【正文】 car s ar e unnecesar y. At fir st , t he gover nment had gr eat dif fi cult y in per suadi ng people t o l eave Ri o and t o setl e in Br asi li a. Since 1960, however, the popul at ion has been gr owi ng al t he t ime. Br asil a has qui ckly est abli shed i tsel f as t he capit al of the count r y. The i dea to have the capit al m oved so f ar i nl and wil have a great ef ect on t he f ut ur e of Br azi l. Lesson91 Thre men in a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noti ced a bal oon which seemed t o be maki ng f or a Royal Air For ce Stati on near by. He i nformed the st ati on at once, but no one t here was able t o expl ai n the m yst er y. The off icer i n t he cont rol t ower was very angr y when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a great danger t o ai rcraft. He sai d t hat someone mi ght by spyi ng on the st ati on and the pi lot was order ed t o keep tr ack of t he str ange object. The pi lot m anaged to cir cl e t he bal l oon for som e tim e. He could make out t hr e men i n a basket under i t and one of t hem was hol di ng f ieldglases. When t he bal loon was over the st ati on, the pi lot saw one of the m en t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, the bal oon began to descend and it l anded near an air fi el d. The pol ice wer e cal ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar est anyone, for the basket cont ai ned t wo Member s of Parli ament and the Commandi ng Of fi cer of the stati on! As the Commandi ng Of fi cer expl ai ned later, one hal f of t he stai on did not know what he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for trouble 自找麻煩 I t m ust have been about t wo in t he morning when I r et ur ned home. I t ri ed t o wake up my wi fe by ri nging the door bel , but she was f ast asl ep, so I got a l adder f rom t he shed i n t he garden, put it agai nst the wal l, and began cli mbing towar ds t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost her e when a sarcasti c voice bel ow sai d, 39。 I l ooked down and nearl y f el l of f t he l adder when I saw a poli cem an. I i mmedi at el y regr et ted answeri ng i n the way I did, but I sai d, 39。d pr ef er t o stay her e,39。 For tunat el y, the shouti ng woke up m y wi fe who opened t he wi ndow just as t he poli cem an had st art ed t o cl imb t owards m e. Lesson93 A noble gif t 崇高的禮物 One of the m ost fam ous monument s in t he worl d, the St at ue of Liber ty, was present ed t o the Uni ted St at es of Am er ica in t he ni eenth cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bart hol di, t ook ten years to pl et e. The act ual fi gur e was m ade of copper support ed by a m et al f ram ework which had been especi al y const ruct ed by Eif fel. Bef or e it could be tr ansport ed t o t he Unit ed 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 was an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a st at ue which was 151 feet tal , had been er ected in Par is. The f ol owi ng year , i t was taken t o pi eces and sent t o Am eri ca. By the end of Oct ober 1886, t he statue had been put t oget her again and i t was of fi ci al ly present ed t o t he Am er ican peopl e by Bart holdi. Ever si nce then, the gr eat m onum ent has been a sym bol of li ber ty f or t he mil li ons of people who have pased t hrough New York Harbour to make t heir hom es i n Am eri ca. Leson94 Future cham pi ons 未來的冠軍 Experim ents have proved 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 Angeles, chil dren bee expert at hol di ng thei r br eath under wat er even bef or e t hey can walk. Babies of t wo m onths ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o ent er t he wat er , It is not l ong bef or e t hey are so accustom ed t o swimm ing that t hey can pick up weights fr om the fl oor of t he pool. A gam e that i s very popular wi t h t hese young swimmers is t he under water t ri cycle r ace. Tri cycl es are li ned up on t he fl oor of t he pool seven f et under wat er . The chil dren pet e agai nst each ot her t o r each t he other end of t he pool. Many pedal thei r tri cycles, but m ost of t hem pr ef er to push or dr ag t hem. Some chi ldren can cover t he whole lengt h of t he pool wit hout ing up f or br eat h even once. Whet her t hey wil ever bee f ut ur e Olym 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 bassador of Escalopi a returned hom e for lunch, his wi fe got a shock. He looked pal e and hi s cl ot hes wer e in a fr ight f ul st at e. 39。 39。 The Ambassador 39。t you think ? Fort unately, I wasn39。I enjoy cl eaning windows at night .39。d prefer to stay here,39。 I shout ed.39。Univer si ty students set the Embasy on f ir e this morning. 39。 The Ambasador39。t you think ? Fort unately, I wasn39。I enj oy cl eani ng wi ndows at night .39。 I sai d. 39。What has happened ?39。Good heavens! 39。s wif e went on aski ng questi ons, when she suddenl y noti ced a bi g hol e i n her husband39。t weari ng i t at the ti me. If I had been, I woul d not have been able to get home for lunch.39。 39。 I don39。Oh, t hat,39。I was in my off ice as usual ,39。A f ir e exti nguisher, my dear,39。 he cal led. 39。s busy wor ki ng, but woul d you mi nd i ng wi th me t o t he stati on ?39。 leson90 Whats f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil is one of t he ri chest count ri es i n t he worl d, much of it has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y for this rea son that t he Brazi li an government decided t o have a new cit y built 600 m il es nor th west of Ri o de Janei r o. Designed by the gr eat ar chit ect Lucio Cost a, the new cit y, Brasi li a, repl aced Rio de Janeir o as t he c apit al of Br azif i n 1960. Brasi li a has been carefull y pl anned f or m oder n l iving. It s wide roads, which can