第一部分成语故事
Passage 1
The More One Tries to Hide,the More
One Is Exposed
欲盖弥彰
Passage 2
Decadent Music
靡靡之音
Passage 3
Learning from Past Mistakes to Avoid
Future Ones
惩前毖后
Passage 4
An Arrow at the End of Its Flight
强弩之末
Passage 5
Swollen with Arrogance
趾高气扬
Passage 6
Being Extremely Exhausted
筋疲力尽
Passage 7
Letting the One Who Tied the Bell on
the Tiger Take It Off
解铃还须系铃人
Passage 8
Like a Crane Standing Among Chickens
鹤立鸡群
Passage 9
As Pressing As a Fire Singeing One?s
Eyebrows
燃眉之急
Passage 10
More Than Sufficient
绰绰有余
Passage 11
Raising the Standard of Revolt
揭竿而起
Passage 12
Arrogantly Overbearing
盛气凌人
Passage 13
Extremely Skillful
得心应手
Passage 14
Exhausted Its Tricks
黔驴技穷
Passage 15
The Snipe and the Clam Grappled
鹬蚌相争
第二部分寓言故事
Passage 1
An Optimist
乐天派
Passage 2
Choice of Counsellors
扁鹊之言
Passage 3
The Horse and the Dog
马和狗
Passage 4
The Goose that Laid the Gold Eggs
下金蛋的鹅
Passage 5
The Cook and the Cat
厨师和猫
Passage 6
The Shepherd and the Nightingale
牧童和夜莺
Passage 7
The Wolf and the Lion
狼和狮子
Passage 8
A Subtle Hint
薛谭学讴
Passage 9
The Cat and the Cock
猫和公鸡
Passage 10
Each to His Own Kind
晏子使楚
Passage 11
The Ant and the Fly
蚂蚁和苍蝇
Passage 12
Safety in Numbers
滥竽充数
Passage 13
The Miser
守财奴
Passage 14
More Threatening Than Tigers
苛政猛于虎
第三部分幽默笑话
Passage 1
The Lawyer and the Rancher
律师和农场主
Passage 2
Blonde at Work
美女上班
Passage 3
He?s Mine
他是我的
Passage 4
Relax
别着急
Passage 5
A Call?in Tape
电话录音
Passage 6
Where There?s a Will
一封遗嘱
Passage 7
False Alarm
错误的警告
Passage 8
Man Arrested
逮捕
Passage 9
Mad Martin
狂人马丁
Passage 10
Such a Neighbor
如此邻居
Passage 11
The Three Monks
三个修道士
第四部分名人轶事
Passage 1
Carver?s Pioneer Work with Peanuts
卡弗最早进行的花生研究
Passage 2
Jefferson and the Jockey
杰斐逊与赛马骑师
Passage 3
His Company Was Valued $500 Million
他的公司估价五亿美元
Passage 4
Refused Because She Was a Woman
因为她是妇女而被拒绝了
Passage 5
Jim Thorpe, a Sad, Bewildered Man
悲伤,迷惘的人——吉姆?索普
Passage 6
The Presidents? Pets
总统的宠物
Passage 7
Innocent of Any Sense of Responsibility
没有丝毫责任感
Passage 8
Mark Twain?s Speechmaking Strategy
Ⅰ
马克?吐温的演讲策略 Ⅰ
Passage 9
Mark Twain?s Speechmaking Strategy
Ⅱ
马克?吐温的演讲策略 Ⅱ
Passage 10
“Roosevelt”, a Bad Word?
“罗斯福”,一个不好的词?
Passage 11
King John and the Abbot
国王约翰和修道院长
Passage 12
Lincoln?s Beard
林肯的胡子
Passage 13
The Columbian Exchange
哥伦布文化交流
第五部分人物先峰
Passage 1
Gates? Way
盖茨的方式
Passage 2
Web Inventor Wins Millennium Techno?
logy Prize
万维网之父荣获“千年技术奖”
Passage 3
The 32nd President of the United States
美国第32届总统
Passage 4
Albert Einstein
艾尔伯特?爱因斯坦
Passage 5
Should Shakespeare Be Made Modern?
莎士比亚是否也应该现代?
Passage 6
First Flight: How Wright Brothers Changed
World
第一次飞行:莱特兄弟改变了世界
Passage 7
Part?time Job Is a Full?time Success
兼职工作,全职成功
Passage 8
Economics Nobelists Tackle Time
抓住机遇的诺贝尔经济学家
Passage 9
Einstein Wins Again
爱因斯坦相对论再次得到验证
Passage 10
“Old”Europe Has More Millionaires Than
U.S., Study Finds
调查表明,老欧洲比美国有更多百万
富翁
Passage 11
Then and Now
名流回首
Passage 12
Discovering the Key to the Secret of Life
发现生命奥秘的钥匙
Passage 13
New IOC Chief Seen as “Mr. Clean”
国际奥委会新主席“廉洁先生”
第六部分民间故事
Passage 1
Traditional Witchcraft
巫术
Passage 2
Parapsychology
超心理学
Passage 3
Robin Hood
罗宾汉
Passage 4
Robert Bruce and the Spider
罗伯特?布鲁斯与蜘蛛
Passage 5
Pecos Bill
佩科斯?比尔
Passage 6
Phrenology
颅相学
Passage 7
Astrology
占星术
Passage 8
The Unicorn
独角兽
Passage 9
Giants
巨人
Passage 10
Sneezing
打喷嚏
Passage 11
Jack and the Beanstalk
杰克与魔豆