【正文】 ent on asking questions, when she suddenly not iced a big hol e in her husband39。What has happened ?39。So do I ,39。 39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。 answer ed t he Am bassador. 39。Your what ?39。 lesson90 What s f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of the r ichest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was mai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Br azi li an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new ci ty buil t 600 mil es nort h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he gr eat ar chi t ect Luci o Costa, t he new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the capi t al of Br azif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been caref ul ly pl anned f or m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een l anes of tr af ic, have been kept away f r om li ving ar eas. Chi l dr en do not have t o cr oss busy str eet s to go t o school. Housewi ves can vi sit shoppi ng centr es on f oot, f or i n t hese speci al l y desi gned li vi ng ar eas, car s ar e unnecessar y. At f ir st , the gover nment had gr eat dif fi cult y i n per suading peopl e t o leave Ri o and t o set tl e i n Br asil ia. Since 1960, however , the popul ati on has been gr owi ng al l t he t im e. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abl ished it self as t he capit al of t he count ry. The idea t o have t he capit al m oved so f ar inl and wi l have a gr eat ef f ect on t he fut ur e of Br azil . Lesson91 Three m en i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal l oon whi ch seemed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St ati on near by. He i nf orm ed t he st ati 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 heard t he news, because bal l ons can be a great danger t o air craft . He sai d t hat som eone m i ght by spyi ng on t he st at ion and t he pi l ot was or der ed t o keep tr ack of t he st r ange object . The pil ot m anaged t o ci rcl e the bal oon f or som e tim e. He coul d m ake out thr e m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holdi ng f i el dgl asses. When t he bal oon was over t he st ati on, t he pi l ot saw one of t he m en t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, the bal oon began t o descend and i t landed near an ai r fi el d. The poli ce wer e cal ed i n, but they coul d not ar r est anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned t wo Members of Parl iam ent and the Comm andi ng Of i cer of t he stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of i cer expl ai ned lat er , one half of t he st at i on di d not know what t he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or troubl e 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n the m or ni ng when I r et ur ned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up my wi f e by ri ngi ng t he door bel, 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。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a l at er t r ai n. 39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。And you di dn39。 So do I, 39。What has happened ?39。And how can you explai n that ?39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t ime. 39。that you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not catch t he 8. 0 o39。Wel l, I 39。 answer ed the Am bassador dri ly. 39。 said the Am bassador. 39。 The Ambassador39。 Fort unatel y, t he shout i ng woke up m y wif e who opened the wi ndow just as the poli ceman had star ted t o clim b towar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monument s in the wor ld, the St at ue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca in t he nieent h cent ury by the peopl e of France. The gr eat statue, which was desi gned by the scul pt or August e Bart hol di, took t en year s to pl et e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a met al f ramewor k which had been especi al y constr ucted by Ei f el . Before it coul d be t ranspor ted to the Uni ted Stat 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 i t was off icial ly pr esented t o the Am eri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever since then, t he great monum ent has been a symbol of li ber ty f or the m il lions of peopl e who have passed t hr ough New Yor k Harbour to make their homes in Ameri ca. Leson94 Future champi ons 未來的冠軍 Exper iments have proved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swim mi ng at a ver y ear ly age. At a special swim ming pool in Los Angeles, chi ldr en bee exper t at holdi ng their br eat h under wat er even bef ore t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo m ont hs ol d do not appear to be r eluctant to enter the wat er, I t i s not l ong bef ore they are so accustomed t o swim mi ng that they can pi ck up weights fr om t he fl oor of t he pool. A game that is ver y popul ar wi th these young swim mers i s the underwat er t ri cycle race. Tr icycles are l ined up on t he fl oor of t he pool seven f et under wat er . The chi ldr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o reach the ot her end of the pool. Many pedal t hei r tr icycles, but most of t hem pr ef er to push or dr ag them. Some chil dren can cover t he whol e l ength of t he pool wi thout ing up f or br eat h even once. Whether they wi ll ever bee f ut ure Ol ympi c champi ons, onl y t ime wil l tel . Meanwhi le, they shoul d encourage t hose among us who cannot swim f ive yards bef or e t hey are gaspi ng f or ai r. Lesson95 A f antasy 純屬虛構(gòu) When the Am bassador of Escalopia retur ned hom e for l unch, hi s wi fe got a shock. He l oo