第一章 健康生活 1
1.Perceive Life 1
感悟生活 2
2.Life Is All about Choices 3
生活充满选择 5
3.He Works Hard for His Happiness 7
为了幸福,努力工作 9
4.Ensure Happier Today than Yesterday 11
保证今天过得比昨天快乐 12
5.Reduce the Pressure on Leave 14
要减压?去休假! 15
6.One Third of Children Globally Are Lack of Physical Activity 17
全球三分之一青少年缺乏运动 18
7.People Who Spend a Lot of Time Surfing the Internet Are More Likely to Show Signs of Depression 20
上网过度者易出现抑郁症状 21
8.Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly 22
久坐可致命 24
9.Michelle Obama Has Unveiled Her Campaign against Childhood Obesity in the US 26
美国第一夫人抵制儿童肥胖 27
10.Eat Less Meat for Health and Environmental Protection 29
少吃肉既健康又环保 31
11.Dinner Will Make You Eat More and Feel More Hungry 33
大餐会让你越吃越饿 34
12.Skipping Breakfast Reduces Their Productivity 37
不吃早餐降低工作效率 38
13.Excess Sodium Can Be Bad for Your Health 40
食盐过量不利于人体健康 41
14.Bad Habits Can Age You by 12 Years 43
不良生活习惯让你显老12岁 44
15.Can Drinking Water Maintain a Clear, Youthful Complexion? 45
喝水能养颜? 46
第二章 时尚先锋 48
1.9 Kinds of Food Resulting Your Beauty 48
越吃越美丽的九种食物 49
2.Are You Satisfied with Your Body 51
你满意自己的外表吗? 52
3.Britain: Men are More Attractive by Doing Housework 54
英国:做家务让男人更迷人 56
4.Farewell,Libraries? 58
图书馆,再见? 59
5.How Much Sleep Is Enough? 61
多长时间的睡眠是充足的? 62
6.How to Reduce Afternoon Drowsiness 64
下午如何才不瞌睡 65
7.Mini-breaks Have More Happy Memories than Long Vacations 67
休短假比休长假更开心? 67
8.NETTEL— Not Enough Time to Enjoy Life 69
奈特尔——有钱没闲家庭 69
9.Survey: US Working Women Draw Attention to Their Professional Appearance 70
调查:美国职业女性重视自身形象 71
10.Too Hot to Be an Engineer or Prison Guard? 72
长得太漂亮当不了工程师或监狱看守? 73
11.American Elders Like Facebook 75
美国中老年人也爱上社交网站 76
12.Blooming Marvelous: Rainbow Roses 77
荷兰培育出彩虹玫瑰 78
13.Raleigh—City with the Best Quality of Life in American 80
罗利获评美国生活质量最高城市 81
14.Canada: the Best Location to Live for Expatriates 82
海外工作生活加拿大最佳 84
15.Survey Shows French are the King of Grumblers 86
调查显示法国人自认全球牢骚之王 87
16.An Eco-friendly Christmas Tree Rental Service 88
加拿大圣诞树出租 89
17.Audrey Hepburn’s Dresses Were Auctioned in London with the Price Beyond the Estimation 90
赫本生前服饰伦敦拍卖拍价超预期 92
18.Americans Do Not Take Their Vacation Days Because of High Jobless Numbers 93
高失业率让美国人不敢休假 95
第三章 时事聚焦 97
1.See China in the Light of Her Development 97
用发展的眼光看中国 99
2.EU Ministers Reach Agreement on Immigration Pact 101
欧盟成员国就移民政策达成协议 103
3.Julia Roberts Topped the List of People Magazine’s “World’s Most Beautiful People” 105
朱莉娅·罗伯茨获评年度“最美丽人物” 105
4.Time Is Money in Britain after Royal Mint Error 107
英国错币漏印日期流入市场身价倍增 108
5.India Has More Cell Phones than Toilets 109
印度厕所不如手机普及 110
6.Copenhagen Summit: Who Wants What in Copenhagen 111
哥本哈根峰会:各国都在想什么? 113
7.Developed Countries Prepared to Relent on Key Emissions Deman 115
富国拟降低针对发展中国家的排放要求 116
8.Leaders of The G20,The World’s Major Economies Are Meeting in London 118
全球二十主要经济体领袖聚会伦敦 119
9.Toyota Motor Corp. Will Be Confronted with$16.4 Million Fine 121
丰田公司在美面临1640万美元的罚款 123
10.Asian Tourism Industry Braces for Flu Fears 125
亚洲旅游业应对经济及猪流感冲击 127
11.China Leaves Footprints in Space 129
中国宇航员成功完成首次太空行走 130
12.Revolutionary Hubble Space Telescope Turns 20 132
哈勃太空望远镜升空20周年 133
13.Investors Are Fear of Running out of Options to Ward Off a U.S.Recession 135
投资者担心或无法防止美国经济衰退 136
第四章 人与自然 138
1.Blowfish Dinner Is Gastronomic Roulette 138
河豚我所欲也 138
2.Rudd Tells Japan to Halt Whale Hunt 140
澳大利亚限期日本停止捕鲸 142
3.A Marginal Victory for the Well-Meaning Environmentalist 144
乘公共汽车的边际优势 146
4.Spotlight on Southeast Alaska 149
阿拉斯加东南部特写 151
5.Can Human beings Beat T. rexes in Arm Wrestling? 153
掰手腕人类能否赢过霸王龙 154
6.Aliens Maybe Even in Us 156
外星生命可能就在我们身边 157
7.Green Shopping, Just for Showing Off? 159
绿色购物:是炫耀还是真心? 161
8.It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humility 163
高温天的经济学解读 164
9.Cats As Bad As Rats? 166
猫和老鼠一样坏吗? 167
10.Kilimanjaro Snow Cap May Melt Soon 170
乞力马扎罗的雪即将消失 171
11.Workday Heat 173
工作日里气温高 174
12.Animals Laughed Long Before Humans 175
早在人类会笑之前动物就已经会笑 177
13.Feel Blue? Go Green 179
感觉忧郁?选择绿色 181
14.London Commuters Opting to Pedal to Work 184
快捷、健康、环保——伦敦掀起骑自行车热 185
15.Your Pets May Be Helping Your Kids 187
宠物成群的孩子抗过敏能力强 188
16.Great White Sharks Travel 190
能旅行的大白鲨 191
第五章 财经纵览 193
1.The Importance of Insurance 193
保险的重要性 193
2.Builders of HP 195
惠普的创始人 196
3.What Does a Credit Card Bring Us?(1) 197
信用卡带给了我们什么?(1) 199
4.What Does a Credit Card Bring Us? (2) 201
信用卡带给了我们什么?(2) 202
5.How Did Billionaires Get So Much Richer in 2009? 204
2009年全球富豪何以变得更富有? 205
6.Small Investments with Major Returns 207
小投资大回报 208
7.Bet On A Fallen “King”(1) 210
天王杰克逊身后再赚2.5亿(1) 212
8.Bet On A Fallen “King” (2) 214
天王杰克逊身后再赚2.5亿(2) 215
9.Finger Length May Predict Financial Success 217
无名指长更适合从事股票交易 218
10.Casual Jobs Are PARTof a Good Education 220
先从打零工做起 222
11.Want to Be a Chief Executive? Get an MBA 225
想当CEO?先读MBA! 227
12.Leaders Who Use Charm to Reach the Top 230
领导幽默与魅力 232
13.Numbers Guys You Can Always Count on 234
谁是最理想的CFO? 236
14.Baidu on a Roll as Google Fades 238
谷歌退出留给百度一片光明 240
15.China Embraces Freedom of The Road 242
中国人迷上汽车的速度和自由 244
16.The Magic Number for Spending by the Rich: 3% 247
少花钱才能富裕到老? 248
第六章 科海拾贝 251
1.Genetically Modified Foods: Are They Safe? 251
基因改造的食物安全吗? 251
2.Human—Robot Relationships 252
未来的人——机关系 253
3.That’s No Vestigial Organ, That’s My Appendix 255
阑尾并非可有可无 255
4.Hot Rocks Were Technology Revolution 257
用火加工处理石头曾经是人类的技术革命 257
5.Why Didn’t Earth Freeze Completely? 258
冰河时代为什么地球没有完全封冻? 259
6.“Translation Eye-Glasses” Invented in Japan 260
日本发明“翻译眼镜” 261
7.World’s Craziest Geo—engineering Scheme 262
世界上最疯狂的地球工程方案 263
8.Human Genes Evolving Faster 265
科学研究:人类仍然在进化,而且速度加快 267
9.A Less Expensive Solar Panel: Human Hair 270
人类的头发是一种廉价太阳能 271
10.Japan: Robots Fill Job Vacancy 272
日本:机器人填补职位空缺 273
11.Science in Fairy Tales 275
童话中的科学 278
12.Hacker’s Next Aim: Brain Hacking? 281
黑客下一个袭击目标是——人脑? 282
13.Invisibility Amazed the World 284
隐身技术震惊世界 285
14.Emotion-recognition Software: Mona Lisa—83% Happy 287
“情绪识别软件”解密蒙娜丽莎神秘微笑的含义——幸福占83% 288
15.Why Overhearing a Cell Phone Conversation is So Annoying 290
为何无意间听到别人通话会心烦意乱 291
16.Women Make Better Business Leaders than Men 292
女性领导能力优于男性 293
17.Ozone Layer Will Return to Full Strength by 2048. 294
臭氧层将于2048年恢复原状 296
18.Research Show That There Is‘Sixth Sense’ between Couples 297
研究表明夫妻之间确有“第六感” 298
19.Briton Believes that Old Ages Begins at 58 300
英国调查表明人在58岁时步入老年 301