【正文】 students are goi ng to take the t est in two days39。 39。 l esson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil is one of t he ri chest countr ies in the wor ld, much of it has not yet been devel oped. I t was mai nly f or thi s reason t hat t he Brazil ian government decided t o have a new cit y built 600 miles nort hwest of Rio de Janei ro. Designed by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new city, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the c apit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been caref ully planned f or moder n l iving. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can t ake fourt een lanes of t raf fi c, have been kept away f r om l iving ar eas. Chil dr en do not have t o cross busy str eet s to go to school . Housewives can vi si t shoppi ng centr es on foot , f or in t hese speci al ly designed li ving ar eas, car s ar e unnecesary. At f ir st , the gover nment had gr eat dif fi culty in per suading peopl e to leave Rio and t o set tl e in Brasil ia. Since 1960, however , t he popul at ion has been growi ng al l the t ime. Br asi lia has quickly establ ished i tself as the capit al of t he countr y. The idea to have the capit al m oved so f ar i nland wi l have a great ef fect on the f uture of Br azil. Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noti ced a bal oon which seem ed to be maki ng for a Royal Air For ce Stati on near by. He i nfor med the st at ion at once, but no one t her e was able t o expl ain t he mystery. The off icer in the cont rol t ower was ver y angr y when he hear d t he news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger t o air cr aft . He sai d that someone mi ght by spying on the stati on and the pil ot was or dered t o keep t rack of the str ange obj ect . The pi lot managed t o cir cle t he bal loon f or some t ime. He could make out t hree men i n a basket under it and one of them was hol ding f ield glases. When t he bal loon was over the stati on, t he pil ot saw one of the m en taking photographs. Soon aft erwar ds, the bal loon began t o descend and it landed near an air fi eld. The pol ice wer e cal led i n, but they could not ar est anyone, for the basket contained two Member s of Par li am ent and the Com mandi ng Of fi cer of the stat ion! As the Com mandi ng Of fi cer explained l at er , one hal f of t he stati on did not know wha t the other half was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻煩 It must have been about t wo i n the mor ning when I r etur ned home. I tr ied t o wake up my wif e by r inging t he door bel , but she was fast asl ep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst the wal l, and began cl imbi ng towards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t her e when a sar cast ic voice below sai d, 39。Your what ?39。 answered t he Ambassador. 39。 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。 sai d t he i nspector, 39。 39。 answer ed t he Am bassador dr il y. 39。 said the Am bassador. 39。 The Ambassador39。 For tunat ely, t he shout i ng woke up m y wi f e who opened t he window j ust as t he poli cem an had st ar t ed t o cli mb t owards m e. Leson93 A nobl e gi f t 崇高的禮物 One of the m ost f am ous m onuments i n t he worl d, t he Stat ue of Li ber ty, was present ed to t he Unit ed Stat es of Am er ica i n t he ni eent h cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The gr eat st at ue, whi ch was desi gned by t he sculpt or Auguste Bar thol di, t ook ten years t o pl ete. The act ual f i gur e was m ade of copper suppor t ed by a m etal fr amewor k whi ch had been especi al ly const r uct ed by Eif fel. Bef ore i t coul d be tr ansport ed to t he Unit ed Stat es, a si te had t o be f ound f or it and a pedestal ha d to be buil t. The sit e chosen was an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour. By 1884, a st atue whi ch was 151 f et t al , had been er ect ed i n Pari s. The f oll owing year, it was t aken t o pi eces and sent t o Am eri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st at ue had been put t oget her agai n and it was off i ci al l y pr esent ed t o t he Am eri can people by Bar t hol di . Ever si nce t hen, the gr eat m onum ent has been a sym bol of li ber t y f or t he m il li ons of peopl e who have pased t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake t hei r hom es i n Am eri ca. Lesson94 Fut ure champi ons 未來的冠軍 Experi ments have pr oved t hat chi l dr en can be i nst r uct ed i n swim mi ng at a ver y ear l y age. At a speci al swimm i ng pool i n Los Angel es, chi l dr en bee exper t at hol di ng t heir br eat h under wat er even befor e they can wal k. Babi e s of t wo m ont hs ol d do not appear to be r eluctant to ent er t he wat er, I t is not long befor e they are so accust om ed to swim mi ng t hat they can pick up wei ght s fr om t he fl oor of t he pool . A game t hat i s ver y popul ar wit h t hese young swimmer s is t he unde r wat er t ri cycl e r ace. Tri cycl es ar e li ned up on t he fl oor of t he pool seven feet under water. The chil dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o reach the ot her end of the pool. Many pedal t hei r tr icycl es, but most of t hem pr ef er t o push or dr ag t hem. Some chil dren can cover t he whol e l engt h of t he pool wi t hout ing up f or br eat h even once. Whet her t hey wi l ever be e f ut ur e Olym pi c cham pi ons, onl y t im e wil l tel . Meanwhi l e, t hey shoul d encour age t hose am ong us who cannot swim f i ve yar ds bef or e t hey ar e gaspi ng f or ai r. Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambasador of Escal opi a r et ur ned home f or lunch, hi s wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and hi s cl ot hes wer e i n a fr i ghtf ul st at e. 39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght .39。 39。cl ock t rai n to London, 39。t you t hi nk ? Fort unat ely, I wasn39。 answer ed the Am bassador dr ily. 39。Wel l, I 39。 said t he inspector , 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。 39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t