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Passage 1 To Be or Not to Be a Vegetar an? 该不该做素食者? 1
Passage 2 Those Boys Really Will Be the Death of You,Mom 生儿子的副作用 6
Passage 3 Does Science Have Two-side Influence on Human Health? 科学对人类健康具有双重影响 10
Passage 4 How the Petroleum Products Are Manufactured 石油产品是怎样制造出来的 14
Passage 5 Mars and the Earth 火星和地球 18
Passage 6 The Coal-fired Power Plants 燃煤发电厂 22
Passage 7 Earth's Temperatures Warm to Record Levels 地球温度升至创纪录的水平 26
Passage 8 Trees—The Man's Friend 树——人类的朋友 31
Passage 9 Internet Terminals 因特网终端 35
Passage 10 The Future of IT 信息技术的未来 39
Passage 11 Be Your Own Cyber Watchdog 守住你的网上隐私 43
Passage 12 Calling All Wrist Phones 在手腕上打电话 47
Passage 13 Ageof the Elderly 老年人的时代 51
Passage 14 Sandstorm Is Blowing China's Environment(1) 中国环境的忧虑——沙尘暴(1) 55
Passage 15 Sandstorm Is Blowing China's Environment(2) 中国环境的忧虑——沙尘暴(2) 59
Passage 16 Disability 残疾 63
Passage 17 The Future of Paper(1) 纸的未来(1) 67
Passage 18 The Future of Paper(2) 纸的未来(2) 71
Passage 19 Internet-based Training 基于因特网的培训 75
Passage 20 Cause of the Tides 潮汐的原因 79
Passage 21 Clean Living May Be Tied to Asthma 哮喘可能与干净有关 82
Passage 22 The Development of the Human Heart 心脏的发育 87
Passage 23 Fear of Public Speaking 公众恐惧症 91
Passage 24 Evolution or Creation 进化还是创造 95
Passage 25 Breast Cancer Divide 乳腺癌的分水岭 99
Passage 26 E-mail Virus Threatens Global Networks 电子邮件病毒威胁全球网络 103
Passage 27 Human Blood—Lifeblood 血液——生命之源 108
Passage 28 The Greatest Inventor—Thomas Edison 伟大的发明家——托马斯·爱迪生 112
Passage 29 Stars—Introduction 星星简介 117
Passage 30 Alexander Graham Bell 121
亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔 121
Passage 31 Raising the Dead Calf Cloned Using Cells from a Side of Beef 先杀掉,再饲养 125
Passage 32 X-Ray Flashes Reveal Atom's Core X射线揭示了原子核的面貌 129
Passage 33 Cosmic Log 宇宙日志 133
Passage 34 Cloning 克隆 138
Passage 35 Cloning Saves the Extinct 克隆拯救濒危动物 143
Passage 36 Saving Venice 拯救威尼斯 148
Passage 37 Multilingual Machines 多语言机 153
Passage 38 Where Biosphere Meets Geosphere 生物圈与地球圈相接 158
Passage 39 T Cells Take on Tumors T细胞可对付肿瘤 162
Passage 40 Road Show Bui lds Up DNA Database DNA数据库之路 167
Passage 41 Alien Invaders of the Ecosystem 生态系统的入侵者 172
Passage 42 Long-term Survival 长期生存 176
Passage 43 Waiting to Come Back to Life 等待起死回生 180
Passage 44 The Structure of the Human Heart 心脏的结构 185
Passage 45 The Sun 太阳 189
Passage 46 The Sun(Continued) 太阳(续) 193
Passage 47 Avoiding the Impact 擦肩而过 197
Passage 48 Roll Up for the Floppy Television 可卷起来的柔软电视 202
Passage 49 Alaska Glaciers Are Melting Down 阿拉斯加冰川在融化 206
Passage 50 A Model Program 模型计划 210
Passage 51 Peering over Einstein's Shoulders 越过爱因斯坦的肩膀望去 215
Passage 52 The Little Spaceship That Refused to Die 永不消失的宇宙飞船 219
Passage 53 DNA Tackles a Family's Mysteries DNA揭开家族之谜 224
Passage 54 Artificial Lung 人造肺 229
Passage 55 Mussels,Swans and Worms 贻贝、天鹅和虫子 234
Passage 56 The First Killer—Cigarette 第一杀手——香烟 240
Passage 57 Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林 245
Passage 58 Dealing with a Picky Eater 对付挑食者的妙方 249
Passage 59 The Wright Brothers 莱特兄弟 253
Passage 60 Sonic Fusion 声音聚变 258
Passage 61 The Sex Ghange of Fish 鱼的变性 263
Passage 62 Can the Brain Be Overburdened? 大脑会负担过重吗? 267
蜜蜂 271
Passage 63 Honeybees 271
Passage 64 About Honey 关于蜂蜜 275
Passage 65 Parkinson's Disease 帕金森氏病 280
Passage 66 Air—Our Closest Friend 空气——我们最亲密的朋友 284
Passage 67 Copy the Way of Nature 遵循自然方式 288
Passage 68 Hints on Safety 安全提示 292
Passage 69 A New Magazine 一种新的杂志 296
Passage 70 Spider 蜘蛛 300
Passage 71 Why Two Eyes Beat One 为什么两只眼睛比一只好? 304
Passage 72 The Utilization of Ocean Energy 海洋能的利用 308
Passage 73 Home Health Tests 家庭健康检查 312
Passage 74 The Nose,Not Only for Smells 鼻子,不光是为了闻味儿 316
Passage 75 Movement 运动 320
Passage 76 The Impact of the Atmosphere on the Earth 大气对地球的影响 324
Passage 77 The Multi-function of Wheel and Axle on a Bicycle 自行车上多功能的轮轴 328
Passage 78 Plant Cells under Microscope 显微镜下的植物细胞 332
Passage 79 Estimate 估算 336
Passage 80 The Structure of the Sun 太阳的结构 339
Passage 81 Depression 抑郁症 343
Passage 82 Journey to the Moon 月球旅行 347
Passage 83 For Whom Do the Flowers Blossom? 花儿为谁开? 351
Passage 84 The Stratosphere 平流层 355
Passage 85 The Inner Energy of Substances 物体的内部能量 359
Passage 86 Which Is the Cleverest Animal? 哪一种动物最聪明? 363
Passage 87 The Temperature of Your Body 体温 367
Passage 88 Soil and Farming 土壤与耕作 371
Passage 89 Sublimation 升华 375
Passage 90 The Photovoltaic Cell 太阳能电池 379
Passage 91 Mysteries of the Universe:The Black Hole 宇宙的奥秘:黑洞 383
Passage 92 A Mane's a Pain,but Equals Gain for Lions 狮毛,是痛苦,亦是收获 386
Passage 93 The Moon's Regular Change in Phase 月有阴晴圆缺 390
Passage 94 How Old Is“Old?” 到底多老才算“老” 394
Passage 95 To Slow Down and Limit Heat Transfer 减慢和限制热量传递 398
Passage 96 Cat 401
猫 401
Passage 97 Warning:Sitting Still Is Bad for You 警告:静坐有害 405
Passage 98 Internet Shopping 网上购物 409
Passage 99 Eating Habits 饮食习惯 413
Passage 100 Getting Your Household Wired Up 家用电脑的链接 417