2015-08-31 Music for the masses 为大众上演的音乐会
课文内容 词汇：music 词汇: 音乐 Are you one of those people who find the world of Western classical music a bit snobbish and inaccessible? The Proms – or the BBC Promenade…
2015-08-24 Hungry for the new 渴望创新美味佳肴
课文内容 词汇：Food 食物 What did you eat for lunch today? Did you choose this dish because it was healthy, cheap or because it was just very tasty? Are you a…
2015-08-17 Top floor, please! 你会电梯游说吗？
课文内容 词汇：Work (informal) 职场用语（非正式） Have you ever been in a lift with the big cheese in your company? It happened to me a couple of times. And did I take…
2015-08-10 Getting the science right 科学依据要准确
课文内容 词汇：Science 科学 Sci-fi movies tend to capture children’s imaginations and have long been part of students’ excited chats in the schoolyard. But now a scientific journal has urged at…
2015-08-03 The kindness of strangers 有感于陌生人的慈善心怀
课文内容 Vocabulary: Crowds 词汇：群众 How much empathy do you feel towards other people? If you saw someone fall off their bike in traffic, would you stop and help – or…
2015-07-27 Food banks in the UK 英国食物银行
课文内容 词汇：Poverty 贫穷 When looking at Western Europe, we don’t usually think about poverty – but in fact, some people in modern-day Britain are so hard up that they can’t…
2015-07-20 Digital detox for children 给孩子们进行电子产品排毒
课文内容 词汇：Technology 技术 Children are hooked on computers. Some spend up to six hours a day on their gadgets. They can be playing games live with others elsewhere in the…
2015-07-13 Saving Mr Chimp 拯救大猩猩先生
课文内容 词汇：Judicial case 庭审案例 Should animals be entitled to the same rights as people? The question is not so outlandish. A judge in the US once suggested that chimpanzees had…
2015-07-06 Suffering for fashion 赶时髦脚受苦
课文内容 词汇：Feet 脚 Many believe high heels make women look good. It’s no surprise that the Cannes Film Festival’s organisers seem to favour having stars walking up the red carpet…
2015-06-29 Storing ice in the Antarctic 在南极储存冰
课文内容 词汇：Climate change 气候变化 Where do you keep ice? In the freezer, of course. That’s what scientists might have thought when they were looking for a safe place to store…
2015-06-22 Taking science to the bar 把科学带到酒吧
课文内容 词汇：Science 科学 Are bars places just to meet friends and chat casually about mundane things? Not any more. Scientists have been organising periodic lectures and experiments in bars in…
2015-02-16 Games of future past 儿时游戏 再度流行
课文内容 Vocabulary: technology: 词汇：科技 Fashion and music are constantly looking back to the past. But would you be interested in retro video games? If so, you are part of a…
2015-02-09 Girls do better at school 女生在校学习成绩更好
课文内容 Vocabulary: education: 词汇：教育 Around the world, girls do better than boys at school. These are the findings of a recent study that looked at the test results of 1.5…
2015-02-02 Tight jeans may not be in your genes 你体内可能没有“瘦基因”
课文内容 Vocabulary: diet: 词汇：减肥 This time of year many of us resolve to get back into shape. But if you are having trouble fitting into your tight jeans, it may…
2015-01-26 Are you being served 能为您效劳吗？
课文内容 Vocabulary: shopping 词汇: 购物 Social media is changing everything in trade. Even reserved Britons are losing their traditional aversion to making a scene, and using social media to complain…