《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》90 Virtual Grave

Unit 90 Virtual Grave People are mortal. The bodies in which we live our real existence simply have a restricted life span. Ultimately we all die of old age, or sooner of an illness or accident. When one person's life ends irreversibly, it is the beg

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》76 "Superman" Star Christopher Reeve

Unit 76 Superman Star Christopher Reeve Superman actor Christopher Reeve, who turned personal tragedy into a public campaign and from his wheelchair became the nation's most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research, died on Oct. 10, 2004, afte

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》77 A Phenomenal Memory

Unit 77 A Phenomenal Memory I have a phenomenal memory for faces. There is no doubt about that. The only snag is that I can never remember the names that go with them. Only the other day, I raised my hat to one fellow, quite distinguished-looking he

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》78 The American Civil War

Unit 78 The American Civil War The American Civil War, the greatest war in American history as well as the only war fought on American soil by Americans, in which 3 million fought and 600,000 died. It was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》79 Rebel Wild Rose

Unit 79 Rebel Wild Rose Rose O'Neal Greenhow was born in Montgomery County, Maryland. Rebel Wild Rose, as she was sometimes called, was a distinguished hostess in Washington society, a passionate secessionist, and one of the most renowned spies in th

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》81 Terri Is Not a Vegetable

Terri Is Not a Vegetable Terri Schiavo collapsed in her home in 1990, suffering from heart failure that rendered her severely brain-damaged. Michael Schiavo said his wife suffered from bulimia that resulted in a potassium deficiency, triggering the h

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》82 Euthanasia: For and Against

Unit 82 Euthanasia: For and Against We mustn't delay any longer ... swallowing is difficult ... and breathing, too ... Those muscles are weakening ... These were the words of Dutchman van Wendel asking his doctor to help him die. Affected with a seri

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》83 Where Does Bad-breath Odor Come From?

Where Does Bad-breath Odor Come From? We all have offensive breath at one time or another. In most cases, offensive breath originates from bacteria in the mouth, although there are other more surprising causes. Until a few years ago, the most doctors

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》84 Liposuction's Limits

Liposuction's Limits Doctors have long suspected that excess fat around the belly -- as opposed to the thighs or hips -- increases the chances of developing heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Apparently, belly fat doesn't just lie there

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》85 Ghost of Diana at Royal Wedding?

Ghost of Diana at Royal Wedding? For Prince Charles and longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles, Princess Diana will be the ghost at their wedding feast. Could it be sweet revenge from beyond the grave? Diana always said her marriage was a bit crowded b

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》86 Turning Thoughts into Actions

Turning Thoughts into Actions The World Cup final is about to begin. You want to turn on the TV and get to the right channel. So a small area of your brain calls the motor cortex processes and sends intricate electrical signals to your arm and hand,

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》87 Football Hooliganism

Football Hooliganism Football hooliganism is seen by most as disorder involving football fans. Usually this involves criminal activity and in most cases occurs either at or just before or after a football match. Much football-crowd disorder is sponta

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》88 Is There Life on Mars?

Is There Life on Mars? For most of the 20th century, there has been life on Mars. Or, at least in the minds of the Earthlings, who inhabit its closest planetary neighbor. When at the end of the 19th century, the American astronomer Percival Lowell th

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》89 Seven Myths of Single Womanhood

Unit 89 Seven Myths of Single Womanhood There is much confusion and concern over what it means to be a single lady. This is because most young women swallow enough of the singlehood lies to permeate themselves with single sickness. It is hard not to

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》80 Civil Rights Movement against Segregation in the US

Unit 80 Civil Rights Movement against Segregation in the US During and after World War II, challenges to segregation became more common and more successful. Three major factors accounted for this: -- The Great Migration The great migration was the mo

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》68 How "Average" People Excel

Unit 68 How Average People Excel Why do ordinary individuals often seem to achieve more than those talented fast-trackers, who tend to plateau after initial eye-catching achievements. To find out, I interviewed over 190 men and women in my work as a

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》61 Web Feats

Unit 61 Web Feats Here is a look at six ways the internet has made an impact on us in the past decade. There's no going back! Everybody can get information if they learn how to look for it. Irritated at the half-remembered lyrics of a song? Need a re

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》62 World Bank

Unit 62 World Bank The World Bank is one of the major channels through which development aid is passed from the Industrial West to the poor and developing nations. In the last decade, important changes have taken place in the size of the Bank's opera

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》63 E-commerce, the Small Business Road to Profits

Unit 63 E-commerce, the Small Business Road to Profits Is it correct to say, As the big get bigger, the small get smaller? It could well be so, if it weren't for the Internet and the surge of electronic commerce. Much has been changed. Think back to

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》64 The Story of Corn

Unit 64 The Story of Corn Before 1492, when Columbus discovered America, no one living in Europe knew corn existed. Up to this time, corn grew only in the Americas. Scientists believed corn was originally cultivated by Indians in the highlands of Mex