Environment | A Library Creates Literacy from Litter 图书馆推出垃圾换书服务 A librarian in Indonesia is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the ...
Technology | The Reason You Should Call Instead of Texting 为什么打电话比发信息好 So many things can keep you from seeing your missed ones in person, from busy schedules to long distances to a rather un...
Technology | Why Is the Sound of Your Own Voice in Audio Recordings So Ugly? 为什么语音里自己的声音不好听? Have you ever had such an experience? When chatting on WeChat, you sent someone a voice message where you thought your v...
Technology | A Remote-controlled Cyborg Cockroach 蟑螂机器人 While it may sound like something that has crawled out of your nightmares, cyborg cockroaches have arrived as friends ra...
Sports | What Are Those Red and Green Lights on Curling Stones? 冰壶上的红灯和绿灯是什么? If the ball goes out of bounds in, a soccer game, it’s up to the referees to call the violation. But in a high-level cur...
Facts | Is Your Bed Dirtier than Chimpanzees¡¯? 你的床比大猩猩的还要脏? A study comparing swabs taken from chimp nests with those from human beds found that people’s sheets and mattresses harb...
Facts | The “Napper”午睡派 If you don’t quite fit in among the morning people or night owls, well, you might soon have your own, more relatable, sl...
Learning and Exercises | Module 1 Basketball 词汇短语园地 1. defend v. 防守,防御,保卫;辩解 Troops have been sent to defend the borders. 军队已被派出去守卫边疆。 How can you defend such be...
Learning and Exercises | Module 2 Highlights of My Senior Year 词汇短语园地 1.settle v. 解决(分歧、纠纷等),结束(争论、争端等);(最终)决定,确定,安排好;定居 It’s time that you settled your differences with your fath...
Learning and Exercises | Module 3 Literature 词汇短语园地 1. feed v. 喂养;为……提供食品 Have you fed these chickens today? 你今天喂这些鸡了吗? Whoever feeds the man is his master. 任何给这...
Learning and Exercises | Module 4 Music Born in America 词汇短语园地 1.technique n.(尤指艺术或科学方面的)技巧;手法,技术 If you want to learn to paint, I suggest you study Raphael’s technique. 如果你想...
Learning and Exercises | Module 5 Ethnic Culture 词汇短语园地 1.minority n. 少数民族,少数群体;少数,少数派,少数人 The school is 95 percent minority. 这所学校里95%的学生是少数民族。 For a minority, the d...
Learning and Exercises | Module 6 The world¡'s Culture Heritage 词汇短语园地 1. relation n. 亲属,亲戚(relations)[pl.](人、团体、国家之 间的)关系,联系;(事物之间的)关系,联系 This party is held for friends and relati...
Learning and Exercises | Keys 跟踪导练(一) 阅读理解 1—4 CAAD 阅读七选五 1—5 FAEGB 跟踪导练(二) 完形填空 1—5 BADAC 6—10 DACBD 11—15 BCCAD 16—20 BACDB 跟踪导练(三) 阅读理解...