t he ri chest countr ies in the wor ld, much of it has not yet been devel oped. I t was mai nly f or thi s reason t hat t he Brazil ian government decided t o have a new cit y built 600 miles nort hwest of Rio de Janei ro. Designed by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new city, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been caref ully planned f or moder n l iving. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can t ake fourt een lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away f r om l iving ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s to go to school . Housewives can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for in these speci al y designed l iving ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f i r st , the gover nment had gr eat dif fi cul ty in persuading peopl e to leave Rio and t o set tl e in Brasil ia. Si nce 1960, howeve r , t he popul at ion has been gr owing al l the t ime. Br asil ia has quickly establi shed i tself as the capit al of t he countr y. The i dea to have the capit al moved so f ar i nland wi l have a gr eat ef fect on the f ut ure of Br azi l. Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noticed a bal oon which seem ed to be m aki ng for a Royal Air For ce St ati on near by. He i nfor med the st at ion at once, but no one t her e was able t o expl ain t he mystery. The off icer in the cont rol t ower was very angr y when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger t o air cr aft . He sai d that som eone mi ght by spying on t he stati on and the pil ot was or der ed to keep t rack of the str ange obj ect . The pi lot managed t o cir cle t he bal loon f or some t im e. He could make out t hr ee men i n a basket under it a nd one of them was hol di ng f ield gl ases. When the baloon was over the stat ion, the pil ot saw one of t he men taking photogr aphs. Soon af terwar ds, t he bal loon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The pol ice wer e cal led i n, but t hey could not ar est anyone, for t he basket contained t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and the Com mandi ng Of fi cer of the st at ion! As t he Commanding Of fi c er explained l at er, one hal f of the stati on did not know what the ot her half was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻煩 I t m ust have been about t wo i n the m orning when I r etur ned home. I tr ie