使用說明 …………………………………………………………………………………6
Chapter 1 基礎(chǔ)篇
Passage 1 Fall in Love with Afternoon Tea 愛上下午茶 ……………………………9
Passage 2 Vocabulary Size：Lexical Facts 詞匯量：關(guān)于詞匯的事實(shí) …………13
Passage 3 A Generation of Junk Food Eaters? 吃垃圾食品成長的一代？ ………17
Passage 4 How the Majority of Couples Want a Boy as Their First Child? 為何多數(shù)夫妻頭胎想要男孩？ ………………………………………………………21
Passage 5 Happiness Is a Choice 幸福是一種選擇 ………………………………25
Passage 6 A Formula for a Successful Life 成功人生的公式 ……………………29
Passage 7 Several Tips for Safe Baby Bathing 寶寶洗澡的幾點(diǎn)安全提示 ………33
Passage 8 Going on Holiday Is Good for Your Health 度假有益健康 …………37
Passage 9 The Influence of Digital Age on Teens 數(shù)字時(shí)代對青少年的影響 …41
Passage 10 Pets in America 美國寵物 ………………………………………………45
Passage 11 Online Classes Might Revolutionize Colleges 網(wǎng)絡(luò)課程可能帶來高校的 徹底改革 …………………………………………………………………49
Passage 12 Story of Wild Cat 野貓的故事 …………………………………………53
Passage 13 Black Friday in America 美國的“黑色星期五” ………………………57
Passage 14 World Digital Library on the Internet 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上的世界數(shù)字圖書館 …61
Passage 15 The 10,000-Hour Rule 一萬小時(shí)理論 …………………………………65
Passage 16 As Kids Say It 童言無忌 …………………………………………………69
Passage 17 By the Grapevine 小道消息 ……………………………………………73
Passage 18 Suspended Coffee 待用咖啡 …………………………………………77
Passage 19 The Big Easy and Sin City 大快活城和罪惡之城 ……………………81
Passage 20 Ready to Save? 準(zhǔn)備好存錢了嗎？ ……………………………………85
Passage 21 A Perfume Inspired by Coffee 咖啡味香水 ……………………………89
Passage 22 Cup Noodles：The Food That Have Conquered the World 碗裝方便 面：征服全世界的食品 …………………………………………………93
Passage 23 Lost in Hawaii, Found in Taiwan 失之夏威夷，得之臺灣島 …………97
Passage 24 3D Printers Arrive in US Store 3D打印機(jī)登陸美國商店 ……………101
Chapter 2 提升篇
Passage 1 Working Mothers Warning 對職場媽媽的忠告 ………………………106
Passage 2 Print Newspaper or the Web? 紙質(zhì)報(bào)紙還是網(wǎng)絡(luò)？ ……………………112
Passage 3 A Child's IQ Can Be Determined by“ How Much Weight It Gains in Its First Month of Life”
孩子的智商可能由出生后第一個(gè)月的體重增量決定………………………………………………………………………………118
Passage 4 Why Extroverts Love a Party and Quiet People Prefer a Night in為什么外向的人喜歡聚會而安靜的人喜歡宅在家 ……………………………124
Passage 5 Is “Organic” Labelled Food Healthier and Tastier? 貼上有機(jī)標(biāo)簽的食品更健康美味嗎？ ………………………………………………………130
Passage 6 Eat Three Meals a Day at Work 一日三餐吃在辦公桌上 ……………136
Passage 7 Two Hearts Really Do Beat as One If You're in Love 兩顆相愛的心真的一起跳動 …………………………………………………………………142
Passage 8 The Cheapest Way to Diet? 最廉價(jià)的減肥方式？ ………………………148
Passage 9 Balling up Your Right Hand Tightly Helps Memory 緊握右拳有助于記憶………………………………………………………………………………154
Passage 10 Women Make Better Business Decisions Than Men 女性比男性更善 于做商業(yè)決策 ……………………………………………………………160
Passage 11 Night Owls Are Linked to High Income Earners 夜貓子收入更高 ………………………………………………………………166
Passage 12 The Odds in a Coin Flip Aren't Quite 50/50 拋硬幣的幾率并非 50/50………………………………………………………………………172
Passage 13 Heating Pad or Ice Pack? 熱敷還是冷敷？ ……………………………178
Passage 14 IBM Says Computers Will See, Taste, Smell, Touch and Hear Things Better in the Future IBM 預(yù)測未來計(jì)算機(jī)將具備五感 ………………184
Passage 15 6 Ways to Prevent Your Budget from Failing 防止預(yù)算失敗的六個(gè)妙招………………………………………………………………………………190
Passage 16 You Are What You Wear 衣如其人 ……………………………………197
Passage 17 One in Ten PINs Can Be Correctly Guessed First Time 1/10的密碼猜 一次即可破解 ……………………………………………………………203
Passage 18 Bilinguals Have Faster Brains When They Get Older 雙語者年老后大 腦反應(yīng)速度更快 …………………………………………………………210
Passage 19 The Psychology of Discounting 打折心理學(xué) …………………………216
Passage 20 Love, Korean-style 韓式愛情 …………………………………………222
Passage 21 Google Glass Raises Privacy Concerns 谷歌眼鏡引發(fā)隱私擔(dān)憂 ……228
Passage 22 More Young Adults Live with Parents 越來越多的年輕人與父母同住………………………………………………………………………………234
Passage 23 Slow Travel, Cheap Travel 慢游加窮游 ………………………………240
Passage 24 Does Listening to Music While Working Make You Less Productive? 邊聽音樂邊工作會影響工作效率嗎？ …………………………………246
Chapter 3 實(shí)踐篇
Passage 1 Rise in Childhood Obesity Is Slowing Worldwide 全球兒童肥胖癥增速趨緩 ………………………………………………………………………253
Passage 2 Mini-Bibliography for Audrey Hepburn 奧黛麗·赫本小傳 ……………262
Passage 3 Wedding of Modern Brides 現(xiàn)代新娘的婚禮 …………………………270
Passage 4 A Word for Autumn 秋日小語 …………………………………………279
Passage 5 Romance of Paris Fades for Chinese Tourists Targeted by Thieves 中國游客成小偷目標(biāo)，巴黎浪漫黯然失色 ……………………………288
Passage 6 In China, Losing Sleep over Choice of Schools 中國：擇校令人徹夜難眠………………………………………………………………………………297
Passage 7 Stray Birds 飛鳥集 ………………………………………………………307
Passage 8 Sorry, But Do You Speak English? 對不起，你說的是英語嗎？ ……315
Passage 9 Fit-lifters in Bricks-and-mortar Shops 實(shí)體店里的試衣族 …………324
Passage 10 Choice Blindness 選擇的盲目性 ………………………………………332
Passage 11 Home vs. Office: Where Should You Work? 工作場所之爭：回家還是 坐班？ ………………………………………………………………………341
Passage 12 Things 20-Year-Olds Don't Get 20來歲的年輕人還沒明白的事 ……350
Passage 13 Why You Should Read Every Day? 為何要每日讀書？ ………………359
Passage 14 Rubber-band Creates Millionaire 橡皮筋造就百萬富翁 ………………369
Passage 15 Do We Still Need the Telephone? 我們還需要電話嗎？ ………………378
Passage 16 Is It Better to Rent or to Buy? 買房劃算還是租房劃算？ ……………387
Passage 17 Smartphones in China:Taking a Bite out of Apple 咬了蘋果一口的中國智能手機(jī) …………………………………………………………………396
Passage 18 Why Is Starbucks So Expensive in China? 星巴克咖啡在中國為何如此昂貴？ ……………………………………………………………………405
Passage 19 A Two-Wheel Tour Through Big Apple 大蘋果騎行記 ………………414
Passage 20 Why Pay for a Degree to Learn a Foreign Language? 為外語學(xué)位教育 花錢值得嗎？ ……………………………………………………………423
Passage 21 Young Chinese Shunning Factory Jobs 中國的年輕人不愿在工廠工作………………………………………………………………………………432
Passage 22 Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx 在馬克思墓前的講話 ………441
Passage 23 Mother 母親 ………………………………………………………………450
Passage 24 America Unconquerable 北美是不可征服的 …………………………459
附 錄 文章中文翻譯 ……………………………………………………………467
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