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【正文】 resing smoot hl y. I f t hey knew how dif ficult it was t o dr il t hr ough the har d r ock, t hey woul d lose heart . Lesson89 A sl ip of the tongue 口誤 People wil l do anyt hi ng t o see a fr e show even if it is a bad one. When t he news got round t hat a vari et y show would be pr esent ed at our local ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al r ushed to se i t. We had t o queue f or hours t o get in and t here must have been sever al hundred peopl e pr esent just be f or e the show began. Unf or tunat el y, the show was one of t he dul lest we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get i n need not have fel t di sappointed as many of t he arti st es who shoul d have appeared di d not e. The only f unny things we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e f r om t he advert iser at t he begi nning of t he pr ogramm e. He was obvi ously ver y ner vous and for som e m inut es stood awkwar dl y bef or e t he mi cr ophone. As oon as he opened hi s m outh, ever yone burst out laughing. We al know what t he poor m a n shoul d have sai d, but what he actual ly sai d was: 39。Thi s i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Com pany. Good ladi es, eveni ng and gent lem en ! 39。 l esson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he r ichest countr ies i n the wor ld, m uch of i t has not yet been developed. It was mainly f or t hi s r ea son t hat he Br azil ian gover nm ent deci ded to have a new cit y bui lt 600 mil es nort h west of Rio de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great archi tect Luci o Costa, t he new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as the capi tal of Br azif in 1960. Br asil ia has been car ef ul ly planned for m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can take f ourt een lanes of t raf ic, have been kept away fr om li vi ng ar eas. Chi ldren do not have t o cr oss busy st reet s t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping cent r es on f oot , f or i n these speci al y desi gned li vi ng areas, cars are unnecessary. At fi rst, the gover nm ent had gr eat di f icul ty i n persuading peopl e to leave Ri o and to set le i n Br asil ia. Si nce 1960, however , t he populati on has been gr owi ng al the tim e. Brasi li a has quickl y establ ished it self as t he capi tal of the count ry. The i dea t o have the capital m oved so f ar i nl and wil have a great ef fect on the f ut ur e of Brazi l. Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon whi ch seemed to be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He i nf orm ed t he stati on at once, but no one ther e was abl e to expl ai n t he m ystery. The of fi cer in t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger to air cr af t. He said t hat som eone mi ght by spyi ng on t he stati on and t he pil ot was or dered to keep tr ack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e the bal oon f or some tim e. He coul d m ake out three m en i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng f ieldglases. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, the pi lot saw one of the m en t aking phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, the bal oon began t o descend and it landed near an ai rf ield. The poli ce wer e cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket contai ned two Mem ber s of Parl iam ent and t he Comm anding Ofi cer of t he stati on! As t he Commandi ng Of icer expl ai ned later, one hal f of t he st at ion di d not know what t he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t rouble 自找麻煩 It must have been about t wo i n the m or ning when I returned hom e. I tr ied to wake up m y wif e by r ingi ng t he door bel l, but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om the shed i n the gar den, put it agai nst he wal , and began clim bi ng t owards the bedroom window. I was alm ost ther e when a sar cast ic voi ce bel ow said,39。 I don39。t t hink the wi ndows need cl eani ng at this tim e of t he night .39。 I looked down and nearl y fel off the ladder when I saw a poli ceman. I immedi at el y regreted answer ing in t he way I di d, but I said, 39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght. 39。 So do I, 39。 answered the poli ceman in t he same t one. 39。Excuse m y i nt er upti ng you. I hate t o i nter upt a m an when he39。s busy wor ki ng, but woul d you m ind i ng wit h m e to t he stai on ?39。 39。Wel , I 39。d prefer t o st ay here,39。 I sai d. 39。You se, I 39。ve fotten my key.39。 39。Your what ?39。 he cal ed. 39。My key,39。 I shout ed.39。 Fort unately, t he shouti ng woke up my wif e who opened the window j ust as t he pol iceman had start ed t o clim b towar ds me. Leson93 A nobl e gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous m onum ents i n t he worl d, t he Statue of Li bert y, was presented to t he Unit ed States of Am erica in t he ni eenth cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The great statue, whi ch was designed by the scul pt or Auguste Bart holdi, took t en year s to plete. The act ual f i gure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a metal fr amewor k whi ch had been especi al ly constr ucted by Eif f el. Bef ore it coul d be tr ansport ed t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found f or it and a pedest al had t o be built . The si te chosen was an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour. By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet t al , had been er ected i n Pari s. The f ol owi ng year , i t was t aken t o pi eces and sent t o Am eri ca. By t he end of October 1886, t he statue had been put toget her agai n and it was of fi ci al y pr esent ed t o t he Am eri can people by Bar thol di . Ever since t hen, t he great m onument has been a sym bol of li bert y for the m il ions of peopl e who have passed t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake thei r homes i n Am er ica. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pi ons 未來的冠軍 Exper iment s have pr oved t hat chil dr en can be i nstr ucted in swimmi ng at a very ear ly age. At a special swimmi ng pool i n Los Angel es, chil dr en bee expe