Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
    第九十一課 三人同籃
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
    Where was the station's Commanding Officer?
    空間站指揮官在什么地方?
    A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
    一個(gè)飛行員發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只氣球，它像是正飛往附近的一個(gè)皇家空軍基地。
    He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery.
    他馬上把情況報(bào)告了該基地，但那里的人沒(méi)有一個(gè)能解釋這到底是怎么回事。
    The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft.
    控制塔上的官員得知這一消息后，非常氣憤，因?yàn)闅馇蛴锌赡芙o飛機(jī)造成極大的危險(xiǎn)。
    He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.
    他說(shuō)可能有人正對(duì)基地進(jìn)行偵察，因此命令那個(gè)飛行員跟蹤那個(gè)奇怪的飛行物。
    The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.
    飛行員設(shè)法繞著氣球飛了一陣。
    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(gè)人呆在一只筐里，其中一個(gè)舉著望遠(yuǎn)鏡。
    When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs.
    當(dāng)氣球飛臨基地上空時(shí)，飛行員看見(jiàn)有一個(gè)人在拍照。
    Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
    不久，氣球開(kāi)始降落，在一個(gè)停機(jī)坪附近著了陸。
    The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone,
    警察被召來(lái)了，但他們卻不能逮捕任何人，
    for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station!
    因?yàn)榭鹄锸莾擅麌?guó)會(huì)議員和一名基地的指揮官！
    As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!
    正如指揮官后來(lái)解釋的那樣，基地的這半邊不知道那半邊正在干什么！