【正文】 ch had been especi al ly constr ucted by Eif f el. Bef ore it coul d be tr ansport ed t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found f or it and a pedest al had t o be built . The si te chosen wa s an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour. By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet t al , had been er ected i n Pari s. The f ol owi ng year , i t was t aken t o pi eces and sent t o Am eri ca. By t he end of October 1886, t he statue had been put toget her agai n and it was of fi ci al y pr esent ed t o t he Am eri can people by Bar thol di . Ever since t hen, t he great m onument has been a sym bol of li bert y for the m il ions of peopl e who have passed t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake thei r homes i n Am er ica. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pi ons 未來的冠軍 Exper iment s have pr oved t hat chil dr en can be i nstr ucted in swimmi ng at a very ear ly age. At a special swimmi ng pool i n Los Angel es, chil dr en bee exper t at hol di ng t heir breat h under water even before t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo m ont hs old do not appear to be reluct ant to ent er t he water, It is not l ong bef or e they are so accustom ed t o swimm ing that t hey can pi ck up weight s fr om the fl oor of t he pool. A gam e t hat is ver y popul ar wit h these young swimm er s i s the under wat er tr icycl e r ace. Tri cycles ar e l ined up on the f loor of the pool seven f et under wat er . The chil dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o reach t he other end of the pool. Many pe dal thei r t ri cycl es, but m ost of t hem prefer to push or dr ag t hem . Som e chil dren can cover t he whol e lengt h of the pool wi thout i ng up f or breat h even once. Whet her they wi l ever be e f ut ur e Ol ym pi c cham pi ons, onl y tim e wi l tel. Meanwhil e, they shoul d encourage t hose among us who cannot swim fi ve yar ds before t hey ar e gaspi ng f or air . Lesson95 A fant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When the Am basador of Escalopi a returned hom e for lunch, his wi fe got a shock. He looked pale and hi s cl ot hes wer e i n a fr ight ful st at e. 39。 39。 39。 39。 The Ambassador 39。 she asked. 39。t you think ? For tunatel y, I wasn39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved t here , t he poli cem an on dut y told him t hat si nce hi s defeat , t he exPrim e Minister had gone abroad. On the foll owi ng day, Crawley went to t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was just walking sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it le suspi ci ous t his t ime, t he policem an gave him t he sam e answer. The day af ter, Crawley went t o the house once more and aske d exact ly t he same quest ion. This tim e, t he pol iceman lost his t emper .39。 39。 Leson84 O n stri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The str ike is due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wi l last. The busm en have st at ed t hat the st ri ke wil l cont inue until general agreement i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most peopl e beli eve t hat he str ike wi l last f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are goi ng t o off er 39。s home. We shal l al l r em ember Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f ormer pupi ls wil l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thur sday. It is a cur ious coinci dence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir ement, Mr Page wil have been teaching for a t otal of fort y yea rs. Af ter he has r et ir ed, he wil l devot e himsel f to gar dening. For him, t hi s wi l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at ter, for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too old t o l ear n. Leson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied to swing the speedboat r ound, the st eri ng wheel came away i n hi s hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water ski ng f or t he l ast fi teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime t o r eali ze what was happening when they wer e t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er. Bot h m en had j ust begun t o swim t owa rds the shore. when t hey not iced wi th dism ay t hat the speed boat was movi ng i n a ci rcle. I t now cam e str ai ght towar ds t hem at remendous speed. In l ess than a mi nute, i t roar ed past them onl y a few feet away. Aft er it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that t he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swim out of danger when t he boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On this occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. The pet r ol had nearl y al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dropped pletely and t he boat began t o drif t gent ly acr oss the wat er . Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ai n ?39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。 At t en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n. 39。 Of cour se not.39。t hat you ar e not teli ng t he t r ut h. I suggest that you di d not catch the 8. 0 o39。Thi s i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Com pany. Good ladi es, eveni ng and gent lem en ! 39。 I looked down and nearl y fel off the ladder when I saw a poli ceman. I immedi at el y regreted answer ing in t he way I di d, but I said, 39。Excuse m y i nt er upti ng you. I hate t o i nter upt a m an when he39。d prefer t o st ay here,39。 39。 I shout ed.39。 he cal ed. 39。You se, I 39。 39。 So do I, 39。 I don39。cl ock tr ai n di d not run at al. I t br oke down at Ferngreen stati on and was taken off the li ne.39。I suggest,39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 39。Of course I do, 39。cl ock tr ai n to London,39。 t o peopl e on t heir way to work. This wil l relieve pr essur e on t he tr ai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhi le, a num ber of