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ng centr es on foot, f or i n t hese special ly designed li vi ng areas, cars ar e unnecessary. At fi rst , t he gover nm ent had great dif fi cul ty i n persuadi ng peopl e to l eave Ri o and to set tle in Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populat ion has been gr owing al l t he ti me. Brasil ia has quickly establi shed i tsel f as the ca pi tal of the count r y. The i dea t o have the capi tal moved so far i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he fut ure of Br azi l. Leson91 Thre m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon which semed t o be making for a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He i nf or m ed the stati 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 tower was ver y angry when he heard the news, because bal oons can be a great danger to ai rcraf t. He said t hat someone might by spyi ng on the st at ion and t he pi lot was order ed to keep tr ack of t he str ange object. The pil ot m anaged to ci rcl e the bal oon for som e ti me. He coul d make out thr e m en in a basket under it and one of t hem was holding fi el dglasses. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, t he pi lot saw one of the men t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t landed near an air fi el d. The pol ice were cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and the Comm anding Of icer of the stati on! As the Comm andi ng Of icer expl ained later , one half of t he st ation di d not know what he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 It must have been about two in the mor ning when I r et urned home. I tr ied to wake up my wi f e by r i 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 the wal l, and began cli mbi ng towards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sar cast ic voice below sai d, 39。 I don39。t t hi nk the wi ndows need cl eaning at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 I l ooked down and near ly fel of f the l adder when I saw a pol iceman. I imm edi at ely r egr et ed answeri ng in the way I di d, but I sai d, 39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night. 39。 So do I, 39。 answered t he pol iceman in the same t one. 39。Excuse m y int er rupt ing you. I hate to i nter upt a man when he39。s busy wor king, but woul d you mi nd ing wi th m e to the stati on ?39。 39。Wel , I39。d prefer t o st ay here,39。 I sai d. 39。You se, I 39。ve for got ten m y key. 39。 Your what ?39。 he cal led. 39。My key,39。 I shout ed. 39。 Fort unat ely, the shout ing woke up m y wi fe who opened the wi ndow j ust as the poli cem an had star ted t o cli mb t owar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most famous monuments i n the wor ld, the St atue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St ates of Ameri ca in t he ni eent h centur y by the people of France. The gr eat statue, which was designed by the scul ptor August e Bart hol di, t ook t en year s to pl et e. The actual fi gure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a m et al f ram ewor k whi ch had been especial y c onst ructed by Ei f el. Befor e it could be t ranspor ted t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found for i t and a pedest al had t o be built . The si te chosen was an island at the entr ance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a stat ue which was 151 f et tal l, had been er ect ed in Pari s. The f oll owing year, it was t aken t o pieces and sent to Am eri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st atue had been put together agai n and it was off ici al ly pr esented t o t he Ameri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever since then, the gr eat monument ha s been a sym bol of li ber ty for the m il li ons of peopl e who have passed thr ough New York Harbour to m ake t hei r homes in Am eri ca . Le son94 Future champions 未來的冠軍 Experi ments have proved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swimming at a very ear ly age. At a special swi mming pool in Los Angel es, chil dren be e expert at holding t hei r breath under water even befor e they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear t o be rel uct ant t o 碧水苑工程項(xiàng)目可行性研究報(bào)告 項(xiàng)目負(fù)責(zé)人 : XX[注冊咨詢工程師 ] 編 制 人 員 : XX[注冊咨詢工程師 ] XX[注冊咨詢工程師 ] XX[中國注冊會計(jì)師 ] 咨詢單位: ********* 資質(zhì)證號 :********* 編制時間:二〇一一年五月五日至 二〇一一年六月十日 編號: TZZX[ 2020] 0610 pr i soner knocked him to the ground wi th a shar p blow. Then, j umping i nt o t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚? Fi sher men and sai lors someti mes claim t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st or ies t old by s eam en, i t is now known t hat many of t hese 39。m onster s39。 which have at ti mes been sighted ar e simpl y str ange f ish. Occasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rarel y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculiar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied m il es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat t his was no or di nar y f ish, the f isher man made ever y ef for t not to dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought t o shor e, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen feet long. It had a head like a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ni ng sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e it i s bei ng examined by a sci entist , i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r ar ely been sen ali ve by man as t hey l ive at a dept h of six hundred f et . Lesson83 Af t er the electi ons 大選之后 The f ormer Pr ime Mi ni st er, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he recent el ecti ons. He i s now r etir ing fr om poli ti cal l if