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