【正文】 Fort unat el y, t he shout ing woke up my wif e who opened the wi ndow just as t he poli ceman had start ed to cl i m b t owar ds m e. Lesson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monument s in the wor ld, the St at ue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St at es of Ameri ca in t he nieent h century by the peopl e of France. The gr eat statue, which was desi gned by the scul ptor August e Bart hol di, took t en year s to pl et e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a met al f ramewor k which had been especial y constr ucted by Ei f el . Before it coul d be t ranspor ted to the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be f ound for it and a pedest al had to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sland at he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a stat ue whi ch was 151 feet tal , had been erected i n Pari s. The f oll owi ng year , it was t aken t o pieces and sent t o Am er ica. By t he end of Oct obe r 1886, t he st at ue had been put together again and it was off icial ly pr esented t o the Am eri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever sinc e then, the great monument has been a symbol of li ber ty for the m il lions of peopl e who have passed through New York Harbour to m ake t hei r hom es i n Am er ica. Lesson94 Future cham pions 未來(lái)的冠軍 Experi ments have pr oved that chi ldren can be i nst ructed i n swimm ing at a very ear ly age. At a special swi mm ing pool i n Los Angeles, chil dren be e exper t at hol di ng t hei r br eat h under wat er even bef or e t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo m ont hs ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant to 第 1 講： 旋 轉(zhuǎn) 1 一、填空題 1． 如圖，△ AOB 旋轉(zhuǎn)到△ A′ OB′的位置．若∠ AOA′ =90176。My key,39。Your what ?39。ve for got ten my key.39。 I sai d. 39。Wel , I 39。s busy wor king, but would you mind i ng wi th m e to t he stati on ?39。 answer ed the pol iceman in the sam e tone. 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 answeri ng in t he way I did, but I said, 39。 I don39。Thi s i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, eveni ng and gent lemen ! 39。clock t rai n did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen stati on and was taken off t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the o39。 I suggest ,39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at the stati on ?39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai n.39。 Woul d a l ater tr ai n get you to wor k on t ime ?39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I wa s there on t im e. 39。 answer ed the man.39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 said t he man. 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on the o39。 t ime. Even so, peopl e are goi ng to f ind it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so f ar, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grati tude t o the students i n let ters t o t he Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing m e that my f ormer head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wi l l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school , ol d and new, wi l l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o mar k the occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign t heir names in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。f ree r ides39。 but I love t o hear you say it ! 39。 I know, 39。 he shouted, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol iceman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni st er had gone abroad. On the f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o the house again. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same quest ion. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m t he sam e answer . The day aft er, Cr awl ey went to t he house once more and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the poli cem an lost hi s temper. 39。 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 exam ined by a sci entist , i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ures have r arel y been seen al ive by m an as they li ve at a depth of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Minister , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent el ect i ons. He i s now ret ir ing f rom polit ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 For tunat ely, t he shout i ng woke up m y wi f e who opened t he wi ndow j ust as t he pol icem an had st art ed to cl im b t owar ds m e. Lesson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he m ost f am ous m onum ent s in t he worl d, t he St at ue of Li ber t y, was pr esent ed t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca i n t he ni eent h cent ury by t he peopl e of France. The gr eat st atue, which was desi gned by t he scul pt or August e Bart hol di, t ook t en year s to pl et e. The act ual fi gur e was m ade of copper support ed by a m et al f r am ewor k whi ch had been especial y const ructed by Ei f el. Bef or e it could be t r anspor t ed t o t he Uni t ed St ates, a sit e had t o be f ound f