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CONTENTS1

Ⅰ．LESSONS1

Lesson 1 Wild Horses in Captivity1

Lesson 2 The Philippine Eagle4

Lesson 3 The Lion Hunting for Prey8

Lesson 23 The Spruce Goose 110

Lesson 4 The Komodo Dragon13

Lesson 24 The Brooklyn Bridge and the Great Wall 115

Lesson 5 The Cobra and the Mongoose17

Lesson 6 Fascinating Birds22

Lesson 7 Adaptation to a Hostile Environment27

Lesson 8 Camels in Australia32

Lesson 9 The Falcon Corps in France36

Lesson 10 The Dog—Humans Intimate Friend40

Lesson 11 The Elephant—from Jungle to Jumbo46

Lesson 12 Dinosaurs—Primeval Giants53

Lesson 13 An Exotic Vessel59

Lesson 14 A Captured German Submarine63

Lesson 15 A Hazardous Journey68

Lesson 16 The Tomato Cleared Off Its Evil Reputation74

Lesson 17 A Dramatic Experiment79

Lesson 18 A Dancer in the Desert83

Lesson 19 Underwater Birth88

Lesson 20 A Human Dolphin95

Lesson 21 Stunts in China100

Lesson 22 An Experiment to Clear Up Superstition105

Lesson 25 A Plot to Kill Hitler121

Lesson 26 The Eskimos in the Arctic128

Lesson 27 A Civilian Buried in a Royal Tomb132

Lesson 28 Humorous Talks136

Lesson 29 The Horrifying Operating Room of the 19th Century142

Lesson 30 Terrible but Common Sights in Ancient London145

Lesson 31 Premature Burial in Poe s Times150

Lesson 32 The Unexpected in Washington,D.C155

Lesson 33 Escaping Death from Running Bulls163

Lesson 34 A Corpse Led an Army to Victory167

Lesson 35 Searching for Clues from a Frozen Corpse172

Lesson 36 The F.B.I.in an Up-hill Battle against Crimes179

Lesson 37 Research on Accidents185

Lesson 38 Sunshine—an Inexhaustible Source of Energy193

Lesson 39 Modern Prometheus197

Lesson 40 Artificial Meat and Milk202

Lesson 41 The Corpse for Medical Study207

Lesson 42 An Ancient Solution with Modern Techniques212

Lesson 43 Fighting Diseases with High-tech218

Lesson 44 Some Extraordinary Creatures on the Planet231

Lesson 45 Garbage and Sewage in the United States239

Lesson 46 A Deadly Enemy on the Prowl—Earthquakesand246

Lesson 47 The Modern Primitives252

Lesson 48 The Birth of the First Atomic Bomb256

Lesson 49 The Extreme Climate of Antarctica262

Lesson 50 To Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe267

Ⅱ．TAPESCRIPT275

Ⅲ．KEY TO THE EXERCISES335