【導(dǎo)讀】晚餐吃什么？''Wel,I'dprefertostayhere,'Isaid.'Yousee,I'veforgottenmykey.'Yourwhat?

　　

【正文】 popul ar wit h t hese young swim mer s i s t he under wat er t ri cycl e r ace. Tr i cycles ar e l i ned up on t he f l oor of t he pool seven f eet under wat er. The chi l dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o r each t he ot her end of t he pool . Many pedal t heir t ri cycl es, but m ost of t hem pref er t o push or dr ag t hem. Som e chil dren can cover t he whol e l engt h of t he pool wi t hout ing up f or breath even once. Whet her t hey wil ever bee f ut ur e Ol ym pi c cham pi ons, onl y t im e wi l t el l. Meanwhil e, t hey shoul d encourage t hose am ong us who cannot swim fi ve yards befor e they ar e gaspi ng f or ai r. Leson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Am basador of Escal opi a r et urned hom e f or l unch, his wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and his cl ot hes wer e i n a fr i ght ful st ate. 39。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How di d your cl ot hes get i nt o such a m es ?39。 39。A f i re exti ngui sher , m y dear,39。 answer ed t he Am basador dri l y. 39。Uni versit y student s set t he Em basy on f ir e t hi s mor ni ng. 39。 Good heavens! 39。 excl aim ed his wif e. 39。And where wer e you at the ti me ?39。 39。I was i n m y of fi ce as usual,39。 answered t he Ambasador . 39。The f ir e br oke out in t he basement. I went down i mm edi at el y. of cour se, and t hat f ool, Hor st , aim ed a f ir e exti ngui sher at m e. He t hought I was on f ir e. I m ust def i ni tel y get t hat f el l ow post ed.39。 The Am bassador39。s wif e went on aski ng questi ons, when she suddenl y not i ced a bi g hole i n her husband39。s hat. 39。And how can you e xpl ai n t hat ?39。 she asked. 39。Oh, t hat ,39。 sai d t he Am basador . 39。Som eone f ir ed a shot t hr ough m y of fi ce wi ndow. Accurat e, don39。t you t hi nk ? For t unatel y, I wasn39。t wear i ng i t at t he tim e. If I had been, I woul d not have been able t o get hom e for l unch.39。 Lesson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Festi val f or t he Dead i s hel d once a year i n Japan. Thi s festi val i s a cheerf ul occasi on, f or on thi s day, t he dead are said t o r et ur n t o t hei r hom es and t hey ar e wel ed by t he li ving. As t hey ar e expect ed t o be hungr y aft er t hei r long j our ney, f ood i s l ai d out f or t hem. Speci al l y made lanter ns ar e hung out si de each house to hel p the dead to f i nd t heir way. Al ni ght l ong, peopl e dance and si ng. I n t he e ar ly m orni ng, t he f ood t hat had been l ai d out for t he dead i s t hr own int o a r i ver or i nto t he sea as i t is consi der ed unl ucky f or anyone l iving t o eat i t. I n towns t hat ar e near the sea, t he ti ny lanter ns which had been hung i n the str eets t he ni ght befor e, ar e placed into the wat er when t he festi val is over . Thousands of lanter ns sl owl y dr if t out t o sea gui di ng the dead on thei r r eturn journey t o the ot her wor ld. This i s a moving spect acl e, f or crowds of peopl e st and on the shor e wat chi ng the l ant er ns dri ft ing away unti l they can be seen no mor e. e. The only f unny thi ngs we hear d that eveni ng came f r om t he adverti ser at t he begi nni ng of t he pr ogr amm e. He was obvi ousl y ver y ner vous and for som e mi nut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e t he m i cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s m outh, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what t he poor man shoul d have sa i d, but what he act ual y sai d was: 39。Thi s i s t he Poo and Ee Sed Bi rd Com pany. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gent l em en !39。 lesson90 What s f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he r ichest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Brazi li an gover nm ent decided t o have a new ci t y bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janei ro. Desi gned by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new ci t y, Br asil i a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil a has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or modern l i vi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een lanes of t r af fi c, have been kept away fr om l ivi ng ar eas. Chil dren do not have t o cr oss busy st reets t o go to school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for i n these speci al y desi gned l ivi ng ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f ir st, t he gover nm ent had great di f icult y i n per suadi ng people t o l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populati on has been gr owing al t he tim e. Brasil a has qui ckl y establi shed it sel f as the capi t al of t he count r y. The i dea t o have the capi t al m oved so f ar i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef fe ct on the f ut ur e of Br azi l. Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi l ot noti ced a bal oon whi ch seem ed t o be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He inf or med t he st at i 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 hear d t he news, because bal l oons can be a gr eat danger to ai rcr af t. He sai d t hat someone mi ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of the str ange obj ect. The pi lot managed t o cir cl e t he bal loon f or some t im e. He coul d m ake out t hr ee men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng fi eld gl ases. When t he bal l oon was over the stati on, t he pil ot saw one of t he m en taki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal loon began t o descend and it l a nded near an air fi el d. The pol i ce wer e cal l ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar est anyone, f or t he basket contai ned t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and t he Com manding Of fi cer of t he st at i on! As t he Comm andi ng Of icer expl ai ned l ater, one half of t he st at ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roub