【導(dǎo)讀】晚餐吃什么？station!

　　

【正文】 en bee exper t at hol di ng t hei r br eat h under wat er even bef or e t hey can wal k. Babies of t wo mont hs ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o ente r t he wat er , It i s not l ong befor e they are so accust om ed to swim mi ng t hat t hey can pick up wei ght s f rom the f loor of the pool. A gam e that is ver y popul ar wi t h t hese young swimm ers i s t he under wat er t ri cycl e race. Tr i cycles ar e l i ned up on t he fl oor of t he pool seven feet under water. The chil dr en pete against each ot her t o reach t he ot her end of t he pool. Many pedal t hei r tr i cycles, but m ost of them pr efer t o push or dr ag t hem . Som e chi l dr en can cover the whol e lengt h of t he pool wi thout i ng up f or br eat h even once. Whet her t hey wi l ever be e f ut ur e Ol ym pi c champi ons, onl y ti me wil t el. Meanwhi le, 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 for air . Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Am bassador of Escalopi a ret ur ned hom e for l unch, hi s wi fe got a shock. He l ooked pale and hi s cl othes wer e i n a f ri ghtf ul st at e. 39。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How did your clot hes get i nt o such a m ess ?39。 39。A f ir eexti ngui sher, m y dear ,39。 answer ed t he Am bassador dri ly. 39。Uni ver si t y st udents set t he Em bassy on fi r e t his m orni ng.39。 39。Good heavens!39。 exclaim ed hi s wi fe. 39。And wher e wer e you at t he tim e ? 39。 I was i n m y of fi ce as usual ,39。 answer ed t he Am bassador. 39。The fi r e br oke out i n t he basem ent . I went down i mm edi at el y. of cour se, and that fool, Hor st , ai med a f ir eexti ngui sher at m e. He t hought I was on fi re. I m ust defi nit el y get that fel ow posted.39。 The Ambassador 39。s wif e went on aski ng quest i ons, when she suddenl y not i ced a bi g hol e 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 Ambassador . 39。Som eone f i red a shot thr ough m y off ice wi ndow. Accur at e, don39。t you thi nk ? Fort unat el y, I wasn39。t weari ng it at the t ime. I f I had been, I woul d not have been abl e to get home f or l unch.39。 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Fest ival for t he Dead i s held once a year i n Japan. Thi s f esti val i s a cheer ful occasion, for on thi s day, t he dead are said to r eturn to t hei r homes and they are wel ed by the li ving. As they ar e expected t o be hungr y aft er t hei r long j our ney, f ood is l ai d out for them. Speci al y made lanter ns ar e hung out side each house to hel p the dead to fi nd their way. Al ni ght l ong, peopl e dance and sing. I n t he e oper at i ons ar e progr essing smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was t o dr il t hrough the har d rock, they would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of the t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hi ng to see a f r e showeven if i t i s a bad one. When the news got r ound that a var iet y show would be pr esented at our l ocal cinema by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Com pany, we al r ushed t o see i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and there must have been sever al hundred people pr esent just be for e the show began. Unf ort unatel y, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ail ed to get in need not ha ve f elt disappoint ed as many of the art istes who should have appeared di d not e. The onl y f unny t hings we heard t hat eveni ng cam e fr om the adver ti ser at the beginning of the pr ogr amme. He was obviously very ner vous and f or some m inutes stood awkwardl y befor e the mi crophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone bur st out l aughing. We al l know what t he poor m an should have sai d, but what he act ual ly said was: 39。Thi s i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, eveni ng and gent lemen ! 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 m ai nly for thi s reason t hat t he Brazil ian government decided t o have a new cit y built 600 miles northwest 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 ivi ng. 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 visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for in these speci al y designed l iving ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f ir st, the government had gr eat di f icult y in per suading people t o leave Rio and t o setl e i n Brasil ia. Since 1960, however , the popul ati on has been growi ng al the t ime. Br asi li a has quickl y est abl ished it self as t he capit al of t he 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 orm ed the stati on at once, but no one t her e was abl e to expl ai n the m yst er y. The off icer in t he cont rol tower was very angry when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger to ai rcr af t. He said that someone mi ght by spying on t he st ation and t he pil ot was or der ed to keep t rack of the str ange object. The pil ot managed t o cir cl e the bal oon for some t ime. He could m ake out thr ee men in a basket under it and one of t hem was holdi ng fi eldgl asses. When t he bal loon was over the stati on, t he pilot saw one of the m en taking photographs. Soon aft erwar ds, the bal oon began t o descend and it landed near an air fi el d. The pol ice wer e cal led i n, but they could