【正文】 o de Janei ro. Desi gned by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Costa, the new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Br asi li a has been caref ul ly pl anned f or moder n l iving. It s wi de roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt en l anes of t raf ic, have been kept away f rom li ving ar eas. Chi ldr en do not have to cr oss busy str et s to go to school . Housewives can visit 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 cul ty 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 gr owi ng al l the t ime. Br asil ia has quickly establi shed i tself as the capit al of t he countr y. The i dea 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 azi l. Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi l ot not iced a baloon whi ch seemed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He inf orm 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 baloons 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 Commanding Of icer of the stati on! As the Commandi 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 I t must have been about t wo i n t he morning when I retur ned home. I tr i ed to wake up m y wif e by r inging t he door bel l, but she was f ast asl ep, so I got a l adder f rom the shed in t he gar den, put it agai nst t he wal, and began cl imbi ng towar ds the bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t her e when a sarcast ic voi ce bel ow sai d,39。 I don39。t t hink t he windows need cl eani ng at his t ime of t he night. 39。 I l ooked down and nearl y fel l of f the l adder when I saw a poli ceman. I im medi ately regret ed answer ing i n the way I di d, but I sai d, 39。I enj oy cleani ng wi ndows at night. 39。 39。So do I ,39。 answered t he poli ceman i n the same t one. 39。Excuse my i nt er upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。s busy worki ng, but woul d you mi nd ing wi th me t o the stat ion ?39。 39。Wel l, I39。d pref er t o stay here,39。 I said. 39。You see, I 39。ve f or gott en my key.39。 39。Your what ?39。 he cal led. 39。My key, 39。 I shout ed. 39。 For tunately, the shouting woke up my wi fe who opened t he window j ust as the poli cem an had st ar ted t o cli mb t owards me. Leson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of the most f am ous m onuments in t he worl d, t he Statue of Li ber ty, was present ed to t he Unit ed States of Am er ica i n the ni ent h cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The great st at ue, whi ch was designed by t he sculpt or Auguste Bar tholdi , t ook ten years t o plete. The act ual f igur e was made of copper suppor ted by a metal fr amework which had been especi al ly constr uc t ed by Eif fel. Bef ore i t could be tr ansport ed to t he Unit ed States, a si te had t o be found f or it and a pedestal had to be buil t. The sit e chosen was an isl and at the entr ance of New York Harbour. By 1884, a st atue whi ch was 151 f eet al , had been er ected in Par is. The fol lowi ng year , i t was taken to pi eces and sent to Amer ica. By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put t oget her again and i t was of fi cial y present ed to t he Amer ican peopl e by Bart hol di. Ever si nce t hen, t he gr eat monument has been a symbol of l ibert y f or t he mi l ions of people who have pased t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o make their homes i n Amer ica. Lesson94 Fut ure champi ons 未來的冠軍 Exper i ment s have pr oved that chil dren can be i nstr ucted in swi mm ing at a very earl y age. At a speci al swi mmi ng pool i n Los Angeles, chil dren be e expert at holding t hei r breath under water even bef or e t hey can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear t o be rel uct ant t o 開開 業(yè)業(yè) 指指 導導 手手 冊冊 寵寵 物物 美美 容容 店店 上海市微小型企業(yè)開業(yè)指導系列手冊 上海百萬圓桌企業(yè)有限公司 編制 上海市就業(yè)促進中心 監(jiān)制 2020 年 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 a