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981. People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.

人們總要想盡辦法看不花錢的演出--哪怕是拙劣的演出。

982. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company,

當“皮尤”鳥食公司將在我們當地影院演出喜劇節目的消息傳開後，

983. we all rushed to see it.

我們都趕緊跑去觀看。

984. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.

我們不得不排了好幾個小時才進得場去。在演出開始前場內肯定已有好幾百人了。

985. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.

不幸的是，這次演出是我們看過的最乏味的演出了。

986. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come.

那些沒能進到場內的人沒有必要感到失望，因為很多應該出場的專業演員都沒有來。

987. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme.

那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是節目開始時那個報幕員的開場白。

988. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.

他顯然非常緊張，局促不安地在麥克風前站了好幾分鐘。

989. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing.

但他剛一開口說話，人們便哄堂大笑起來。

990. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was:

我們都明白那個可憐的人應該說些什麽，而他實際說的卻是：

991. ‘This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"

“這是‘浦伊’鳥食公司，好女士們，晚上和先生們！”

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992. Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain,

油煎魚加炸土豆片一直是英國人喜愛的一道菜，

993. but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.

但是隨著海洋裏的濫捕濫撈，魚已經變得越來越昂貴。

994. So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.

因此，聽說北海石油鉆井平臺上的潛水員受到巨型魚類的恐嚇，確實很讓人吃驚。

995. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water,

鉆井平臺需要經常修理，潛水員常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作，

996. have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.

他們曾在工作時被撞到他們身上的大魚嚇得驚惶失措。

997. Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.

現在他們有了特制的籠子，用來保護他們免受大魚的侵襲。

998. The fish are not sharks or killer whales,

這些魚並不是鯊魚或逆戟鯨，

999. but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.

而是深受人們喜愛的食用魚品種，如鱈魚和鰩魚，只不過它們長得出奇地大，有時長達12英尺。

1000. Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large:

這些魚能長得這麽大是由3個因素造成的：

1001. the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea;

海底熱的輸油管道附近的溫暖的海水；

1002. the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs;

鉆井平臺工作人員拋到海裏充足的食物；

1003. the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.

鉆井平臺周圍根本沒有捕魚船只。

1004. As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water. Who eats who?

結果是，這些魚就在可愛的溫暖的水流中吃呀吃，長呀長。究竟誰吃誰呢？

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1005. A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.

一個飛行員發現了一只氣球，它像是正飛往附近的一個皇家空軍基地。

1006. He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery.

他馬上把情況報告了該基地，但那裏的人沒有一個能解釋這到底是怎麽回事。

1007. The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft.

控制塔上的官員得知這一消息後，非常氣憤，因為氣球有可能給飛機造成極大的危險。

1008. He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.

他說可能有人正對基地進行偵察，因此命令那個飛行員跟蹤那個奇怪的飛行物。

1009. The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.

飛行員設法繞著氣球飛了一陣。

1010. He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.

他看清了氣球下面有3個人呆在一只筐裏，其中一個舉著望遠鏡。

1011. When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs.

當氣球飛臨基地上空時，飛行員看見有一個人在拍照。

1012. Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.

不久，氣球開始降落，在一個停機坪附近著了陸。

1013. The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone,

警察被召來了，但他們卻不能逮捕任何人，

1014. for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station!

因為筐裏是兩名國會議員和一名基地的指揮官！

1015. As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!

正如指揮官後來解釋的那樣，基地的這半邊不知道那半邊正在幹什麽！

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