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1．Diamonds in the United States 1

美国的钻石 1

2．The Necktie through Thick and Thin 2

领带的沧桑 3

3．Who First Made Ice Cream 3

谁是冰淇淋的首创者 4

4．Earthworms that Help Improve the Soil 5

帮助改良土壤的蚯蚓 6

5．The Three Ways of Man to Preserve Meat 6

人类储存肉的三种方法 7

6．How the Hawaiian Is lands Were Built 8

夏威夷群岛是怎样形成的 9

7．A Giraffe that Did Not Believe in Himself 9

一头不相信自己的长颈鹿 10

8．The Antarctic,a Desert of Ice All Year Round 11

南极——终年冰封的不毛之地 12

9．The Small Black Ants,Nature's Clean—up Crew 12

小黑蚁——大自然的清道夫 13

10．Sen Otters off the Coast of California 14

加利福尼亚近海的海獭 15

11．A Temperature Change on the Moon 15

月球上的气温变化 16

12．How the Falls of Iguassu Was Discovered 17

伊瓜苏瀑布是怎样被发现的 18

13．The Hognose Snake,One of Nature's Clowns 18

猪鼻蛇——自然界的一名丑角 19

14．A Tornado that Makes Red Rain 20

制造红雨的龙卷风 21

15．If George Washington Could Visit the United States Now 21

假如乔治·华盛顿能参观今日的美国 23

16．Licorice Good for Both Man and Beast 23

对人畜两利的甘草 24

17．The Moldy Hardtack and the Hunyry Soldiers 25

发霉的硬饼干和饥肠辘辘的士兵 26

18．Where Did the New Life Come from 27

新的生命来自何方 27

19．How a Hunter Captures a Monkey 28

猎人是怎样逮住猴子的 29

20．Climbing Out of a Space ship onto the surface of the Moon 29

从宇宙飞船登上月球表面 31

21．The Egyptians First Played Ball Games 31

埃及人首先开展球类运动 32

22．Iceberg Season of Newfoundland and the Steamship Titanic 33

纽芬兰的冰山季节和轮船泰坦尼克号 34

23．Copper,the First Metal that Man Learned to Make 34

铜，人类学会冶炼的第一种金属 36

24．How Americans Showed Their Respect for Edison 36

美国人怎样表达他们对爱迪生的敬意 37

25．A Large Lake of Asphalt on the Is—land of Trinidad 38

特立尼达岛上的大沥青湖 39

26．Man's First Real Invention 40

人类第一项真正的发明 41

27．An Old Legend about Cheese 41

关于乳酪的一个古老传说 42

28．Strong and Gentle Shetlands 43

壮实、温顺的设得兰矮种马 44

29．Hancock's Signature 45

汉考克的签字 46

30．The Last Part of This Century,an Age of Exploration 46

本世纪的末叶——探险的时代 47

31．Army Life in the American Civil War 48

美国南北战争中的军旅生活 49

32．The Dugout in the Side of a Hill 50

山坡上的窝棚 51

33．Time Zonesand the International Date Line 51

时区和国际日期变更线 52

34．Ballet,a Combination of Four Arts 53

芭蕾舞——四门艺术的结晶 54

35．From Land Animal to King of the Sea 55

从陆上动物到海中之王 56

36．Columbus that Made Four Voyages to the West 56

四次西航的哥伦布 57

37．When People Began to Eat With the Fork 58

人们何时开始用叉进餐 59

38．On the Beaches of Block Island 60

在布洛克岛的海滨 61

39．A Cub Reporter,the Important Step towards a Career in Newspaper Reporting 62

实习记者——通向新闻生涯的重要一步 63

40．Cookware during the Reign of Edward Ⅲ of England 63

英国爱德华三世在位时的炊具 64

41．A Baboon that Has Learned to Count 65

学会了数数的狒狒 66

42．The Air—cushioned Vehicle that Travels Clear Out of Sea and Land 66

脱离海面和陆地行驶的气垫船 68

43．America's Dead Sea 68

美国的死海 69

44．Growing Plants Know Right from Left 70

生长中的植物能分辨左右 71

45．The Badger,a Courageous Fighter 72

獾——勇猛的斗士 73

46．The Shooting of a British Pig that Almost Started a War 74

险些引起一场战争的枪击英国猪事件 75

47．The Patient and the Ship Owner 76

病人和船主 77

48．The United States in about 23 Million Years 78

2，300万年后的美国 79

49．The Best Season for Thinking 80

思考的最佳季节 81

50．A Dream Laboratory at the Unlversity of Chicago 81

芝加哥大学的梦幻实验室 83

51．The Grand Banks,the Richest Fishing Ground in the World 84

大浅滩——世界上鱼量最丰富的渔场 85

52．The American Museum of Natural History 85

美国自然史博物馆 87

53．The Tundra of the Arctic Regions 88

北极地区的苔原 89

54．The Height of Chivalry during the Middle Ages 89

中世纪骑士精神的极致 91

55．The Paintings and Bronze Statues of Charles Marion Russel 92

查理·马里恩·罗素的画和铜像 93

56．A Chinese Junk's Voyage to London 94

一艘中国平底帆船的伦敦之行 95

57．A Stamp Worth of$16，800 96

一枚价值1.68万美元的邮票 97

58．IS a Silver Dollar Worth a Dollar 98

一块美国银元值1美元吗 99

59．If You Sneeze Three Times 100

假如你打三次喷嚏 101

60．Henry the Navigator that Never Went to Sea 101

从未航过海的航海者亨利 103

61．The Perilous Tour de France 104

充满风险的环法自行车赛 105

62．Think with Muscles and Listen with Bodies 106

用肌肉思考，用身体聆听 107

63．How the word Radar Was Coined 108

“雷达”一词是怎样创造出来的 109

64．A Species of Black Spider on the Slopes of Mount Qomolangma 110

珠穆朗玛峰山坡上的黑蜘蛛 111

65．The Guyots,a Geophysical Puzzle 112

海底平顶山，地球物理学之谜 113

66．The Fiddler Crab,a Living Clock 114

招潮蟹——活的时钟 115

67．Are There Animals on the Galapagos Islands 116

加拉帕戈斯群岛上有动物吗 117

68．The USAF Thunderbirds 118

美国空军的雷鸟飞行队 120

69．The Ancient Romans that Neglected Philosophy and Pure Mathematics 121

忽视哲学和纯数学的古罗马人 122

70．The Monsoon in India 123

印度的雨季 124

71．The Horse Latitudes and the Spanish Adventurers 125

回归线无风带和西班牙冒险家 127

72．Meteorite Worship 128

陨星崇拜 129

73．Europe's One and Only Atomic City 130

欧洲独一无二的原子城 131

74．The Metric System Used Today the World Over 132

当今世界上使用的米制 134

75．The Aswan High Dam on the Nile River 135

尼罗河上的阿斯旺高坝 136

76．Wegener and His Floating Continents Theory 137

韦根纳和他的大陆漂移理论 138

77．Ballet Training in Russia 139

俄国的芭蕾舞训练 141

78．Boxing in Early Days 142

早期的拳击运动 143

79．The Sediment Layer Over the Bottom of the Seas 144

海底的沉积物层 146

80．Mirages that Have an Effect on History 147

对历史产生影响的海市蜃楼 148

81．What,Exactly,Is a Totem Pole 149

图腾柱究竟是什么 151

82．Carson McCullers,Author of the BookClock Without Hands 152

《没有指针的钟》一书的作者 153

83．Ancient Sagas that Have Real Basis 154

确有真实背景的古代英雄传奇 156

84．A Century of Hard Work to Reestablish the Reputation of the Bloodhounds 157

百年艰苦努力，重振警犬声誉 158

85．Leprosy Is No Longer a Mystery 159

麻风病不再是奥秘 161

86．A Solemn Duty after Twenty—first Birthday of Young Aus-traians 162

澳大利亚年轻人21岁生日后的一项庄严使命 163

87．The Flight of Americans from the Central City to the Sub-urbs 165

美国人从都市向郊区飞速迁移 166

88．The Atomie Clock that Gives Promise of More Precise Time keeping 167

可望更精确计时的原子钟 169

89．Speech,the Act of Uttering Sounds to Convey Meaning 169

说话——发出声音表达意思的动作 171

90．The Songs of Colonial America 172

美国的早期歌曲 174

91．America and the Winter Olympics 175

美国和冬季奥运会 176

92．Liberia and Its Rubber Industry 177

利比亚和它的橡胶工业 179

93．The Primitive Currency in the Santa Cruz Islands 180

圣克鲁斯群岛的原始货币 182

94．The Trumpet Fish in the Waters near the Cape Verdes Islands 182

佛得角群岛附近水域的管口鱼 184

95．The Two Maior American Film Forms—the Slapstic Comedy and the Western 185

美国的两大电影体裁——滑稽喜剧片和西部片 187

96．The Zinjanthropus that Roamed the Earth Over a Million Years 188

100万年前在地球上游荡的东非人 190

97．Can You Draw an Exact Line between Wit and Humor 190

你能精确地区分机智和幽默吗 192

98．Easyto Make Out,but Difficult to Explain—What an Artist Is Trylug to Teach Us 193

不难意会，却难言传——一个艺术家想让我们知道什么 195