19. Smoking and Cancer. 19、吸烟和癌. 1. Americans smoke six thousand million cigarettes every year (1970 figures). This is roughly the equivalent of 4,19...
18. How Americans Eat and Drink. 18、美国人的饮食. 1. Coca-Cola is the best-selling soft (non-alcoholic) drink in the world. 165 million “Cokes“ are sold ev...
17. If Lincoln Had Used a Computer. 17、如果林肯使用过计算机…… 1. The ad for a software program caught my eye. It said, “Write better in 30 days or your money ba...
16.A World without Oil. 16、假如世界没有石油 1. Have you ever stopped to think how your life would change if the world ran out of oil? Take a look at your day....
15.How Animals Hear. 15、动物如何听到声音 1. When we talk about ears, we usually mean the oddly wrinkled appendages on the sides of our heads. 1、当我们提到耳朵，通常指那个生...
14.The Moon-Riddle from the Past. 14、月球—来自远古之谜. 1. Spacecraft from the United States and from Russia have been to the moon, and men have walked upon i...
13. The Delight of Books. 13、书之乐趣. 1. Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual. They contain the history of our race, the discoveries we ...
12. An Epoch-making Toast. 12、划时代的祝酒词. Mr. Prime Minister and all of your distinguished guests this evening:总理先生、今夜在座的诸位贵宾： 1. On behalf of all of you...
11.A Handful of History. 11、扑克—手中的历史. 1. The next time you do a card trick-remember this. You’re playing with history. The playing cards we use today ...
10.The First Jet. 10、第一架喷气机 1.It was just noon on that 25th day of April 1945. I had gone through my first minutes of combat. The 456th Bomber Group, ...