【正文】 wat er t ri cycl e r ace. Tr i cycles ar e l i ned up on t he f l oor of t he pool seven f eet under wat er. The chi l dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o r each t he ot her end of t he pool . Many pe dal t heir t ri cycl es, but m ost of t hem pref er t o push or dr ag t hem. Som e chil dren can cover t he whol e l engt h of t he pool wi t hout ing up f or breath even once. Whet her t hey wil ever bee f ut ur e Ol ym pi c cham pi ons, onl y t im e wi l t el l. Meanwhil e, t hey shoul d encourage t hose am ong us who cannot swim fi ve yards befor e they ar e gaspi ng f or ai r. Leson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Am basador of Escal opi a r et urned hom e f or l unch, his wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and his cl ot hes wer e i n a fr i ght ful st ate. 39。My key,39。 Your what ?39。You see, I39。d pref er t o stay here,39。 39。Excuse m y i nt er r upti ng you. I hat e to i nter upt a m an when he39。So do I, 39。I enj oy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght.39。t t hi nk t he windows need cl eani ng at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 lesson90 What s f or super ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he r ichest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Brazi li an gover nm ent decided t o have a new ci t y bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janei ro. Desi gned by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new ci t y, Br asil i a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil a has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or modern l i vi ng. I ts wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f ourt een lanes of t r af fi c, have been kept away fr om l ivi ng ar eas. Chil dren do not have t o cr oss busy st reets t o go to school . Housewi ves can visit shoppi ng cent res on f oot , for i n these speci al y desi gned l ivi ng ar eas, car s are unnecessar y. At f ir st, t he gover nm ent had great di f icult y i n per suadi ng people t o l eave Ri o and to set le i n Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, however, t he populati on has been gr owing al t he tim e. Brasil a has qui ckl y establi shed it sel f as the capi t al of t he count r y. The i dea t o have the capi t al m oved so f ar i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef fect on the f ut ur e of Br azi l. Lesson91 Three men i n a basket 三人同籃 A pi l ot noti ced a bal oon whi ch seem ed t o be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He inf or med t he st at i on at once, but no one there was abl e to explai n the m yst er y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he hear d t he news, because bal l oons can be a gr eat danger to ai rcr af t. He sai d t hat someone mi ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der ed t o keep t rack of the str ange obj ect. The pi lot managed t o cir cl e t he bal loon f or some t im e. He coul d m ake out t hr ee men i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng fi eld gl ases. When t he bal l oon was over the stati on, t he pil ot saw one of t he m en taki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal loon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi el d. The pol i ce wer e cal l ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar est anyone, f or t he basket contai ned t wo Mem ber s of Par li am ent and t he Com manding Of fi cer of t he st at i on! As t he Comm andi ng Of icer expl ai ned l ater, one half of t he st at ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about t wo in t he mor ni ng when I r et urned hom e. I t ri ed t o wake up m y wi f e by ri ngi ng t he door bel l, but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst t he wal l, and began cli mbi ng t owar ds t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was alm ost t her e when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow sai d, 39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or s eventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper at i ons ar e pr oving di f icult. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wil l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her efor e dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h si de of t he m ine. They i ntend t o br i ng t he m en up i n a speci al capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneat h t he soi l, t hey woul d have pl eted t he j ob i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dri l i ng f or si xteen hour s and t hey sti l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi l e, a mi cr ophone, whi ch was l ower ed i nto t he mi ne t wo hour s ago, has enabled t he m en t o keep i n t ouch wi t h t he closest r el at i ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dri nk, t he men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ati ons ar e pr ogr essi ng sm oothl y. I f they knew how di f icult it was t o dri l t hr ough t he har d r ock, they woul d l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of t he tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anyt hing t o see a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a vari ety show woul d be present ed at our l ocal ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Com pany, we al l r ushed t o see it . We had t o queue for hour s t o get i n and t her e m ust have been sever al hundr ed people pr esent j ust be f or e t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, t he show was one of t he dull est we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get i n need not ha ve felt di sappoi nted as many of t he ar ti st es who shoul d have appear ed did not e. The only f unny thi ngs we hear d that eveni ng came f r om t he adverti ser at t he begi nni ng of t he pr ogr amm e. He was obvi ousl y ver y ner vous and for som e mi nut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e t he m i cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s m outh, ever yone bur st out laugh