CONTENTS 1
Ⅰ．LESSONS 1
Lesson 1 Wild Horses in Captivity 1
Lesson 2 The Philippine Eagle 4
Lesson 3 The Lion Hunting for Prey 8
Lesson 23 The Spruce Goose 1 10
Lesson 4 The Komodo Dragon 13
Lesson 24 The Brooklyn Bridge and the Great Wall 1 15
Lesson 5 The Cobra and the Mongoose 17
Lesson 6 Fascinating Birds 22
Lesson 7 Adaptation to a Hostile Environment 27
Lesson 8 Camels in Australia 32
Lesson 9 The Falcon Corps in France 36
Lesson 10 The Dog—Humans Intimate Friend 40
Lesson 11 The Elephant—from Jungle to Jumbo 46
Lesson 12 Dinosaurs—Primeval Giants 53
Lesson 13 An Exotic Vessel 59
Lesson 14 A Captured German Submarine 63
Lesson 15 A Hazardous Journey 68
Lesson 16 The Tomato Cleared Off Its Evil Reputation 74
Lesson 17 A Dramatic Experiment 79
Lesson 18 A Dancer in the Desert 83
Lesson 19 Underwater Birth 88
Lesson 20 A Human Dolphin 95
Lesson 21 Stunts in China 100
Lesson 22 An Experiment to Clear Up Superstition 105
Lesson 25 A Plot to Kill Hitler 121
Lesson 26 The Eskimos in the Arctic 128
Lesson 27 A Civilian Buried in a Royal Tomb 132
Lesson 28 Humorous Talks 136
Lesson 29 The Horrifying Operating Room of the 19th Century 142
Lesson 30 Terrible but Common Sights in Ancient London 145
Lesson 31 Premature Burial in Poe s Times 150
Lesson 32 The Unexpected in Washington,D.C 155
Lesson 33 Escaping Death from Running Bulls 163
Lesson 34 A Corpse Led an Army to Victory 167
Lesson 35 Searching for Clues from a Frozen Corpse 172
Lesson 36 The F.B.I.in an Up-hill Battle against Crimes 179
Lesson 37 Research on Accidents 185
Lesson 38 Sunshine—an Inexhaustible Source of Energy 193
Lesson 39 Modern Prometheus 197
Lesson 40 Artificial Meat and Milk 202
Lesson 41 The Corpse for Medical Study 207
Lesson 42 An Ancient Solution with Modern Techniques 212
Lesson 43 Fighting Diseases with High-tech 218
Lesson 44 Some Extraordinary Creatures on the Planet 231
Lesson 45 Garbage and Sewage in the United States 239
Lesson 46 A Deadly Enemy on the Prowl—Earthquakesand 246
Lesson 47 The Modern Primitives 252
Lesson 48 The Birth of the First Atomic Bomb 256
Lesson 49 The Extreme Climate of Antarctica 262
Lesson 50 To Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe 267
Ⅱ．TAPESCRIPT 275
Ⅲ．KEY TO THE EXERCISES 335