內容介紹
本書蒐集了網上的精彩華章,分為社會觀察、強身健體、醫療科學、科技珍聞、生活經驗、槍口喋血、天下奇案、太空巡禮、人間奇聞、世界之最、名人逸事、禍從天降12個部分。 本書除了在精選短文方面下了功夫,而且在形式上也力求有所突破,讓讀者耳目一新。本書的眉批能幫你解析難句之癥結,領略英語之奧妙,感受佳句之菁華。每篇短文前的“提示”,其實是一位盡職的“導遊”。她用三言兩語把文章的核心內容加以概括。閱讀原文,若是一場賽事,那么,“提示”讓你在賽前先“熱身”。短文後的“每篇一詞”,攫取了本文的“詞眼”,加以演繹,演繹之中,又最大限度地融人了英語辭彙學的知識。立足於讓你在今後的英語學習中能作舉一反三、由此及彼的聯想。作品目錄
社會觀察Bad U.S.Housing Hurts Children’s Health―Report
破房陋屋:損害美國兒童健康
U. S.Television Getting Cruder,Ruder
日趨拙劣殘暴:美國電視節目
Last-Minute Christmas Shoppers Fill U.S.Stores
聖誕節前夜:商店顧客盈門
Study Ties Girls’Bullmia To Arrival Of TV In FiJi
電視:斐濟少女易餓病的禍首
Asia Needs“Green”Recovery
亞洲需要“綠化”
MeDonald’s To Pay Fine Over Playground Equipment
麥當勞:門前遊樂設施遭重罰
Healer-In-Chief Clinton To Visit Town Of Massacre
首席安撫官柯林頓將造訪噪血之城
Students Plagued By Credit Card Debt―Study
信用卡:校園殺手
American Bald Eagle Off Endangered List―Clinton
美國國鳥白頭騖喜摘“瀕危”帽
Ancient Woman’s Bones May Rewrite History
古女子骨骸改寫人類歷史
U.S.Library Holds Hitler Papers In Vault―Report
美一圖書館公布希特勒重要檔案
強身健體
How To Live To 120
如何活到l20歲
Researcher Says Lifestyle Determine Aging Well
生活方式決定你如何步入老境
Eating Chocolate Is GOOd For Your Heart
朱古力:對心臟有利
Study: One Egg A Day Is No Heart Disease Risk
一日食一蛋:心臟得呵護
U.S. Sees Drop In Smoking By Pregnant Women
美國孕婦吸菸者減少
Ten Reasons To Kick Cigarettes
戒菸十條理由
Weekly Sex May Prevent Colds And Flu
每周作愛:免遭流感襲擊
醫療科學
U.S.Study Links Estrogen To Memory Improvement
雌激素:可改善記憶
Don’t Give Up Hope,Mentally Ill Told
抑鬱症患者:別泄氣
Young Women At High Risk For Depression
抑鬱症青睞年輕女子
Generalist Doctors Improve At Treating Depression
通科醫生治療抑鬱症有長進
Body Clock Set For 24-Hour Day,Study Finds
人體生物鐘:24小時/日
科技珍聞
Humor Is All In The Brain
幽默:全在腦殼中
Dolly, The Cloned Sheep, Gives Birth Again
克隆羊“多利”再度分娩
It’s a Boy! Scientists Clone First Male Mammal
是只雄的!科學家克隆成功首例雄性哺乳動物
Cloned Sheep May Age Prematurely
克隆羊:有早衰跡象
U.S.Company Plans To Test“Flying Car”
美國公司計畫試驗“飛行汽車”
Smog Discriminates Between The Sexes
煙霧生“眼”:性別搞歧視
China Breeds New Cotton From Rabbit Genes
中國培育出含兔毛基因的棉花
U.S. Team Develops“Qulet Curtains”For Hospitals
隔音窗簾在美問世
生活經驗
More Sex Keeps You Young(If It’s Love)
作愛頻貌年輕(假如源於真愛)
Cell Phones Linked To High Blod Pressure
手機叫你血壓上升
Hotheads And Cell-Phones
手機無礙健康
Secret Of Long Life Is To Have Fewer Children
長壽秘訣:少生孩子
Americans Eat Out More Often And Less Healthfully
美國人頻頻下飯館健康天天受影響
New Health Ads Link Smoking To Sexual Failure
健康廣告新招:吸菸有損性生活
New Theory Suggests Unexpected Roots Of Sex Appeal
新理論:性吸引力另有根源
Study Knocks Residential Carpet As Source Of Mold
居室地毯:黴菌抱子之源
China Warns Stone Floors May vause Cancer
中國告誡:家鋪石料地板居者可能致癌
Get Some Sleep, U.S. Government Advises
美國政府忠告:增加睡眠
槍口碟血
Young North Carolina Twins Charged In Shooting
卡羅萊納州孿生兄弟因槍殺受控
More Than 20 Killed In Colorado School Slaying
校園血案:科羅拉多州20多人慘死
Man Dies In Seattle Standoff After Killing Woman
殺人犯和警察對峙後被擊斃
Man Who Killed Former Boss Is Executed In Oklahoma
俄克拉荷馬州殺害老闆的兇手被處死
Three Dead In Shooting At Psychiatrist’s Office
精神病醫師辦公室槍聲大作:三人喪命
Gunman In Midwest May Be White Supremacist
流竄中西部的持槍歹徒系白人至上者
天下奇案
Arizona Man Says He Was Asleep When He Killed Wife
亞利桑那一男子稱:夢中殺妻
“Sleepwalker” Found Guilty Of Murdering Wife
“夢遊病者”:終被判殺妻罪
70-Year-Old Mother Admits Killing 8 Of 10 Children
70歲老姬承認曾親殺8個子女
Police Kill Colorado Man Who Shot 3 Girls To Death
科羅拉多:一男子殘害3女孩後被警方擊斃
Texas Executes First Killer Condemned By DNA
DNA測試送兇犯上斷頭台
太空巡禮
Astronauts Praise International Space Station
太空人盛讚國際太空站
Study Finds Potentlal water“Wells”On Moon
研究發現:月球有“水井”
NASA Map Shows Mars As Pear-Shaped,Crater-Pocked
地圖顯示:“梨”狀火星,“彈坑”累累
人間奇聞
Study Says Crossing Your Legs Can Send Message
女性蹺腿而坐:調情之舉
U. S.Men Avoid Doctors,Study Finds
研究發現:美國人諱疾忌醫
Fewer Americans Than Ever Getting Married―Study
美國:女大不嫁男大不婚
Chimpanzees Have Culture Too,Say Scientists
黑猩猩也有又化
And This Little Piggy Was Environmentally Frlendly
“環保”小豬
Paralyzed Florida Woman Wins The Right To Die
求死獲準:高位癱瘓苦命女
世界之最
Towering Calif.Redwood Named World’s Tallest Tree
加州紅杉:世界第一高樹
Minnesota Woman,21,Wins$150 Million Lottery
1.5億美元:21歲女子彩票中頭獎
Maryland Sees Worst Fish Kill In Over A Decade
馬里蘭州:200,000條魚漂浮水面
Planners Envision Tallest Skyscraper In Chicago
芝加哥擬建:世界第一高樓
名人逸事
Bill Gates Is world’s Richest Person
比爾?蓋茨:世界首富
Hemingway Celebrated In l00th Year Of Birth
海明威:百歲誕辰
Author Stephen King Hurt When Dog Distracts Driver
遭遇車禍:恐怖小說作家史蒂芬?金
“Godfather”Author Mario Puzo Dies At 78
《教父》作者馬里奧?普佐:78歲辭世
Body Of Climber Who Died In 1924 Found on Everest
1924年的珠穆朗瑪峰攀登者的遺體被發現
Everest Team Took Malory Tissue Sample For Tests
珠峰攀登者的遺體組織75年後送檢
禍從天降
Witnesses Describe Horror Of Arkansas Boat Sinking
目擊恐怖:阿肯色州沉船
Amtrak Passenger Train Derails In Texas
客車出軌在德州
Heat Wave Ends In Eastern U.S.Kills 49
熱浪滾滾:美國東部 49人熱死
Day Of Celebration Turns To Tragedy In Texas Heat
樂極生悲:愛子喜慶日驟亡
Climber Killed,Three Hurt In Yosemite Rock Slide
約塞米蒂國家公園:岩崩壓死遊客
Tourist Dies After Being Injured On Disneyland Ride
迪斯尼樂園:一遊客的喪生處