【正文】 t here was abl e t o explai n t he m yster y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol t owe r was ver y angr y when he heard t he news, because bal l oons can be a great danger t o air cr af t. He said t hat someone m i ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pi l ot was or der ed to keep tr ack of t he str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e t he bal oon f or som e t im e. He coul d m ake out t hr ee men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng f iel d gl ases. When the bal oon was over t he st at ion, the pil ot saw one of t he m en t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af t er wards, t he bal l oon began to descend and it l anded near an ai rf i el d. The poli ce were cal ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar r est anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned t wo Members of Parl i am ent and the Comm andi ng Of i cer of the stati on! As t he Comm andi ng Of fi cer expl ained l at er , one hal f of t he st ati on di d not know what the ot her hal f was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or t rouble 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n t he m orni ng when I ret ur ned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up m y wi f e by r inging t he door bel , but she was f ast asl eep, so I got a l adder f rom the shed i n t he gar den, put it agai nst t he wal, and began cl im bi ng t owar ds the bedroom window. I was al most here when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow said,39。 I don39。t t hi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at t hi s tim e of t he ni ght .39。 I l ooked down and near ly f el off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I i mm edi at el y r egr et ed answeri ng i n t he way I di d, but I sai d, 39。I enj oy cl eani ng wi ndows at night.39。 39。So do I, 39。 answer ed t he pol i ceman i n t he sam e t one. 39。Excuse m y i nt er upt i ng you. I hat e t o i nt er rupt a man when he39。s busy wor ki ng, but would you mi nd i ng wit h me t o t he st at i on ?39。 39。Wel l, I39。d pr ef er to st ay her e,39。 I sai d. 39。You see, I39。ve f or gott en m y key.39。 39。Your what ?39。 he cal ed. 39。My key, 39。 I shout ed.39。 Fort unat el y, t he shouti ng woke up m y wif e who opened the wi ndow j ust as t he poli cem an had st ar ted t o cl im b t owar ds m e. Lesson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most famous monum ent s i n t he wor l d, t he St atue of Li bert y, was present ed t o t he Unit ed St ates of Am eri ca in t he nieent h cent ur y by the peopl e of Fr ance. The gr eat stat ue, which was desi gned by the sc ul ptor August e Bart hol di, t ook t en year s to pl et e. The act ual fi gur e was m ade of copper support ed by a m et al f r am ewor k whi ch had been especial y const ructed by Ei f el . Bef or e it coul d be t ranspor ted t o t he Uni ted St at es, a sit e had t o be f ound f or i t and a pedest al had t o be bui lt . The si t e chosen was an i sland at the entr ance of New York Har bour . By 1884, a st at ue which was 151 f eet t al l, had been er ect ed in Pari s. The f oll owi ng year, it was t aken t o pi eces and sent to Am eri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st atue had been put t oget her agai n and it was of fi ci al l y present ed t o t he Ameri can peopl e by Bar t hol di . Ever si nce t hen, t he gr eat m onument has been a sym bol of li bert y f or t he m il li ons of peopl e who have pased t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake their homes i n Ameri ca. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pi ons 未來的冠軍 Experi m ents have pr oved t hat chi l dr en can be i nst r uct ed i n swim mi ng at a ver y ear l y age. At a special swimm ing pool in Los Angel es, chi ldr en be e exper t at hol di ng t heir br eat h under wat er even befor e they can walk. Babi es of t wo m ont hs old do not appear t o be rel uct ant t o ent er t he wat er , It i s not l ong bef or e t hey ar e so a ccust omed t o swimm i ng t hat t hey can pi ck up weights f r om t he fl oor of t he pool. A gam e t hat i s ver y popul ar wit h t hese young swim mer s i s t he under wat er t ri cycl e r ace. Tri cycl es ar e li ned up on the f loor of the pool seven feet under wat er. The chil dr en pete agai nst each ot her t o reach t he ot her end of t he pool. Many pedal t hei r tr i cycles, but m ost of t hem pr ef er to push or drag t hem. Som e chi ldr en can cover t he whole l engt h of t he pool wit hout i ng up f or br eat h even once. Whet her t hey wil l ever be e f ut ur e Ol ym pic cham pi ons, onl y ti me wi l t el l. Meanwhi le, they shoul d encour age t hose among us who cannot swim f ive yar ds bef or e t hey ar e gaspi ng f or ai r. Lesson95 A fant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambasador of Escal opi a r et ur ned home f or lunch, hi s wif e got a shock. He l ooked pal e and his cl ot hes wer e i n a f ri ght ful state. 39。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How did your clot hes get into such a m ess ?39。 39。A f ir eexti ngui sher, m y dear ,39。 answer ed t he Ambassador dri ly. 39。Univer si ty st eer i ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desperat el y to his pani on, who had been water skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had har dly had t im e to r ealize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er. Both men had just begun to swi m towar ds t he s hor e. when t hey not iced wi th di sm ay that he speedboat was moving i n a cir cl e. I t now came str aight towards t hem at tr emendous speed. I n l ess t han a minute, it r oar ed past t he m only a f ew f eet away. Aft er it had passed, they swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t ha t the boat would soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t ime to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cle. On thi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, the noise dr opped plet el y and the boat began to dr if t gent ly acr oss t he wat er. Leson87 A perfect ali bi 極好的不