《中学英语拾级读物 第十级 第2册 科学新知》

1．Folding Machine Gun1

2．Mystery of the Missing Snak3

3．Father Seahorse Gives Birth to Babies5

4．Super Ears for Elephants7

5．Sea Lions Eat Stones10

6．Battling Bacteria Take On the Egg13

7．It's Okay to Cry15

8．Curing Heart Attack18

9．The Dog with Two Hearts21

10．Volleyball Star Hyman's Death23

11．Sphygmomanometer—Measuring Blood Pressure26

12．Science Shorts29

13．How a Refrigerator Keeps Its Cool32

14．Capturing Light—With Fiber Optics35

15．Preserving Food with Radiation39

16．Genetic Wonders42

17．Why Fabrics Crease and Wrinkle45

18．"Black Box"—Flight Recorder48

19．What's New in Contact Lenses?51

20．Detergents56

21．Indoor Air Pollution60

22．Is Acid Rain Washing Away Our Heritage?65

23．Cameroon's Cloud of Death71

24．The Roots of Famine76

25．Too Many Vitamins Can Be Bad80

26．Pains and Needles86

27．Liver Transplants—Big News!90

28．Bones Up on Basic Nutrition95

29．How Swimmers Learned to Fly99

30．Blowing Down a Skyscraper in 10 Seconds104

31．Banking on Seeds110

32．Controlling Pests with an Insect Army114

33．Animal Marriage119

34．Forest Firesin the U.S123

35．Our Future in Space129

36．Pandas—Here Today,Gone Tomorrow?133

37．Safety Questions Tie Up Genetic Engineering139

38．What Is Artifieial Intelligence?144

39．Robot Sub Discovers Titanic150

40．Dinosaur-Size Robot with Laser Eyes156

41．AIDS—A Challenge to Science161

42．The Science of Fighting Fires167

43．Population Growth and Birth Control175

44．Sick in Space177

45．The Chernobyl Nuelear Accident182

46．Identifying a War Criminal188

47．Superconductors Are Revolutionary193

48．A Healthy Dose of Laughter198

49．Food and Cancer204

50．Inside the Recording Studio210

51．Science Quiz217

Notes226