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CONTENTS1

前言1

使用说明1

1．The Old Man and the Sea1

2．From Earth to Moon7

3．The First Men on Venus13

4．Elephants19

5．Sometimes They Seem Almost Human27

6．Healthy Eating34

7．Plastics—Man′s Most Useful Material42

8．Sports around the World50

9．Madame Curie and Radium57

10．Learning Science65

11．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen73

12．The Prince and the Judge83

13．The Tragedy from the California Gold Rush92

14．A Ship of Ice99

15．Nature Recycles Water106

16．Paper and Its Uses114

17．Pyramids122

18．Tokyo130

19．Eskimos in a Changing World140

20．Cultural Survival,Inc147

21．Energy Sense Makes Future Sense156

22．Waste Not,Want Not165

23．Money173

24．TaIk Returns to the Doctor s Office181

25．Dreams—What Do They Mean?189

26．Have you Ever Seen a Flying Saucer?197

27．Computers Concern You205

28．Early Birds213

29．Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts221

30．The Tramp and the Philosopher229

31．Better Known as Mark Twain238

32．Education in the United States250

33．Transportation262

34．Communications273

35．American Food and Drink284

36．Graveyard of the Atlantic296

SUPPLEMENTARY SPEED READING MATERIAL307

1．Fire Making307

2．The Money System of the United States and311

Great Britain311

3．The Development of Textile Fibres315

4．Changing Fashions321

5．East or West325

6．A Chimp in Space330

7．Geography of the United States338

8．The Weather344

9．Country Living349

10．Food and Cooking354

11．Vacations358

12．Sports in America366

13．Medical Treatment372

14．Postal Services378

15．Weights and Measures383

16．Libraries388

17．Public Transportation392

18．Expert Says Arctic Ocean Will Soon Be an395

Open Sea395

19．He Battles a Mountain402

20．The Wizard of Menlo Park406

ANSWERS416

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS444