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3. Waiting for the Breeze Lying in bed by an open window and listen.No air conditioning?How can you sleep?a friend asks, horrified.I've just revealed that my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and trim our electric bill. Nobody op
9. Pessimism Raises Dementia Risks, Study Finds Pessimistic, anxious and depressed people may have a higher risk of dementia, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. A study of a group of 3,500 people showed that those who scored high for pessimism on
Thomas Henry Huxley May 5,1883 I beg leave to thank you for the extremely kind and appreciative manner in which you have received the toast of Science.It is the more grateful to me to hear that toast proposed in an assembly of this kind,because I hav
The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share. Even if you've passed some of your prime, you still have other prime years to experience in the future.
Lesson 10 A Search Back in Time 搜寻历史 Words: amplify vt. 放大;扩大;增强;详述 analogous adj 类似的 analogy n. 类比,类推;类似物 analysis n. 分析;分析报告 analyze vt. 分析,分解 anarchist n. 无政府主义者 anarchy n. 无政府,混乱 anatomy n. 解剖
Lesson 6 Christmas 圣诞节 Words: adopt vt. 采用,采纳;收养 adore v. 崇拜,崇敬;极喜爱 adorn vt. 装饰 adornment n. 装饰,装饰品 adroit adj. 熟练的,灵巧的 advent n. (尤指不寻常的人或事)出现,到来 adventure n. 冒险经历 adventurous adj. 喜欢冒险的,
Lesson 7 Another Day, Another Dollar 多上一天班,就多挣一美元 Words: afflict vt. 折磨;使苦恼 affliction n. 痛苦,苦恼 afford vt. 买得起;担负的起(损失、后果等);足以;提供 agenda n. 日程,议程 aggravate vt. 使恶化,使加重 aggravating adj. 恼人的
Lesson 9 The Speech and the Vote 演讲与表决 Words: amalgamate v. 混合,合并 amass vt. 收集,积聚 amateur adj. 业余的 n. 业余爱好者 amaze vt. 使吃惊,使惊叹 ambience n. 周围环境,气氛 ambition n. 雄心,抱负 ambitious adj. 有雄心的,渴望成功的 ambival
Lesson 8 Funny Things Happen 趣事发生 Words: alignment n. 成一条直线;直线排列;队列;联合,联盟 alike adj. 相同的,相似的 allege v. 宣称,主张,断言 allegory n. 寓言 alleviate v. 缓和,减轻 alliteration n. 头韵 alloy n. 合金;vt. 使成合金 allude v.
154 an interesting career As a child in rural England, Jim Brown was very much interested in Greek mythology. Sitting up late at night, he would garble up a Maria of the ancient Greeks mythical tales. Mind you when he was not reading, Jim was usuall
Some imprompty advice 临时的建议 Improvident behaviour is likely to imprint indelible marks on a persons life and personality. What may be thought of as nothing more than just a youthful prank may, in reality, lead to serious consequences. Its ultim
A case of insanity? Are you insinuating that I am insane? the patient blurted out indignantly. I insist that you release me immediately from this institution! Please rest at ease, my dear Mr.Brown. I have treated innumerable cases such as yours and
An influenza patient (from infest to inherit) After little more than an informal examination, the doctor concluded that Mr.Malcolm Smiths organism was infested with a particularly virulent strain of the influenza virus. The virus has infiltrated eve
A man of righteousness 一个正直的人 Jerry miller was a politician with strong views. Convinced of his own righteousness, he was the perfect impersonation of a man of rectitude. His stiff walk-due to a knee-joint implantadded to his upright image. A
134 A journey to Shangri-La from irrigate to jewelry Having carefully planned my itinerary, I found myself in Shangri-La, a jewel on the map of the world. The most delicious crops are grown all the year round, as water is abundant and farmers are ab
Nowhere to hide 无处躲藏 Supported by the most powerful military hardware ever assembled, a heterogeneous force of soldiers from a large number of nations is hiking across the most inaccessible terrain, hewing its way across any obstacle that may st
An ignominious end 可耻的下场 Professor randall, an illustrious volcanologist, pursued his discipline with a passion that went well beyond ordinary scientific enquiry. He even had to park his car out in the street, as his garage was stacked up to th
icy encounters 不友好的相遇 As the viking princess, that magnificent cruise liner, slowly made her way along the icy waters to the north of iceland, the travellers were admiring the growing number of icebergs and the polar ice sheet looming in the d
living at the edge of the desert 住在沙漠边缘 You dont need a humanistic education in order to become a herdsman. Tending camels is a humble occupation, not at all well suited to hypersensitive individuals, such as myself, camels are quite arrogant
Adventures in the second grade 二年级时的冒险 At high school, mikes homespun humour was the cause of much laughter. If truth be known, though, many of his oft repeated stories soon began to ring a little hollow. Still, the lack of respect shown by h