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CONTENTS 1

前言 1

使用说明 1

1．The Old Man and the Sea 1

2．From Earth to Moon 7

3．The First Men on Venus 13

4．Elephants 19

5．Sometimes They Seem Almost Human 27

6．Healthy Eating 34

7．Plastics—Man′s Most Useful Material 42

8．Sports around the World 50

9．Madame Curie and Radium 57

10．Learning Science 65

11．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen 73

12．The Prince and the Judge 83

13．The Tragedy from the California Gold Rush 92

14．A Ship of Ice 99

15．Nature Recycles Water 106

16．Paper and Its Uses 114

17．Pyramids 122

18．Tokyo 130

19．Eskimos in a Changing World 140

20．Cultural Survival,Inc 147

21．Energy Sense Makes Future Sense 156

22．Waste Not,Want Not 165

23．Money 173

24．TaIk Returns to the Doctor s Office 181

25．Dreams—What Do They Mean? 189

26．Have you Ever Seen a Flying Saucer? 197

27．Computers Concern You 205

28．Early Birds 213

29．Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts 221

30．The Tramp and the Philosopher 229

31．Better Known as Mark Twain 238

32．Education in the United States 250

33．Transportation 262

34．Communications 273

35．American Food and Drink 284

36．Graveyard of the Atlantic 296

SUPPLEMENTARY SPEED READING MATERIAL 307

1．Fire Making 307

2．The Money System of the United States and 311

Great Britain 311

3．The Development of Textile Fibres 315

4．Changing Fashions 321

5．East or West 325

6．A Chimp in Space 330

7．Geography of the United States 338

8．The Weather 344

9．Country Living 349

10．Food and Cooking 354

11．Vacations 358

12．Sports in America 366

13．Medical Treatment 372

14．Postal Services 378

15．Weights and Measures 383

16．Libraries 388

17．Public Transportation 392

18．Expert Says Arctic Ocean Will Soon Be an 395

Open Sea 395

19．He Battles a Mountain 402

20．The Wizard of Menlo Park 406

ANSWERS 416

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 444