【正文】 ve passed t hrough 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 im ent s have pr oved t hat chil dren can be instr uct ed in swi mmi ng at a ver y earl y age. At a speci al swi mmi ng pool i n Los Angel es, chil dr en bee expert at hol ding t hei r breath under wat er even befor e they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to ent er t he water , I t is not long befor e they are so accust omed to swi mmi ng that they can pick up wei ght s fr om the f loor of t he pool . A game t hat i s ver y popul ar wit h t hese young swi mmer s is t he under wat er tr icycl e r ace. Tri cycles ar e li ned up on the f loor of the pool seven feet under water. The chil dren pete agai nst each other to r each t he other end of t he pool . Many pedal their t ri cycl es, 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 wil l ever bee f utur e Ol ym pi c cham pions, only tim e wi l tel l. Meanwhi l e, t hey should encour age those am ong us who cannot swi m fi ve yar ds bef ore t hey ar e gaspi ng for air . Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambassador of Escalopia r etur ned home f or lunch, hi s wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and his clot hes wer e in a fr ight ful st ate. 39。My key, 39。Your what ?39。ve f ott en my key.39。 I said. 39。Wel l, I 39。s busy wor ki ng, but would you m ind i ng wit h me to t he st ation ?39。 answer ed the poli cem an in t he same tone. 39。 39。 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I i mmediatel y regr et ted answer ing i n t he way I did, but I said, 39。 I don39。Thi s is t he Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gent lemen ! 39。cl ock tr ain di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at ion and was t aken of f the l ine.39。t hat you are not t el li ng the t ruth. I suggest that you di d not catch t he o39。I suggest, 39。 Of cour se not .39。t noti ce anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。 39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a lat er t rain. 39。 Woul d a l at er t rai n get you t o wor k on ti me ?39。 I must be at wor k at o39。Of cour se I do, 39。Do you always cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。cl ock t rai n to London,39。 Lesson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Festi val f or the Dead i s hel d once a year i n Japan. Thi s f esti val i s a cheerf ul occasi on, f or on t hi s day, t he dead ar e sai d to r et ur n t o their homes and t hey ar e wel ed by t he l i vi ng. As t hey are expect ed to be hungr y af ter t hei r l ong j our ney, f ood i s l ai d out f or t hem. Speci al l y made lanter ns ar e hung out si de each house t o hel p t he dead t o fi nd t heir way. Al l ni ght l ong, peopl e dance and si ng. I n the e arl y m or ni ng, t he f ood t hat had been l ai d out f or the dead is t hr own i nt o a ri ver or i nt o t he sea as it i s consi der ed unl ucky f or anyone li vi ng t o eat i t. I n t owns that ar e near t he sea, t he t iny l ant erns whi ch had been hung in t he str eet s the ni ght befor e, ar e pl aced i nto t he water when t he fest i val is over. Thousands of lanter ns sl owly dr if t out t o sea gui di ng t he dead on t hei r ret ur n j our ney t o t he ot her worl d. Thi s is a m ovi ng spect acl e, f or cr owds of peopl e stand on the shore wat chi ng the l ant erns dri ft ing away unt il they can be sen no m or e. sel f t o gar deni ng. For him, t hi s wi l be an entir ely new hobby. But this does not m at ter , f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never t oo ol d t o learn. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at ely t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng f or t he last f i ft en m inutes. Bot h men had hardl y had ti me to reali ze what was happeni ng when the y were thrown violent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Bot h men had just begun t o swim towar ds the s hor e. when they noticed wi th di sm ay that the speedboat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towar ds t hem at tr emendous speed. In l es t han a mi nut e, i t roared past t hem only a few feet away. Af ter it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they could because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had just had enough tim e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t his occasi on, however, i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had near ly al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dri ft gent ly acr oss t he water. Lesson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。t you thi nk ? For t unat el y, I wasn39。 sai d the Am bassador. 39。 she asked. 39。s hat . 39。 The Am basador39。 answer ed t he Am basador . 39。And wher e wer e you at t he ti me ?39。Good heavens! 39。Uni versit y student s set t he Em basy on f ir e t hi s m or ni ng. 39。A fi re ext ingui sher , m y dear,39。How di d your cl ot hes get i nt o such a m es ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shout ed.39。 he cal ed. 39。 39。You se, I39。d pr efer t o st ay her e,39。 39。Excuse m y i nt er rupti ng you. I hate t o i nt er upt a m an when he39。So do I,39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght .39。t thi nk t he wi ndows need cleani ng at thi s t im e of the ni ght. 39。 lesson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azi l is one of t he r ichest count ri es in t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nly f or t hi s reason t hat t he Br azil ian government deci ded t o have a new cit y bui lt 600 m il es nor th west of Ri o de Janei r o. Desi gned by t he gr eat ar chi tect Luci o Cost a, t he new cit y, Brasi li a, r epl aced Rio de Janei r o as t he capi ta