【正文】 ng that hey can pi ck up wei ght s fr 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. Tr i cycles ar e l i ned up on t he f l oor of t he pool seven f eet under wat er. The chi l dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o r each t he ot her end of t he pool . Many pe dal t heir t ri cycl es, but m ost of t hem pref er t o push or dr ag t hem. Som e chil dren can cover t he whol e l engt h of t he pool wi t hout ing up f or breath even once. Whet her t hey wil ever bee f ut ur e Ol ym pi c cham pi ons, onl y t im e wi l t el l. Meanwhil e, t hey shoul d encourage t hose am ong us who cannot swim fi ve yards befor e they ar e gaspi ng f or ai r. Leson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Am basador of Escal opi a r et urned hom e f or l unch, his wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and his cl ot hes wer e i n a fr i ght ful st ate. 39。 39。 The Am bassador39。t you t hi nk ? For t unatel y, I wasn39。 I know,39。At t he ti me t he mur der was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock. My empl oyer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t im e.39。At t en t o ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n.39。 sai d t he i nspect or, 39。t t hi nk t he windows need cl eani ng at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 39。My key,39。 Your what ?39。Excuse m y i nt er r upti ng you. I hat e to i nter upt a m an when he39。 lesson90 What s f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he r ichest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Brazi li an gover nm ent decided t o have a new ci t y bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janei ro. Desi gned by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new ci t y, Br asil i a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil a has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or modern l i vi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een lanes of t r af fi c, have been kept away fr om l ivi ng ar eas. Chil dren do not have t o cr oss busy st reets t o go to school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for i n these speci al y desi gned l ivi ng ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f ir st, t he gover nm ent had great di f icult y i n per suadi ng people t o l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populati on has been gr owing al t he tim e. Brasil a has qui ckl y establi shed it sel f as the capi t al of t he count r y. The i dea t o have the capi t al m oved so f ar i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef fect on the f ut ur e of Br azi l. Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi l ot noti ced a bal oon whi ch seem ed t o be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He inf or med t he st at i on at once, but no one there was abl e to explai n the m yst er y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he hear d t he news, because bal l oons can be a gr eat danger to ai rcr af t. He sai d t hat someone mi ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of the str ange obj ect. The pi lot managed t o cir cl e t he bal loon f or some 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 fi eld gl ases. When t he bal l oon was over the stati on, t he pil ot saw one of t he m en taki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal loon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi el d. The pol i ce wer e cal l ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar est anyone, f or t he basket contai ned t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and t he Com manding Of fi cer of t he st at i on! As t he Comm andi ng Of icer expl ai ned l ater, one half of t he st at ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about t wo in t he mor ni ng when I r et urned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up m y wi f e by ri ngi ng t he door bel l, but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst t he wal l, and began cli mbi ng t owar ds t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow sai d, 39。 39。At what t im e di d you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 answered t he m an. 39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o f ind i t di f i cult t o get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publi c has expr esed it s grati t ude t o t he st udents i n l et ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed t hat t he st udents wi l dri ve t oo fast ! Leson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f r om my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y f orm er head mast er, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir i ng next week. Pupil s of t he school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr i but ed t owar ds t he gi ft wi l si gn their nam es i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to t he headm aster39。 he shout ed, 39。 sai d t he Am basador . 39。 answered t he Ambasador . 39。 answer ed t he Am basador dri l y. 39。My key,39。 39。t t hi nk t he windows need cl eani ng at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 sai d 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。cl ock. My empl oyer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t im e.39。At t he ti me t he mur der was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。 I know,39。s Radical Pr ogressi ve Par t y. Af t er t he el ect ions, Cr awl ey went t o t he f orm er Pr im e Mi ni st er39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next week. The str i ke i s due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat the str i ke wi l conti nue unti l gener al agr ement i s r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most pe opl e b