网上英语短文

内容介绍

本书搜集了网上的精彩华章，分为社会观察、强身健体、医疗科学、科技珍闻、生活经验、枪口喋血、天下奇案、太空巡礼、人间奇闻、世界之最、名人逸事、祸从天降12个部分。本书除了在精选短文方面下了功夫，而且在形式上也力求有所突破，让读者耳目一新。本书的眉批能帮你解析难句之症结，领略英语之奥妙，感受佳句之菁华。每篇短文前的“提示”，其实是一位尽职的“导游”。她用三言两语把文章的核心内容加以概括。阅读原文，若是一场赛事，那么，“提示”让你在赛前先“热身”。短文后的“每篇一词”，攫取了本文的“词眼”，加以演绎，演绎之中，又最大限度地融人了英语词汇学的知识。立足于让你在今后的英语学习中能作举一反三、由此及彼的联想。

作品目录

社会观察

Bad U．S．Housing Hurts Children’s Health―Report

破房陋屋：损害美国儿童健康

U． S．Television Getting Cruder，Ruder

日趋拙劣残暴：美国电视节目

Last－Minute Christmas Shoppers Fill U．S．Stores

圣诞节前夜：商店顾客盈门

Study Ties Girls’Bullmia To Arrival Of TV In FiJi

电视：斐济少女易饿病的祸首

Asia Needs“Green”Recovery

亚洲需要“绿化”

MeDonald’s To Pay Fine Over Playground Equipment

麦当劳：门前游乐设施遭重罚

Healer－In－Chief Clinton To Visit Town Of Massacre

首席安抚官克林顿将造访噪血之城

Students Plagued By Credit Card Debt―Study

信用卡：校园杀手

American Bald Eagle Off Endangered List―Clinton

美国国鸟白头骛喜摘“濒危”帽

Ancient Woman’s Bones May Rewrite History

古女子骨骸改写人类历史

U．S．Library Holds Hitler Papers In Vault―Report

美一图书馆公布希特勒重要文件

强身健体

How To Live To 120

如何活到l20岁

Rearcher Says Lifestyle Determine Aging Well

生活方式决定你如何步入老境

Eating Chocolate Is GOOd For Your Heart

巧克力：对心脏有利

Study： One Egg A Day Is No Heart Dia Risk

一日食一蛋：心脏得呵护

U．S． Sees Drop In Smoking By Pregnant Women

美国孕妇吸烟者减少

Ten Reasons To Kick Cigarettes

戒烟十条理由

Weekly Sex May Prevent Colds And Flu

每周：免遭流感袭击

医疗科学

U．S．Study Links Estrogen To Memory Improvement

雌激素：可改善记忆

Don’t Give Up Hope，Mentally Ill Told

抑郁症患者：别泄气

Young Women At High Risk For Depression

抑郁症青睐年轻女子

Generalist Doctors Improve At Treating Depression

通科医生治疗抑郁症有长进

Body Clock Set For 24-Hour Day，Study Finds

人体生物钟：24小时／日

科技珍闻

Humor Is All In The Brain

幽默：全在脑壳中

Dolly， The Cloned Sheep， Gives Birth Again

克隆羊“多利”再度分娩

It’s a Boy！ Scientists Clone First Male Mammal

是只雄的！科学家克隆成功首例雄性哺乳动物

Cloned Sheep May Age Prematurely

克隆羊：有早衰迹象

U．S．Company Plans To Test“Flying Car”

美国公司计划试验“飞行汽车”

Smog Discriminates Between The Sexes

烟雾生“眼”:性别搞歧视

China Breeds New Cotton From Rabbit Genes

中国培育出含兔毛基因的棉花

U．S． Team Develops“Qulet Curtains”For Hospitals

隔音窗帘在美问世

生活经验

More Sex Keeps You Young（If It’s Love）

频貌年轻（假如源于真爱）

Cell Phones Linked To High Blod Pressure

手机叫你血压上升

Hotheads And Cell－Phones

手机无碍健康

Secret Of Long Life Is To Have Fewer Children

长寿秘诀：少生孩子

Americans Eat Out More Often And Less Healthfully

美国人频频下饭馆健康天天受影响

New Health Ads Link Smoking To Sexual Failure

健康广告新招：吸烟有损性生活

New Theory Suggests Unexpected Roots Of Sex Appeal

新理论：性吸引力另有根源

Study Knocks Residential Carpet As Source Of Mold

居室地毯：霉菌抱子之源

China Warns Stone Floors May vau Cancer

中国告诫：家铺石料地板居者可能致癌

Get Some Sleep， U．S． Government Advis

美国政府忠告：增加睡眠

枪口碟血

Young North Carolina Twins Charged In Shooting

卡罗莱纳州孪生兄弟因枪杀受控

More Than 20 Killed In Colorado School Slaying

校园血案：科罗拉多州20多人惨死

Man Dies In Seattle Standoff After Killing Woman

杀人犯和警察对峙后被击毙

Man Who Killed Former Boss Is Executed In Oklahoma

俄克拉荷马州杀害老板的凶手被处死

Three Dead In Shooting At Psychiatrist’s Office

精神病医师办公室枪声大作：三人丧命

Gunman In Midwest May Be White Supremacist

流窜中西部的持枪歹徒系白人至上者

天下奇案

Arizona Man Says He Was Asleep When He Killed Wife

亚利桑那一男子称：梦中杀妻

“Sleepwalker” Found Guilty Of Murdering Wife

“梦游病者”：终被判杀妻罪

70－Year－Old Mother Admits Killing 8 Of 10 Children

70岁老姬承认曾亲杀8个子女

Police Kill Colorado Man Who Shot 3 Girls To Death

科罗拉多：一男子残害3女孩后被警方击毙

Texas Executes First Killer Condemned By DNA

DNA测试送凶犯上断头台

太空巡礼

Astronauts Prai International Space Station

宇航员盛赞国际太空站

Study Finds Potentlal water“Wells”On Moon

研究发现：月球有“水井”

NASA Map Shows Mars As Pear－Shaped，Crater－Pocked

地图显示:“梨”状火星，“弹坑”累累

人间奇闻

Study Says Crossing Your Legs Can Send Message

女性跷腿而坐：调情之举

U． S．Men Avoid Doctors，Study Finds

研究发现：美国人讳疾忌医

Fewer Americans Than Ever Getting Married―Study

美国：女大不嫁男大不婚

Chimpanzees Have Culture Too，Say Scientists

黑猩猩也有又化

And This Little Piggy Was Environmentally Frlendly

“环保”小猪

Paralyzed Florida Woman Wins The Right To Die

求死获准：高位瘫痪苦命女

世界之最

Towering Calif．Redwood Named World’s Tallest Tree

加州红杉：世界第一高树

Minnesota Woman，21，Wins＄150 Million Lottery

1．5亿美元：21岁女子彩票中头奖

Maryland Sees Worst Fish Kill In Over A Decade

马里兰州：200，000条鱼漂浮水面

Planners Envision Tallest Skyscraper In Chicago

芝加哥拟建：世界第一高楼

名人逸事

Bill Gates Is world’s Richest Person

比尔？盖茨：世界首富

Hemingway Celebrated In l00th Year Of Birth

海明威：百岁诞辰

Author Stephen King Hurt When Dog Distracts Driver

遭遇车祸：恐怖小说作家斯蒂芬？金

“Godfather”Author Mario Puzo Dies At 78

《教父》作者马里奥？普佐：78岁辞世

Body Of Climber Who Died In 1924 Found on Everest

1924年的珠穆朗玛峰攀登者的遗体被发现

Everest Team Took Malory Tissue Sample For Tests

珠峰攀登者的遗体组织75年后送检

祸从天降

Witness Describe Horror Of Arkansas Boat Sinking

目击恐怖：阿肯色州沉船

Amtrak Pasnger Train Derails In Texas

客车出轨在德州

Heat Wave Ends In Eastern U．S．Kills 49

热浪滚滚：美国东部 49人热死

Day Of Celebration Turns To Tragedy In Texas Heat

乐极生悲：爱子喜庆日骤亡

Climber Killed，Three Hurt In Yomite Rock Slide

约塞米蒂国家公园：岩崩压死游客

Tourist Dies After Being Injured On Disneyland Ride

迪斯尼乐园：一游客的丧生处