【正文】 s 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。 I don39。t t hi nk t he wi ndows need cleani ng at this ti me of the night .39。 I l ooked down and nearly f el of f t he l adder when I saw a poli ceman. I i mmedi ately r egr et ted answeri ng i n the way I did, but I sai d, 39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night.39。 39。So do I,39。 answer ed t he policeman i n the same tone. 39。Excuse my inter upt ing you. I hat e to inter upt a man when he39。s busy working, but woul d you mind i ng wi th me t o the stati on ?39。 39。Wel l, I39。d pr ef er to stay here,39。 I said. 39。You see, I39。ve f or gott en my key. 39。 Your what ?39。 he cal led. 39。My key, 39。 I shouted. 39。 For tunately, the shouti ng woke up my wi fe who opened the window just as t he policeman had start ed t o cl imb towards me. Lesson93 A noble gift 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monuments i n the wor ld, t he Statue of Li bert y, was presented to t he Unit ed States of Ameri ca in t he nieenth centur y by t he people of Fr ance. The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten year s to plete. The act ual figure was made of copper suppor ted by a metal framewor k whi ch had been especi al ly constructed by Eif fel. Bef ore it could be tr ansport ed t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found f or it and a pedest al had t o be built . The si te chosen was an island at the entr ance of New York Harbour . By 1884, a st atue which was 151 f et tal, had been erect ed i n Par is. The following year, it was t aken to pieces and sent t o Amer ica. By the end of Oct ober 1886, the st atue had been put t ogether again and i t was offi ci al ly presented to the Amer ican people by Bartholdi. Ever since then, the gr eat monument 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。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How did your cl ot hes get into such a mes ?39。 39。A f ir e exti nguisher, my dear, 39。 answer ed t he Ambasador dr ily. 39。Uni ver sit y st udent s set he Embassy on f ire t hi s mor ni ng.39。 39。Good heavens!39。 exclaimed hi s wife. 39。And where were you at the time ?39。 I was in my off ice as usual,39。 answer ed t he Ambassador . 39。The f ire br oke out in t he basement. I went down i mmediately. of course, and t hat fool , Horst, aimed a f ir e exti nguisher at me. He t hought I was on f ir e. I must defi ni tely get that f el low posted.39。 The Ambasador39。s wi fe went on aski ng questi ons , when she suddenl y noti ced a big hol e in her husband39。s hat. 39。And how can you explain