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译者前言 7

原编者的话 7

ATOMIC ENERGY 7

Radioactivity 7

What Is an Isotope？ 7

目录 7

Future Uses of Atomic Energy 8

First Atomic Power Station of the U．S．S．R 9

New Atomic Lamp 9

Atomic Clock 10

Atomic Medical Reactor 11

Irradiated Foods 12

Photographing the Atom 12

A New Application of Isotopes 13

Modern Alchemy 14

The Sun 15

Industry Looks for Solar Energy 15

SOLAR ENERGY 15

USSR Builds Solar Boiler 17

Solar“Roof”Measures Energy 17

Solar Pump 18

CHEMISTRY 19

The Periodic System 19

Mendelevium 19

The New Element Nobelium 20

Zirconium 21

Rhodium 21

Man-Made Diamonds Are Too Small 22

The Hardest Metals Made by Man 23

“Cold Combustion” 24

Plastics 25

A House of Plastics 25

Two-Man vinyl Boat 26

6,000 Miles of Pipe 26

PHYSICS 27

Industrial Television 27

Dry Ice 27

Electronic Fire Watcher 28

Electronic Equipment Helps Off-Shore Exploration 29

Electronic Computer No．610 30

Something New on the Telephone Horizon 31

Ultrasonic Detector for Cracks in Rails 32

Eyes That See Through Atoms 32

Arc-Image Furnace 33

Tsiolkovskii—Founder of Astronautics 34

Temperatures Can Be Photographed 34

ASTRONAUTICS.AVIATION 34

Earth Satellites 36

The Second Artificial Earth Satellite 36

What Is a Rocket？ 37

TU-104 38

A New Helicopter 38

Inflatable Plane 39

Device for Testing Car Drivers 40

MIS？LLAN？OUS 40

The“Thermal Barrier” 40

Freeing Navigable Channels of Ice 41

Combined Plane and File 42

Glass—More Precious Than Rubies 42

Wood Piping 43

Cocoa and Chocolate 43

语法注释 45

用作定语的名词 45

形容词和副词的比较级 45

引词IT 46

代词THAT和ONE用作名词的代用语 47

带被动态不定式的情态动词 47

虚拟语气 48

时态的呼应（时态的接续） 48

THERE＋TO BE的短语 49

分词 49

动名词 51

被动语态 51

总词汇表 53