Change altitude 改变高度 Rebecca had decided that her best chance of getting hired by a company doing geological survey work in the Alaskan wilderness was to earn a private license to fly twin-engine planes. 丽贝卡觉得，要想进入在阿拉斯...
Real beauty 真正的美丽 When a first-time father cuddled his newborn son,he immediately noticed the baby's ears conspicuously standing out from his head. 他刚刚做了父亲，抱着刚出生的儿子，突然发现孩子的耳朵是很明显的招...
Gifts from the heart 来自内心的礼物 According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. 有这样一个传说：一个年轻人在沙漠里漫游时偶然发现了一眼清泉。 The...
What do angels look like? 天使是什么样子？ What Do Angels Look Like? 天使是什么样子？ They are 天使就像 Like the little old lady who returned your wallet yesterday. 那个昨天捡到钱包并把它交还给你的身材矮小的年老...
Coketown 红砖城 Coketown was a town of red brick,or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and the ashes had allowed it;but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. Coketown曾是一座红砖...
George Soros wants to be the Bono of the financial world. 乔治索罗斯想成为金融界的博诺（U２乐队主唱）。 The speculator whose assault on sterling ejected Britain from the European exchange rate mechanism that September of 10 year...
The Nature of the Scientific Attitude 科学态度的本质 What is the nature of the scientific attitude,the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry,geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? 科学态...
The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were crowding onto the train platform eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian School's track and field squad. 火车站挤得水泄不通。拉斐德学院的学生们一齐拥...
Unsolved Mysteries 未解之谜 Over the past several decades,the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries. 过去几十年里，美国，加拿大和欧洲都...
Balzac once said artistic creation was an exhausting strug-gle． 巴尔扎克说过，艺术创造是一场累人的斗争。 He believed that only by tenacious work and fearing notafraid of difficulties could you show your talent． 他认为，只有...
British Surnames 英国人的姓氏 The men and women of Anglo-Saxon England normally bore one name only. 英国的安格鲁撒克逊人无论男女通常只有一个名字。 Distinguishing epithets were rarely added. 有区别作用的称号很少加...
Decline of Reading 阅读的衰退 We have a crisis on our hands. 我们正面临着危机。 You mean global warming? 你是指全球变暖问题？ The world economy? 世界经济问题？ No, the decline of reading. 不，是阅读衰退的问题。...
A Collective Style of Living 集体生活方式 The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and their ethnic identity. 人们利用社交空间的方式反映出他们的社会关系和他们的种族身份。 Early i...
Forms of Communication 交流方式 Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. 很明显，我们要参与我们所生活的这个社会，我们就必须与其他人进行交流。 A great...
Sending Children to School 送孩子上学 Sending a child to school in England is a step which many parents do not find easy to take. 在英格兰，送孩子上学对于家长来说并不容易。 In theory, at least, the problem is that there are...
