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本书搜集了网上的精彩华章，分为社会观察、强身健体、医疗科学、科技珍闻、生活经验、枪口喋血、天下奇案、太空巡礼、人间奇闻、世界之最、名人逸事、祸从天降12个部分。 本书除了在精选短文方面下了功夫，而且在形式上也力求有所突破，让读者耳目一新。本书的眉批能帮你解析难句之症结，领略英语之奥妙，感受佳句之菁华。每篇短文前的“提示”，其实是一位尽职的“导游”。她用三言两语把文章的核心内容加以概括。阅读原文，若是一场赛事，那么，“提示”让你在赛前先“热身”。短文后的“每篇一词”，攫取了本文的“词眼”，加以演绎，演绎之中，又最大限度地融人了英语词汇学的知识。立足于让你在今后的英语学习中能作举一反三、由此及彼的联想。

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社会观察Bad U．S．Housing Hurts Children’s Health―Report破房陋屋：损害美国儿童健康U． S．Television Getting Cruder，Ruder日趋拙劣残暴：美国电视节目Last－Minute Christmas Shoppers Fill U．S．Stores圣诞节前夜：商店顾客盈门Study Ties Girls’Bullmia To Arrival Of TV In FiJi电视：斐济少女易饿病的祸首Asia Needs“Green”Recovery亚洲需要“绿化”MeDonald’s To Pay Fine Over Playground Equipment麦当劳：门前游乐设施遭重罚Healer－In－Chief Clinton To Visit Town Of Massacre首席安抚官克林顿将造访噪血之城Students Plagued By Credit Card Debt―Study信用卡：校园杀手American Bald Eagle Off Endangered List―Clinton美国国鸟白头骛喜摘“濒危”帽Ancient Woman’s Bones May Rewrite History古女子骨骸改写人类历史U．S．Library Holds Hitler Papers In Vault―Report美一图书馆公布希特勒重要文件强身健体How To Live To 120如何活到l20岁Researcher Says Lifestyle Determine Aging Well生活方式决定你如何步入老境Eating Chocolate Is GOOd For Your Heart巧克力：对心脏有利Study： One Egg A Day Is No Heart Disease Risk一日食一蛋：心脏得呵护U．S． Sees Drop In Smoking By Pregnant Women美国孕妇吸烟者减少Ten Reasons To Kick Cigarettes戒烟十条理由Weekly Sex May Prevent Colds And Flu每周作爱：免遭流感袭击医疗科学U．S．Study Links Estrogen To Memory Improvement雌激素：可改善记忆Don’t Give Up Hope，Mentally Ill Told抑郁症患者：别泄气Young Women At High Risk For Depression抑郁症青睐年轻女子Generalist Doctors Improve At Treating Depression通科医生治疗抑郁症有长进Body Clock Set For 24-Hour Day，Study Finds人体生物钟：24小时／日科技珍闻Humor Is All In The Brain幽默：全在脑壳中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！科学家克隆成功首例雄性哺乳动物Cloned Sheep May Age Prematurely克隆羊：有早衰迹象U．S．Company Plans To Test“Flying Car”美国公司计划试验“飞行汽车”Smog Discriminates Between The Sexes烟雾生“眼”:性别搞歧视China Breeds New Cotton From Rabbit Genes中国培育出含兔毛基因的棉花U．S． Team Develops“Qulet Curtains”For Hospitals隔音窗帘在美问世生活经验More Sex Keeps You Young（If It’s Love）作爱频貌年轻（假如源于真爱）Cell Phones Linked To High Blod Pressure手机叫你血压上升Hotheads And Cell－Phones手机无碍健康Secret Of Long Life Is To Have Fewer Children长寿秘诀：少生孩子Americans Eat Out More Often And Less Healthfully美国人频频下饭馆健康天天受影响New Health Ads Link Smoking To Sexual Failure健康广告新招：吸烟有损性生活New Theory Suggests Unexpected Roots Of Sex Appeal新理论：性吸引力另有根源Study Knocks Residential Carpet As Source Of Mold居室地毯：霉菌抱子之源China Warns Stone Floors May vause Cancer中国告诫：家铺石料地板居者可能致癌Get Some Sleep， U．S． Government Advises美国政府忠告：增加睡眠枪口碟血Young North Carolina Twins Charged In Shooting卡罗莱纳州孪生兄弟因枪杀受控More Than 20 Killed In Colorado School Slaying校园血案：科罗拉多州20多人惨死Man Dies In Seattle Standoff After Killing Woman杀人犯和警察对峙后被击毙Man Who Killed Former Boss Is Executed In Oklahoma俄克拉荷马州杀害老板的凶手被处死Three Dead In Shooting At Psychiatrist’s Office精神病医师办公室枪声大作：三人丧命Gunman In Midwest May Be White Supremacist流窜中西部的持枪歹徒系白人至上者天下奇案Arizona Man Says He Was Asleep When He Killed Wife亚利桑那一男子称：梦中杀妻“Sleepwalker” Found Guilty Of Murdering Wife“梦游病者”：终被判杀妻罪70－Year－Old Mother Admits Killing 8 Of 10 Children70岁老姬承认曾亲杀8个子女Police Kill Colorado Man Who Shot 3 Girls To Death科罗拉多：一男子残害3女孩后被警方击毙Texas Executes First Killer Condemned By DNADNA测试送凶犯上断头台太空巡礼Astronauts Praise International Space Station宇航员盛赞国际太空站Study Finds Potentlal water“Wells”On Moon研究发现：月球有“水井”NASA Map Shows Mars As Pear－Shaped，Crater－Pocked地图显示:“梨”状火星，“弹坑”累累人间奇闻Study Says Crossing Your Legs Can Send Message女性跷腿而坐：调情之举U． S．Men Avoid Doctors，Study Finds研究发现：美国人讳疾忌医Fewer Americans Than Ever Getting Married―Study美国：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“环保”小猪Paralyzed Florida Woman Wins The Right To Die求死获准：高位瘫痪苦命女世界之最Towering Calif．Redwood Named World’s Tallest Tree加州红杉：世界第一高树Minnesota Woman，21，Wins＄150 Million Lottery1．5亿美元：21岁女子彩票中头奖Maryland Sees Worst Fish Kill In Over A Decade马里兰州：200，000条鱼漂浮水面Planners Envision Tallest Skyscraper In Chicago芝加哥拟建：世界第一高楼名人逸事Bill Gates Is world’s Richest Person比尔・盖茨：世界首富Hemingway Celebrated In l00th Year Of Birth海明威：百岁诞辰Author Stephen King Hurt When Dog Distracts Driver遭遇车祸：恐怖小说作家斯蒂芬・金“Godfather”Author Mario Puzo Dies At 78《教父》作者马里奥・普佐：78岁辞世Body Of Climber Who Died In 1924 Found on Everest1924年的珠穆朗玛峰攀登者的遗体被发现Everest Team Took Malory Tissue Sample For Tests珠峰攀登者的遗体组织75年后送检祸从天降Witnesses Describe Horror Of Arkansas Boat Sinking目击恐怖：阿肯色州沉船Amtrak Passenger Train Derails In Texas客车出轨在德州Heat Wave Ends In Eastern U．S．Kills 49热浪滚滚：美国东部 49人热死Day Of Celebration Turns To Tragedy In Texas Heat乐极生悲：爱子喜庆日骤亡Climber Killed，Three Hurt In Yosemite Rock Slide约塞米蒂国家公园：岩崩压死游客Tourist Dies After Being Injured On Disneyland Ride迪斯尼乐园：一游客的丧生处