The Belly of the Beast 腹中新发现 WHAT dinosaurs ate is, of course,a question as interesting and illuminating as what ate dinosaurs. 恐龙吃什么？当然，这个问题与什么吃恐龙？一样有趣，一样具有启发性。 In the case...
Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. 获悉人们希望我在这里讲几...
How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones. 岛屿是多么奇妙啊！它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通...
Cosmetic Treatment for Men 男性美容 In GEORGES ROMAN'S clinic in London,women queue to see a cosmetic dermatologist renowned for zapping wrinkles and smoothing brows. 伦敦的乔治斯罗曼的诊所外，女士们排着队来找这位在消除皱...
Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun. 多年的风雨毁坏了古老的风车。车轮...
Life is good, really good. Sometimes I feel like the good karma train picked me up, and simply refuses to let me off. 生活不错，很不错。有时我觉得仿佛坐上了一列善有善报 的列车，想下车都不行。 I have an amazing wife...
Exercise and Longevity 健身与长寿的关系 ONE sure giveaway of quack medicine is the claim that a product can treat any ailment. 如果有人宣称他的药能包治百病，我们一般就能确定这是个庸医。 There are, sadly, no panace...
Is This the Death of Telephone? 固定电话的消亡 The demise of the landline has gone almost unnoticed. 固定电话的消亡几乎是无声无息的。 After all, the din of mundane phone chatter is all around us-on the bus, at the next table in...
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over. I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. 好几次了,我女儿打电话来说：妈妈，你务必得在那...
Insects Will Be Part of UK Diet 2020年昆虫将成为主食 Western diners should get used to the idea of eating insects because by 2020 it is inevitablethey will form an important part of our diet,according to the entomologist who heads up the worl...
Once there lived a king of great strength and wealth.Yet he was not happy. 从前有一位国王，很有权力和财富，然而他并不快乐。 He told his servants to find him things to make him happy,but each came back saying 他告诉仆人去找...
When I was 11, I found out I had a brain tumor. I had surgery to remove it, but the size and location of the tumor caused my optic nerve to atrophy. For three years afterward, I had partial sight, but my ophthalmologist told me that eventually I woul...
Weather Forecasting 天气预报 It is the material for the conversation of board chairman and bored cleaning woman,of young and old, of the bright, the dull, the rich and the poor. 天气是董事会主席和无聊的清洁女佣之间闲聊的话题，...
The Optimism Bias 盲目乐观的好处 We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. 我们喜欢把自己当作理智的生物。 We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. 我们总会提防背后的危险，权衡胜负的几率，...
The Sounds We Can't Resist 广告中无法抗拒的声音 If you're like most people,you're way too smart for advertising. 如果你和大多数人一样，你必定自以为能避开广告。 You flip right past newspaper ads,never click on ads onli...
