日期：2007-11-27 23. The Strenuous Life（勤奋的生活） Gentlemen, 先生们： 1. In speaking to you, men of the greatest city of the West, men of the State which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 beets and potatoes in the southern part of the province. In the northern part, like the Indians who lived there before them, the hunters trap such fur-bearing animals as squirrels, beavers and foxes. Alberta is also rich in forest resources, coal and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 22. The Province of Alberta（阿尔伯达省） 1. Alberta is located in the western part of Canada and is the westernmost among the Prairie Provinces. To its west is British Columbia while to its east is Saskatchewan. Its south borders on the U.S. state o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 21、公共演讲的艺术 1. The need for effective public speaking will almost certainly touch you sometime in your life. When it does, you want to be ready. But even if you never give another speech in your life, you still have much to gain from studying... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 20. Eyeing Earth: From Cloud Top to Seabed(纵览地球从云端到海底) 1. Earth scientists are beginning to live what they once considered an impossible dream. They are establishing systems to monitor our entire planet continuously, from the outer fringes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant. 4、有些精通业务的医生和研究人员虽然这些人不多，并且人数在进一步减少不那么肯定吸卷烟对人体健康有影响。他们认为呼吸系统疾病和各种癌症的增多也许可以说是由于人类复杂环境中另外一... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 19. Smoking and Cancer(吸烟和癌) 1. Americans smoke six thousand million cigarettes every year (1970 figures). This is roughly the equivalent of 4,195 cigarettes a year for every person in the country of 18 years of age or more. It is estimated that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 18. How Americans Eat and Drink.(美国人的饮食) 1. Coca-Cola is the best-selling soft (non-alcoholic) drink in the world. 165 million Cokes are sold every day, from the equator to the Arctic. But whereas outside the USA Coke tends to be a young perso... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 17. If Lincoln Had Used a Computer(如果林肯使用过计算机) 1. The ad for a software program caught my eye. It said, Write better in 30 days or your money back. 1、有一则计算机软件的广告引起了我的注意。它说：要是30天之内不能提高你的写作能力，就将原款退... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 4. Scientists predict that the worlds known oil resources will run out early in the next century. But long before then the world will have to decide on its priorities. Can we afford to use so much of our limited petroleum supplies for private motorin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 16.A World without Oil(假如世界没有石油) 1. Have you ever stopped to think how your life would change if the world ran out of oil? Take a look at your day. The roof of your home is probably made waterproof by an oil product, bitumen. The same product... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 15.How Animals Hear(动物如何听到声音) 1. When we talk about ears, we usually mean the oddly wrinkled appendages on the sides of our heads. 1、当我们提到耳朵，通常指那个生长在我们头部两侧的奇怪的褶皱的附属肢体。 2. We are aware that at the end of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 14.The Moon-Riddle from the Past(月球来自远古之谜) 1. Spacecraft from the United States and from Russia have been to the moon, and men have walked upon its surface. Rock and soil samples and information of many other kinds have become available in r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 13. The Delight of Books(书之乐趣) 1. Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual. They contain the history of our race, the discoveries we have made, the accumulated knowledge and experience of ages; they picture for us the marvels and bea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 12. An Epoch-making Toast(划时代的祝酒词) Mr. Prime Minister and all of your distinguished guests this evening: 总理先生、今夜在座的诸位贵宾： 1. On behalf of all of your American guests, I wish to thank you for the incomparable hospitality for which... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 11.A Handful of History(扑克手中的历史) 1. The next time you do a card trick-remember this. Youre playing with history. The playing cards we use today are much like those used for hundreds of years. The most interesting things are the suits and face... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 10.The First Jet(第一架喷气机) 1.It was just noon on that 25th day of April 1945. I had gone through my first minutes of combat. The 456th Bomber Group, based in Italy, had gone into Austria. They had hit the railroad yards at Linz along the Danube R... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 9. That Other Woman in My Life(我生命中的另一个女人) 1. After 22 years of marriage, Ive discovered the secret to keeping love and intimacy alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy: I started dating another woman. 1、经历22年的婚姻，我发现如何同妻... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 8. Americas Luckiest Stamp Find（美国最幸运的邮票的发现） 1. The first United States airmail stamp has had an interesting story. Printed in 1918, this 24-cent stamp with a blue plane inside a rose border became the center of much attention. One hundr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-27 7. Our Family Creed（家族的信条） 1. They are the principles on which my wife and I have tried to bring up our family. They are the principles in which my father believed and by which he governed his life. They are the principles, many of them, which... 阅读全文>>