【正文】 ent has been a symbol of l iber ty for the mil lions of people who have pased t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o make their homes in America. Lesson94 Fut ure champions 未來的冠軍 Exper iments have pr oved that chi ldren can be i nstr ucted in swimmi ng at a very early age. At a special swimmi ng pool i n Los Angeles, chi ldren bee expert at hol di ng t heir breath under water even before t hey can walk. Babi es of two mont hs old do not appear to be reluct ant to ent er t he water, It is not l ong bef or e they are s o accustomed t o swi mming that they can pick up weight s fr om the floor of the pool. A game t hat is ver y popul ar wit h these young swimmer s i s the under wat er tr icycle r ace. Tri cycles are l ined up on the f l oor of t he pool seven f et under water. The chi ldren pet e against each ot her to reach t he other end of the pool. Many pe dal thei r t ri cycl es, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some chil dr en can cover the whole l ength of t he pool wi thout ing up for br eath even once. Whether they wil ever bee f ut ur e Olympi c champi ons, only ti me wil tel . Meanwhil e, they shoul d encourage t hose among us who cannot swim fi ve yar ds before t hey ar e gaspi ng f or air . Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構 When t he Ambasador of Escal opia r et ur ned hom e f or l unch, his wif e got a shock. He l ooked pal e and his cl ot hes were in a f rightf ul st at e. 39。My key, 39。 Your what ?39。You see, I39。d pr ef er to stay here,39。 39。Excuse my inter upt ing you. I hat e to inter upt a man when he39。So do I,39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night.39。t t hi nk t he wi ndows need cleani ng at this ti me of the night .39。 l esson90 Whats f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he r ichest countr ies i n the wor ld, much of i t has not yet been developed. I t was mainly for this r ea son that he Br azil ian gover nment decided to have anew cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Ri o de Janeir o. Designed by the great ar chi tect Lucio Cost a, the new cit y, Brasil a, replaced Rio de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azif i n 1960. Brasi li a has been carefully pl anned for modern l iving. I ts wide roads, which can take four teen l anes of tr af fi c, have been kept away f rom l iving ar eas. Children do not have to cross busy st reet s to go t o school . Housewives can visit shoppi ng centr es on foot, for in these speci al ly designed l iving ar eas, car s ar e unnecessary. At f ir st , t he government had great dif ficulty i n per suading people to l eave Ri o and to set tl e i n Brasi lia. Si nce 1960, however , the popul at ion has been gr owi ng al the ti me. Brasi li a has quickly es tablished i tself as the capi tal of the count ry. The idea to have the capital moved so f ar inland wil have agr eat ef fect on the future of Brazi l. Leson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal loon whi ch semed t o be making for a Royal Air Force St at ion nearby. He infor med t he station at once, but no one t her e was able t o explain the myst er y. The off icer i n the control tower was very angr y when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a great danger to air cr aft. He said t hat someone might by spying on t he stati on and the pi lot was or der ed to keep t rack of the st range obj ect. The pil ot managed t o ci rcle the bal oon f or some t ime. He could make out three men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was holding fi el d gl asses. When the bal oon was over the station, t he pil ot saw one of the men taki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af terwards, the bal loon began to descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The police wer e cal ed i n, but they could not arest anyone, for the basket cont ai ned two Member s of Par li ament and t he Commanding Of icer of the stati on! As the Commandi ng Of ficer expl ai ned later, one half of the station did not know what he other half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for trouble 自找麻煩 I t must have been about t wo i n the morning when I returned home. I tr ied to wake up my wif e by r ingi ng t he door bel, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder fr om the shed i n the garden, put it a gainst he wal, and began climbing towards the bedr oom window. I was al most ther e when a sarcasti c voice bel ow said,39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a mine 困在礦井里 Six men have been trapped in a mi ne f or sevent en hours. I f they are not brought to the sur face soon they may l ose thei r live s. However , r escue operati ons are provi ng dif fi cult . I f explosives ar e used, vi br at ions wi l cause the roof of the mine to collapse. Rescue wor kers are t herefore dri l ing a hole on the nor th si de of the mine. They i nt end to bri ng t he men up in a speci al capsule. If there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneath t he soi l, they would have pleted the job in a f ew hours. As it is, they have been dr il ling f or sixteen hour s and they sti l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhile, a microphone, whi ch was lower ed i nt o the mine two hours ago, has enabled the m en to keep i n touch wit h the cl osest relatives. Though t hey are runni ng out of food and drink, t he men are cheer ful and confi dent t hat they wi l get out soon. They have been told that r escue operati ons are progr essi ng smoot hl y. I f t hey knew how di f icul t i t was to dri l through t he hard rock, they would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of t he t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil do anything to se a f ree showeven i f i t i s a bad one. When the news got round t hat a vari et y show woul d be presented at our local cinema by the 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 tunately, the show was one of the dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ai led to get in need not ha ve f el t disappoi nted as ma