歌词
--- Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
三人同篮
--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音,然后回答以下问题。
--- Where was the station's Commanding Officer?
A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
^一个飞行员发现了一只气球,它像是正飞往附近的一个皇家空军基地。
He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery.
^他马上把情况报告了该基地,但那里的人没有一个能解释这到底是怎么回事。
The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft.
^控制塔上的官员得知这一消息后,非常气愤,因为气球有可能给飞机造成极大的危险。
He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.
^他说可能有人正对基地进行侦察,因此命令那个飞行员跟踪那个奇怪的飞行物。
The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.
^飞行员设法绕着气球飞了一阵。
He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
^他看清了气球下面有3个人呆在一只筐里,其中一个举着望远镜。
When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs.
^当气球飞临基地上空时,飞行员看见有一个人在拍照。
Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
^不久,气球开始降落,在一个停机坪附近着了陆。
The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone,
^警察被召来了,但他们却不能逮捕任何人,
for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station!
^因为筐里是两名国会议员和一名基地的指挥官!
As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!
^正如指挥官后来解释的那样,基地的这半边不知道那半边正在干什么!
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