编者序 1
1. 闻香的代价 The Cost of Smelling Food 1
2. 男人身份地位的表征 The Things We Do for Status 11
3. 裁缝师治愈了绝症Tailor Cures Rare Disease 22
4. 单纯但艰苦的生活 A Hard but Simple Life 33
5. 小鸟儿告诉我的 A Birdie Told Me 43
6. 矮冬瓜娶竹竿鬼“White Gourd”Marries“Bamboo-pole Ghost” 49
7. 何时用“结肠” When To Use A Colon 58
8. 汽车如何行驶 How Does It Work 66
9. 自我治疗 Heal Yourself 78
10. 惊涛骇浪 Awash In Waves 88
11. 压马路 Pounding the Pavement 99
12. 学习电脑乐趣多 Learning Can Be Fun with Computers 109
13. 烟草 A Native American Plant 118
14. 温和的黑金刚 A Gentle King Kong 132
15. 韦式字典 The Webster’s Dictionary 141
16. 降水量 Precipitation 149
17. 电脑想些什么 What Do Computers Think 157
18. 听候你的差遣 At Your Service 166
19. 蜘蛛吃什么?怎么吃? Spiders’Eating Habits 179
20. 爱会痛--也会痒 Love Hurts--and Itches 189
21. 血压 Blood Pressure 201
22. 有志者事竟成 Where Ther0e’s a Will 211
23. 省油保命一举两得 Saving Gas and Lives 221
24. 左撇子到处都有 Lefties Right and Left 227
25. 早期的火车旅行 Early Train Travel 233
26. 奇特的倾斜 A Strange Inclination 241
27. 天王星Uranus 252
28. 百岁篮球 Basketball is 100 Years Old 263
29. 别吃那瓶药 Don’t Take Your Medicine 274
30. 现代生活 This Is Living 284
31.只工作,不娱乐会……All Work and No Play… 296
32.高等学府仍有必要 Great Institutions of Learning Still Necessary 308
33. 风暴的中心 In the Eye of the Storm 319
34.男人在“两性大争霸”中投降 Men Surrender in “The Battle of the Sexes” 329
35. 学习的捷径 Learning Made Easy 337
36. 你就是能源 You Are an Energy Source 346
37. 人类--万物之灵 Man--the Master of Nature 353
38. 街与脚之间的鞋 Where the Feet Meet the Street 363
39. 鲜为人知的发明者 A Little-Known Inventor 371
40. 崇高的志愿者 A Noble Volunteer 384