unit 1常生活 舌尖上的安全:食品安全出路何在 food safety dilemma 拖延症的“兄弟” chronic lateness 怎样止面包变质 how to keep bread from going stale 加拿大女掌握家庭大权 women control family purse strings in canada 离婚后“女养男”在美呈上升趋势 divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony 名人崇拜综合症 celebrity worship syndrome 恐笑症 being afraid laughed at 相亲招数求职用:会相亲会找好工作 dating and job hunting both have their u and downs 手机“来电”助你脱身尴尬约会 new app rescues people from bad dates 夏季,你跟上潮流了吗 have you followed the trends and styles for summer 28岁时女人觉得自己感 why women feel seest when they are 上下班同路有助婚姻美满 for a good marriage, travel the same way to work 老年夫妇戴耳机看电视不知家中失 elderly couple watch tv without knowing brazen burglar broke into their home 女人比男人聪明 women overtake men in iq tests for the first time in 100 years 美国多数老人不愿与成年子女同住 many seniors say “no, thanks” to living with their adult
unit 2 休闲娱乐 《英雄》:台湾的“好莱坞制造” black & white:taiwan goes hollywood 阿汤嫂面临抚养权争夺战 holmes faces custody battle for daughter suri 插队买咖啡 英首相遭训斥 david cameron told off for queue jumping during trip to coffee shop 古堡惊现500年前女内衣裤 the scra of lace that show lingerie was all the rage 500 years ago 63岁婚纱女王恋上27岁型男 vera wang, evan lysacek an item just a week after divorce announcement 3岁男童吃母乳照登《时代》封面 母亲被指扰 time cover shows mom breastfee 3-year-old son 剑桥女生评选“年度美臀”惹争议 cambridge students in “rear of the year” petition 英女王御用替身曝光 工作24年分文不取 the woman who’s stood in for the queen for 24 years 英公开机密文档:外星人可能造访地球 the ufo files: aliens might e here for holidays 英神秘富翁每天1000英镑发路人 meet the businessman who hands out ?1,000 to plete strangers unit 3 经济资讯 谷歌为何收购摩托罗拉移动 why google acquired motorola mobility 美国人担心二次衰退 americans are worried that the united states is poised for another recession 意大利解冻利比亚5亿美元资产 italian banks are to unfreeze libyan assets worth more than $500 million 欧美经济信心下滑 us consumer confidence and european economic sentiment added to the volatility in global markets 欧洲力图遏制债务危机 contain europe’s deepening finan crisis 意大利经济困境引发大规模抗议 discontent runs high in italy among the population due to the country’s economic difficulties 价格暴涨 巴黎商人大赚 the euros troubles have made a good year for parisians who deal in gold 欧元创始人:欧元区有可能瓦解 euro founder admits some nations may be forced to leave zara老板取代成世界第三首富 zara clothing chain owner overtakes warren buffett on world’s rich list 中国中产阶级为何不喜欢使用信用卡 china’s middle class credit card conundrum 澳大利亚经济今年面临挑战 australia’s resources-powered economy is facing a year of challenges unit 4 聚焦奥运 奥运会开幕式志愿者变表演道具惹众怒 anger as volunteers “cash in” on opening ceremony 奥运选手们吃什么 food secrets of olympic athletes 菲尔普斯:游泳选手泳池小便是常事 michael phel admits: we do pee in the pool 伦敦奥运闭幕式辣妹重组掀 spice girls wow with an energetic routine at the olympics closing ceremony 英男子因看奥运面无表情被警方逮捕 parkinson’s disease sufferer held by police at olympic cycling road race 伦敦奥运花样游泳门票多售出1万张 four synchronised swimming sessions are oversold by 10,000 tickets 德国人讽伦敦奥运将成“奥运灾难” germans laugh at “olympic disaster” unit 5 灾难来袭 新艾滋席卷美洲 experts have dubbed it the “new aids of the americas” 为提早下班美油漆工火烧核潜艇 nuclear sub worker set fire so he could leave early 亚太地区不断受灾 损失加大 asia pacific region faces rising costs from storms and disasters 本2011核危机恐将持续多年 japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster may last for years 海啸后数月本渔港仍旧百废待兴 fishing towns after the massive tsunami need recovering 灾难地震袭击意大利 fatal quake batters crisis-hit italy 不明疾病横行柬埔寨 virus found in cambodia outbreak 为抗击艾滋病制定新的目标和承诺 president barack obama set new goals and new mitments in the fight against aids 司机偷瞄行人 每年酿百万撞车事故 drivers ogling pedestrians cause one million crashes a year 墨西哥发生7.6级地震 big quake hits meco unit 6 新兴科技 为何星星会闪烁 why do stars twinkle 眼神可以“控制电脑”你相信吗 eyes control a puter 可待机15年的手机问世了 mobile with a battery that lasts for 15 years 安卓推出智能“手表电话” android makes watch-phone available 印度太阳能因成本降低而显著发展 india solar energy is making it a viable alternative to power generated by fossil fuels 诺基亚推出新智能机 nokia today unveiled a new crop of smartphones 荷兰发明计算机牛仔裤 new jeans have built-in keyboard, mouse and speakers 格测试真的可靠吗 are personality tests reliable 吃胡萝卜真能提高视力 carrots would improve eyesight 40岁以后生育的小孩身体更好 智商更高 ren of mothers over 40 are healthier and more intelligent 俄罗斯向国际空间站发进步号货运飞船 russia launches progress m-16m freighter to iss 入住太空之家 chinese enter space orbiter for first time 喋喋不休的黑猩猩 chattering chim 科技残奥 improvements in technology help paralympic athletes 驾驶时使用g导航的问题 problems of global itioning systems in driving unit 7 生态环境 摩天大楼与环境 skyscrapers and environment 气候战争 climate wars 联合国秘书长世界环境致辞 un secretary-general’s message on world environment day 联合国会议关注可持续发展 united nations conference on sustainable development 欧洲干旱影响小麦产量 driest weather in decades threatens europe’s key cro 北冰洋冰层大面积融化70%系人为造成 loss of arctic sea ice “70% man-made” 全球每天有10亿人在挨饿 nearly one billion people were hungry 马尔代夫“天堂岛”变垃圾场 the beautiful island in the maldives that’s been reduced to a pile of rubbish 气候变化帮上忙 climate change may help 妇女得权 环境获益 power