《美国人的思与行》

练琴成了游戏1

CONTENTS1 Music Practice Time Tums into Playtime1

2 A Father′s Love,Amplified5

父之爱，爱至深5

4 Marriage without Velcro 15

无须粘牢的婚姻5

3 A FrustratedMom Turns to the House Fairy10

受挫的妈妈求助于“驻家仙女”10

20 Why One Drive-In Theater Owner Is Ready to Sell 114

为何出售汽车影院14

火灾增强了邻里友谊19

5 Neighbors Forged by Fire19

6 When Marriage Ends，Should Partners SplitTheir Assets 50-50?24

婚姻破裂时，财产对分吗？24

7 What I Heard,and What I Did30

我所闻与我所行30

23 As a Child Grows,Room Decor Evolves 133

房间装饰与儿童成长同步33

品尝独身生活36

8 Savoring the Single Life36

不同包装的父爱42

9 Fatherly Love in a Different Wrapper42

全村出动盖马厩49

10 It Takes a Village to Raise a Bam49

老伴一退休，老俩口翻开新的一页54

11 When a Spouse Retires，A New MarriageRelationship Begins54

12 Lottery Loses Its Appeal As Son Is Allowed to Play61

让儿子去玩，彩票反而失去了吸引力61

13 Pied Piper of Science for Pueblo Kids67

为印第安儿童奏响科学之声67

14 A Private-School Education for Every Resident?75

让所有居民都上私立学校吗？75

儿童企业家的水下玩具真叫“酷”82

15 Cool Water Toys from a Teenage Entrepreneur82

夏威夷的梦幻土地上办起小农庄88

16 Small Fams Sprout in Hawaii′s Fields of Dreams88

17 Controversial Drug Testing Riles ChicagoPolice Officers94

药检分歧惹恼了芝加哥警官94

18 The Pay Gap for Women:It′s a Family Issue100

妇女工资悬殊：一个家庭问题100

19 US Culture Shift:Respect for Elders106

美国文化新貌：尊敬长者106

21 Schools Wrestle With“Bulk in a Bottle”120

学校与“体育增力剂”搏斗120

22 Cooling It on Coolness127

“酷”要冷处理127

阿巴拉契亚的春天会降临吗？141

24 Appalachia Spring:Will It Ever Come?141

25The Day-Care Guy147

男保姆147

26 A Housecleaner′s Lament:No Respect157

清洁工哀叹：没有尊严157

27 A Nintendo Child Hears the Call of the Wild163

游戏机儿童听到野山的呼唤163

28 Hill Debates Right to Die169

国会辩论死的权利169

29 From Black to Gray，from Short to Long,Fashion Marches on176

黑变灰，短变长，款式翻了又翻176

30 Prohibition:All about Economics183

禁酒是为了经济发展The Answer Key192