1．Ace为什么叫尖子？ 1
2．Nylon的来历 2
3．Go Fifty-fifty是什么意思？ 3
4．Hi和How Are You 4
5．Time Is Money 5
6．Shanghai不仅是地名 6
7．1美元为什么叫Buck？ 7
8．Fat一词趣谈 8
9．Hot Dog的来历 9
10．Oscar Award趣闻 11
11．Kangaroo是什么？ 12
12．T-shirt and Tea 13
13．Fan与球迷 15
14．All Greek to Me 16
15．What Is GOF? 17
16．Keepirng Up with the Joneses 18
17．What Is Chinaman's Chance? 20
18．What Is No Jaywalking? 21
19．What Is FX? 22
20．Lose Face是丢脸吗？ 23
21．Bogus（冒牌货）趣闻 24
22．Coffee来历趣谈 25
23．你知道Dark Horse的来历吗？ 27
24．What Is Doggy Bag? 28
25．Bikini来自核试验 29
26．The Story of Radar 30
27．Sucker的来历趣谈 32
28．人人喜欢的Weekday 33
29．Long Time No See对吗？ 34
30．Gold Brick趣谈 35
31．High Way趣谈 37
32．Chopstick趣闻 38
33．News一词趣谈 39
34．Grapevine与小道消息 41
35．What Is PrimeTime? 42
36．What Is Stray Bullet? 43
37．Slimming与减肥 44
38．What Is Free? 46
39．Flashotaxis和Phototaxis 47
40．What Is Pusher? 48
41．The Hell You Say是什么意思？ 50
42．Number One 51
43．Smoking趣谈 53
44．Gas趣闻 54
45．Get Offthe Rails与越轨 56
46．Bad Egg和Good Egg 57
47．What Is VIP? 58
48．Leisure与闲适 59
49．Sugar趣谈 61
50．为什么西方人不喜欢White Elephant？ 62
51．Nonsense只能译成胡说八道吗？ 64
52．Get the Sack与“炒鱿鱼” 65
53．What Is"You Can Say That Again"? 66
54．Stewardess的来历 67
55．卡拉OK的“OK” 68
56．Cracker和Biscuit 69
57．登月计划为何叫Apollo？ 70
58．What Is Birthday Suit? 71
59．Renting a Car 72
60．Whisky和Whiskey 74
61．Go West的来历 75
62．Hand和Glove 76
63．April Fool趣谈 77
64．Com和“庸俗语言” 80
65．Bull Market和Bear Market 81
66．Esperanto原来是笔名 82
67．Horse Opera与西部片 83
68．Bunk与废话 84
69．What Is a Reader in Geography? 86
70．Pirate和“老刀牌”香烟 87
71．Ice Sucker与“冰棍儿” 88
72．Thank You难回答 89
73．What Is ZIP? 91
74．Mickey Mouse的来历 92
75．Hijack与劫机 93
76．Wash One's Hands趣谈 94
77．Robot的来历 95
78．Blind Alley和死胡同 97
79．Appendix是多余的呢？ 98
80．Champagne原是地名 99
81．Taxi应译“计程车” 100
82．Burn One's Boats与破釜沉舟 102
83．Beer趣谈 103
84．Atom一词的由来 104
85．Kiss-me-quick是花名 106
86．“What Is It”是什么东西？ 107
87．Patent的典故 108
88．You Are a Lucky Dog 109
89．Restaurant和Kitchen 109
90．Bike的其它叫法 110
91．Comrade一词的来历 112
92．Cold与感冒 113
93．Born Yesterday与乳臭未干 114
94．Where's the Beef? 115
95．What Is LSD? 117
96．Nicotine原来是人名 118
97．Smoke趣谈 119
98．Channel和Canal 121
99．Sharp Cat是什么猫？ 122
100．What Is Castle in the Air? 123
101．Milky Way是牛奶路吗？ 124
102．I Have Two Sisters为何译成“我有三姐妹”？ 126
103．What Is A-Okay? 127
104．Hot Line的来历 129
105．Humour一词探源 130
106．Hello的来历趣谈 131
107．What Is Blitz? 133
108．Polarize趣谈 134
109．Chess是什么棋？ 135
110．Ping-pong是个商标 137
111．Donkey Work趣谈 138
112．What Is Coupon? 139
113．January原来是门神 140
114．What Is"Count Down"? 141
115．All Systems Go趣谈 142
116．Madam一词趣谈 143
117．Somebody和Nobody 144
118．Waste和Trash 146
119．What Is the Sunbelt? 147
120．Vitamine趣谈 148
121．Goodbye是怎么来的？ 149
122．Calendar原是“讨债本” 151
123．Sofa和Armchair 152
124．What Is Yellow Press? 153
125．Honey Moon的来历 154
126．Who Is Miss Moral? 154
127．On the Horse与上马 155
128．Draught Beer趣谈 156
129．Modem和摩登 157
130．Eat One's Words趣谈 158
131．God Knows趣谈 159
132．Good Idea的妙用 160
133．Cry Wolf与狼来了 161
134．What Is Old Story? 162
135．To Die Hard趣谈 163
136．Throw Cold Water on与泼冷水 164
137．Day-dream趣谈 165
138．Christmas Card的来历 166
139．What Is Godown? 167
140．What Is Kungfu? 168
141．What Is Punch? 169
142．Philadelphia Lawyer趣谈 170
143．Jogging风靡美国 172
144．Pandora's Box与灾难 173
145．Millennium Bug趣谈 175
146．Delicious与“蛇果” 176
147．Breakfast趣谈 177
148．The Customer Is the King 179
149．What Is Smog? 180
150．What Is亡车锁库？ 182
151．Turkey Dinner是土耳其大餐吗？ 183
152．万能动词“Fix” 184
153．What Is Red Ink? 186
154．Know How趣谈 187
155．For Sale 188
156．What Is Wire Tapping? 189
157．Have a Bite是咬人吗？ 191
158．Bars与坐牢 192
159．What Is Noel? 193
160．What Is Supermarket? 194
161．What Is Kung Hei Fat Choy? 195
162．Who Invented Ice Cream? 196
163．Bar原是横木 197
164．Shampoo一词的来历 198
165．What Is Tip? 199
166．Dixie与十美元 200
167．Yankee Doodle趣谈 201
168．What Is Bazar? 203
169．Big Sellers和Best Sellers 204
170．What Is El Nino? 205
171．What Is Carat? 206
172．What Is Bug? 208
173．Number One趣谈 209
174．High on the Hog趣谈 210
175．What Is“英特纳雄纳尔”？ 211
176．What Is the Historian's Trap? 213
177．Mini一词趣谈 214
178．Who Is Uncle Sam? 215
179．Science一词由来 216
180．What Is Good for Nothing? 219
181．What Is Cineplex? 220
182．What Is Bar Code? 221
183．Money原是“警告” 223
184．What Is Clone? 224
185．Laser一词的由来 225
186．Jeep一词的诞生 226
187．What Is A B C? 228
188．What Is Junk Bonds? 229
189．What Is Pie? 231
190．Quark一词的由来 232
191．What Is OPM? 235
192．Love Apple是何物？ 236
193．Toilet趣谈 237
194．Calculate一词趣谈 239
195．What Is Flea Market? 240
196．Dink一词趣谈 242
197．Bankcrupt一词的来历 243
198．What Is"Alumni"? 244
199．Bank一词的来历趣谈 245
200．What Is Mass Line-up? 247