【正文】 e Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be f ound for it and a pedest al had to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sl and at he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet tal , had been erected i n Pari s. The f oll owi ng year , it was t aken t o pieces and sent t o Am er ica. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st at ue had been put together again and it was off icial ly pr ese nted t o the Ameri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever si nce t hen, the great monument has been a symbol of li ber ty for the m il lions of peopl e who have passed through New York Harbour to m ake t hei r hom es in Am er ica. Lesson94 Future cham pions 未來(lái)的冠軍 Experi ments have pr oved that chi ldren can be i nst ructed i n swim ming at a very ear ly age. At a special swi mm ing pool in Los Angeles, chil dren be e exper t at holdi ng their breath under water even bef or e t hey can wal k. Babies of t wo months ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o enter the wat er , It i s not l ong bef ore t hey ar e so acustomed t o swimm ing t hat t hey can pi ck up weights f rom the f loor of the pool. A gam e that is very popular wi th t hese young swi mm er s i s the under water tr icycle r ace. Tr icycl es ar e l ined up on the f loor of the pool seven feet under water . The chi ldren pete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal t hei r tr icycl es, but most of t hem pref er t o push or dr ag them. Some chil dr en can cover the whol e length of t he pool wi thout i ng up f or br eat h even once. Whether they wi l ever be e fut ur e Ol ympic champions, onl y ti me wi l t el l. Meanwhil e, they should encour age t hose among us who cannot swi m f ive yards befor e they are gasping f or ai r. Leson95 A f antasy 純屬虛構(gòu) When the Am basador of Escal opi a ret ur ned home f or l unch, his wi fe got a shock. He l ooked pale and hi s cl othes were i n a f ri ghtf ul stat e. 39。 39。s wi fe went on aski ng questi ons, when she suddenl y noti ced a bi g hole i n her husband39。t wear ing i t at t he ti me. If I had been, I would not have been abl e to get home f or l unch. 39。m onst er s39。Someone f ir ed a shot t hrough my of fi ce window. Accurate, don39。The f ir e broke out in t he basement. I went down imm edi ately. of cour se, and that fool, Hor st , ai med a f ir eexti ngui sher at m e. He thought I was on f ir e. I m ust defi ni tel y get t hat f el low post ed. 39。 answer ed the Am bassador dri ly. 39。My key,39。 39。t thi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at thi s ti me of the ni ght .39。 said t he inspect or , 39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for the t rai n. 39。 I must be at work at o39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat ience and understanding and f or t he kindly encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tending a f arewel dinner in hi s honour next Thur sday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day bef or e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f ort y year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wi l devot e himself t o gar deni ng. For him , t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Lesson86 Out of control 失控 As the m an tr ied t o swing t he speedboat r ound, t he st er ingwheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desper ately to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize 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 m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat he speedboat was m ovi ng in a cir cl e. I t now came str ai ght t owards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m inute, it r oar ed past t he m onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er i t had passed, they swam on as quickl y as they coul d because they knew that 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 cl e. On thi s occasi on, however, it had slowed down consi der ably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Befor e long, the noise dr opped pletel y and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er. Leson87 A perfect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue unif or m and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der , the pri soner marched boldly up and down in f r ont of the camp. He could hear shouti ng in t he camp it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were r unning here and t her e: t hey had just di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At tha t moment, a l ar ge black car wit h four off icer s inside it , st opped at the camp gates. The off icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the car came t owar ds hi m. The man obviously want ed to t alk. He was r at her el der ly wi t h grey hair and clear bl ue eyes. The pri soner felt sor y f or hi m, but t her e was nothi ng el se he coul d do. As the man came near, the pr isoner knocked hi m t o the gr ound wit h a shar p blow. Then, jumping into the car , he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fisher men and sai lor s som et im es cl ai m t o have seen monsters in t he sea. Though peopl e have oft en laughed at st ori es told by seamen, it is now known that many of t hese 39。 .........................................錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 第十一章 效益與風(fēng)險(xiǎn)分析 ......................................錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 ...............................................錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 ............錯(cuò)誤 !未定義書(shū)簽。 第六章 項(xiàng)目組織與管理 ................................