【正文】 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Fest ival for the 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, the dead are said t o r et urn to t hei r hom es and t he。t you think ? For t unatel y, I wasn39。 sai d t he Ambasador . 39。 she as ked. 39。s hat . 39。 The Am basador 39。 answer ed the Ambassador. 39。 39。 exclai med his wi fe. 39。 39。 answered t he Ambasador dr il y. 39。 39。 she asked. 39。 For tunately, t he shouti ng woke up my wi f e who opened t he window j ust as t he pol iceman had st art ed to cli mb t owards me. Leson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of the m ost fam ous m onuments i n 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 enth centur y by t he people of Fr ance. The gr eat st at ue, whi ch was designed by t he sculptor Auguste Bar tholdi , t ook ten years t o plete. The act ual f igure was made of copper s uppor ted by a metal fr amework whi ch had been especial ly const ructed by Eif fel. Bef or e i t could be tr anspor t 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 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 ected i n Pari s. The f oll owi ng year, it was t aken t o pieces and sent to Am er i 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 the Am eri can pe ople by Bar tholdi . Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of li ber ty for the m il li ons of peopl e who have passed through New York Harbour to m ake t hei r hom es in Am eri ca. Leson94 Future champions 未來的冠軍 Experi ments have proved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swim ming at a very ear ly age. At a special swi mm ing pool in Los Angeles, chi ldren be e exper t at holdi ng their br eath under water even bef ore t hey can wal k. Babies of t wo months ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o enter the wat er , It i s not l ong bef ore t hey ar e so acustomed t o swim ming t hat t hey can pi ck up weights f rom the f loor of the pool. A gam e that is ve ry popular wi th t hese young swimmers i s the under water tr i cycle r ace. Tr icycl es ar e l ined up on the f l oor of t he pool seven f eet under water. The chil dr en pet e agai nst each other to r each t he other end of t he pool . Many pedal their t ri cycles, but m ost of them pr efer to push or drag t hem . Som e chi ldr en can cover t he whole l engt h of the pool wit hout ing up for breath even once. Whet her t hey wi l l ever bee f utur e Olym pi c cham pi ons, only t im e wil l tel . Meanwhil e, t hey should encour age those among us who cannot swi m f ive yar ds bef or e t hey ar e gasping for air . Lesson95 A fant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambasador of Escal opia r et urned home f or lunch, his wi f e got a shock. He looked pal e and hi s clothes wer e in a fr ightf ul st at e. 39。My key, 39。Your what ?39。ve f ott en my key.39。 I said. 39。Wel l, I 39。s busy worki ng, but would you m ind ing wit h me t o t he st at ion ?39。 answer ed the poli ceman i n t he same t one. 39。 39。 I looked down and near ly f el off t he ladder when I saw a pol iceman. I i mmediat el y r egr et ted answer i ng in t he way I did, but I said, 39。 I don39。This i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, evening and gent lemen !39。cl ock tr ai n did not r un at al l. It br oke down at Ferngr en st at ion and was t aken of f t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch the 8. 0 o39。I suggest ,39。 Of course not. 39。t notice anything unusual ?39。 39。 39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t ime.39。 answered t he man. 39。 asked the i nspector . 39。 sai d the m an. 39。At the t im e the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st udents i n let ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。f r ee r i des39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t !39。 I know, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elect ions. He has reti red f rom poli tical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 I t ol d you yest er day and the day bef ore yester day,39。t weari ng it at the ti me. If I had been, I would not have been able to get hom e for l unch.39。Someone fi red a shot thr ough m y off ice wi ndow. Accurat e, don39。Oh, t hat,39。And how can you e xplain t hat ?39。s wi fe went on aski ng quest ions, when she suddenly noti ced a big hole in her husband39。The fi re br oke out i n t he basem ent . I went down i m m edi ately. of cour se, and that fool , Hor st, aimed a fi reexti ngui sher at me. He thought I was on fi re. I must defi nit el y get that f el ow post ed. 39。I was in m y off i ce as usual ,39。And wher e were you at t he t im e ?39。Good heavens!39。Uni ver si ty st udents set he Em bassy on fi re t his m or ning.39。A fi r e ext i nguisher, m y dear, 39。How di d your cl othes get i nt o such a mess ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shout ed. 39。 he cal l ed. 39。ve f ott en m y key. 39。 I sai d. 39。Wel , I39。s busy worki ng, but woul d you mi nd ing wi t h m e t o t he st