Unit 96 A Glimpse of US Students' Social Life Fun and Alcoholic The unstated purpose of most American students' social life is to have fun. For them, social life entails going somewhere outside their house or apartment and doing something, such as dr
Unit 95 Scientists Look Forward to the Past Can time travel really be done? Physicists think that travel into future is possible. Einstein's special theory of relativity, published in 1905, predicted that time should be elastic, stretching or shrinki
Unit 94 Managerial Stereotypes When we travel to a foreign country, we carry in our baggage a preconceived idea in that country. Much of the knowledge we have of different nationalities exists as stereotypes -- conventional and over-simplified pictur
Unit 93 Metrosexual Man If you haven't heard the term yet, one of the hottest buzzwords in the media today is metrosexual. Arnold Schwarznegger is a metrosexual -- as are Brad Pitt, and soccer superstar David Beckham. And some social observers believ
Unit 92 The Networked Economy Explosion What we're witnessing today in the realm of cyberspace -- the online reformulation of everything from the way we play and learn to how we shop and trade stocks -- may represent no less a world-transforming chan
Unit 99 The Fragile American Middle class Since 1997, the number of American families filing for bankruptcy annually has exceeded one million. They are going to bankruptcy courts for protection. Those who file are members of the middle class -- a gro
Unit 4 September 11 and My Turn One of the things I always believed is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11. I happened to wake up early that day. I tur
Unit 15 The Midnight Visitor (I) James did not fit the description of any secret agent Fowler had ever read about. Following him down the corridor of the gloomy French hotel where James had a room, Fowler felt disappointed. It was a small room, on th
Unit 13 The Culture Content of Vocabulary One of the earliest word sets that a student will learn is colors. Later on the intermediate student learns that in English yellow signifies cowardice and green signifies inexperience and jealousy. It is impo
Unit 14 Growing Pains Your 8-year-old son wakes up crying in the night complaining that his legs are throbbing. You rub them, and soothe him as much as you can, but are uncertain about whether to give him any medication or take him to the doctor. Sou
Unit 5 Two Basic Ways to See Growth There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can be identified and measured. The worker who ge
Unit 6 Lost and Found The weekend was over, and Begbie had returned to town, restless, and strangely unhappy. There was within him a curious sense of something lost. He unpacked his suitcase listlessly, compared its contents with the catalogue of his
Unit 7 The Rules of Game Italians love women. Russians love Vodka. What do Americans love? They love rules. There are thousands of books dedicated to the idea that whatever you are doing, you can learn to do it better. And they all seem to come from
Unit 8 The Theory of Cosmetic Relativity I am the kind of person who likes to be on time for things. I like to be early. Let's say I need to catch a flight leaving at 4 pm. In planning my drive to the airport, I will factor in a cushion: to allow for
Unit 9 Why French Live Longer In 1965, a French lawyer, Andre Raffray, gambled on statistics and lost. He acquired the flat of a 90-year-old woman, Jeanne Calment, agreeing to pay her a lifetime pension of 2,500 francs a month in exchange. It seemed
Unit 10 Motorism The scene is a petrol station somewhere in England. A queue of cars stretches back over a kilometer down the road. As vehicles move slowly towards the pumps, the air fills with the sound of the car horns. People are getting frustrate
Unit11 Tips for English Learning Q: I have been learning English for six years, but I still can't understand a film in English. What's the wrong with my learning process? A: The secret of learning anything, whether it be maths or engineering or Engli
Unit 12 Education in the US and Britain The formal education in the United States differed from education systems of other Western societies in three fundamental respects. First, Americans were more inclined to regard education as a solution to vario
Unit 3 My Un-wedding Day The local bishop in the western Canadian city of Nelson, was going to perform the ceremony. July 18, 1987, would be the day, just before my 37th birthday, when I would get married for the first time. Her name was Helen. She w
Unit 2 Mirror Miracle We are all more obsessed with our appearance than we like to admit. Concern about appearance is quite normal and understandable. Attractive people have distinct advantages in our society. Studies show: * Attractive children are
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- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》77 A Phenomenal Memory
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- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》82 Euthanasia: For and Against
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- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》84 Liposuction's Limits
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- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》86 Turning Thoughts into Actions
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》87 Football Hooliganism
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》88 Is There Life on Mars?
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》89 Seven Myths of Single Womanhood
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》80 Civil Rights Movement against Segregation in the US
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》68 How "Average" People Excel
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- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》62 World Bank
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》63 E-commerce, the Small Business Road to Profits
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》64 The Story of Corn
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》90 Virtual Grave
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》76 "Superman" Star Christopher Reeve
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》77 A Phenomenal Memory
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》78 The American Civil War
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》79 Rebel Wild Rose
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》81 Terri Is Not a Vegetable
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》82 Euthanasia: For and Against
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》83 Where Does Bad-breath Odor Come From?
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》84 Liposuction's Limits
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》85 Ghost of Diana at Royal Wedding?
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》86 Turning Thoughts into Actions
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》87 Football Hooliganism
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》88 Is There Life on Mars?
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》89 Seven Myths of Single Womanhood
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》80 Civil Rights Movement against Segregation in the US
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》68 How "Average" People Excel
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》61 Web Feats
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》62 World Bank
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》63 E-commerce, the Small Business Road to Profits
- 《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》64 The Story of Corn