日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty- nine (Men Are Carrying on a Sex-fight) This is supposed to be an enlightened age, but you wouldnt think of if you could heat what the average man thinks of the average woman/ Women won their independence years ago. After a long, bitt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Vocabulary 1. Arrhenius equation 阿雷尼厄斯方程式 2. Arrhennius (Svante August) 18591927 瑞典理化学家。1903年获诺贝尔化 学奖 3. quantum-mechanical effect 量子机械效应 4. quantum mechanic 量子力学 5. tunnel 挖隧道。这里指6. 贯穿势垒 7. tunnel through... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-eight (Chemistry and Biology) About a century ago, the Swedish physical scientist Arrhenius proposed a low of classical chemistry that relates chemical reaction rate to temperature. According to his equation, chemical reactions are in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 21.beacon 信标，22.灯塔，23.烽火 24.murky 阴暗的，25.（雾等）浓的 26.prop up 给撑腰，27.支持 28.demote 使降级。相应词 promote 29.news neutralism 无倾向性新闻，30.新闻中立主义 31.lead （新闻等）导语，32.提要 难句译注 1.This is the most important assig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-seven (Analysis and Interpretation of the News) The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply interpretati... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 10.crisp 有力的，11.有劲的 12.perception 感觉，13.知觉，14.直觉 15.modality 方式 modality of taste （味）感觉到 16.discrimination 鉴别力 17.localization 地区性，18.定位 19.merit 值得，20.有价值 21.crunchy 嘎吱作响的 22.extraneous 外部的 23.extrovert... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-six (Sensory Evaluation of Food) A Polish proverb claims that fish, to taste right, should three times-in water, in butter and in wine. The early efforts of the basic scientists in the food industry were directed at improving the prep... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 26. highlight 最精彩场面，27. 最重要部分 28. feat 功绩 29. gash 裂缝 30. hull 船体 31. plow into= plough into 撞上，32. 干劲十足的投入 33. buckle 使弯曲 34. stern 船尾 35. bow 船头 36. swivel 旋转 难句译注 1. The saga of the White Star liner Titanic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-five (Exploration of the Titanic) After resting on the ocean floor, split asunder and rusting, for nearly three-quarters of a century, a great ship seemed to cone alive again. The saga of the White Star liner Titanic, which struck an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Vocabulary 1.turnover 营业额 2.do credit to 增光于某人/某物 3.stake 下在投机生意上的股本，4.赌注 5.smuggling pipeline 走私线路 6.speciality 专业部门，7.公司 8.recruit 招募，9.添补（新兵） 难句译注 1.The smuggler in many ways is just another internati... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-four (A Smuggling Syndicate) The smuggler in many ways is just another international businessman and his turnover would do credit to many international corporations. His business happens to be illegal and risky, but look at the stakes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 难句译注 1. lay down the law 制定法律。这里指：发号施令或定出条条框框。 2. Next year the law is reversed and far from taking exception, no one is even mildly surprised. [参考译文] 第二年，条例又反过来，人们远没有生气，甚至连稍稍的惊讶都没有。 写作方... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-three (Women and Fashions) Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as ten years ago, you cannot help being struck by the appearance of the women taking part. Their hair-styles and make-up look dated; their skirts look ei... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Vocabulary 1.culminate 达到顶点，2.达到最高潮 3.insuperable 不4.可逾越的，5.不6.可克服7.的 8.tarlatan 薄纱，9.塔拉丹 10.taffeta 花花绿绿的塔夫绸，11.衬绸 12.gimmick （魔术师道具等）暗机关，13. 14.garish 装饰（物） 鲜艳夺目的，15.俗不16.可耐的 17.ging... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-two (Pantomime) Pantomimes like pageants, need to be very well planned, and it is essential that initial organization should begin many weeks in advance of the production date. Pantomimes are nearly always divided into separate scenes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 13. plummet 垂直落下，14. 骤然跌落，15. 暴跌 16. stall 停滞 17. verge 处于边缘 18. verging on recession 正处于衰退的边缘 19. boost 振兴，20. 吹捧 21. bond market 债券市场 22. flare up 突然闪耀，23. 发火，24. 爆发 25. hike 提高，26. 增加 27. follow s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty-one (The Result of the Falling US Dollar) Like a ticking time bomb, the falling dollar has grabbed the attention of Japan and West Germany, forcing them to consider adopting economic polices the United States advocates. The U.S. gover... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 9.as with most generalities 和大多数笼统说法一样 10.grim 冷酷的 11.drone 懒汉，12.懒洋洋的人 13.shuffle 反复14.挪动，15.乱翻，16.洗（纸牌） 17.charisma 超凡的魅力 18.National Central Bureaus 国家中心局 19.Treasury Department 财政部（美） 20.Questura... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 Passage Twenty (NCB in Interpol) The organization known to the world as Interpol has sometimes been described as an outfit of chisel-jawed gimlet-eyed crime fighters who put their lives in jeopardy every working hour. Less flatteringly, Interpol has... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-09-17 难句译注 1.by employing all the powers of personality and by fusing emotions, reason, and intuitions. [参考译文] 运用个人（品格）的全部力量，把情感，理智和直觉融会贯通结合在一起。 2.still generally acceptable answers to this tantalizing question. [参... 阅读全文>>