《跨越美国时空》

石油巨头合二为一渡难关1

CONTENTS1 Two Oil Giants Seek Refuge as One1

2 Shuttle Mission Launches a New Era in Spaceflight7

航天飞机冲进宇航新时代7

18 First Lady as Mirror for America 110

第一夫人折射出了美国10

地上有毒吗？试试“蒸汽清洁法”12

3 Got Toxics in the Earth?Try“Steam Cleaning”It12

4 Looking back 90 Years on the“Good Old Days”18

回顾90年前的“昔日光景”18

19 Teens Get Their Hands on City Purse Strings 118

青少年要管一下城市财政18

5 To Public,the Press too Often Gets It Wrong23

公众认为：报纸经常是错了23

6 Terrorist Threat vs.Public Disclosure29

是担心恐怖主义？还是告示群众？29

7 Capital Debates How US Takes Roll36

首都辩论美国该如何统计人口36

防止自杀：全国性战略出笼42

8 SeeingSuicide as Preventable:A Naticnal StrategyEmerges42

民航会话指南48

9 LinguaAerofranca:ATraveler sGuidetoAirline Speak48

印地安人的权利与传统有待判定53

10 Indian Rights and Traditions Hangin Balance53

11 Gratitude and Giving in the 1990s61

90年代里的感恩与付出61

12 Testing Put to the Test68

考试本身受到考验68

13 Holiday Party Dos and Don ts75

节假日聚会，哪些该做？哪些不该做？75

14 Quest for Workers Drives Company Relocations81

哪里有工人就在哪里办企业81

退休后的卡特总统88

15 Jimmy Carter s Recipe for Retirement88

欧盟禁止牲口用药惹起争议95

16 EU Bans Livestock Drugs,Triggers Row95

17 How Far Can Cities Go to Curb Gangs102

城市怎样才能制止团伙犯罪102

20 Fandations Steer MoreMoneyto American Democracy127

慈善基金制导美国民主127

21 Teens Drive Decline of“Crack”Craze134

青少年奋起抵制可卡因134

22 Noncitizen Soldiers in US Ranks142

美军中的非公民士兵142

23 Service with aShug？Consider Flip Side of Service Crisis148

服务态度差吗？那就请考虑服务危机的另一面148

道德败坏了吗？155

24 Is Morality in Decline?155

25 The Beauty and Bounty of Migrant Life169

迁移的生活，美妙而多彩169

26 Birth Mothers Battle to Keep Records Closed175

亲生母亲坚持不泄露身份175

27 All the News That s Fit for Monologue184

一切适于独白的新闻184

28 Confrontation as Conservation191

以环境保护的名义来对付191

29 Big Easy:Case Study in How to Curb Crime199

太平无事：制止犯罪的案情研究199

30 Is Holiday Spending Hiding Economy s Flaws?207

假日花费能掩盖经济的缺陷吗？The Answer Key215