前言
Unit 1
Lesson 1 Finding fossil man发现化石人/1
Lesson 2 Spare that spider不要伤害蜘蛛/6
Lesson 3 Matterhorn man马特霍恩山区人/11
Lesson 4 Seeing hands能看见东西的手/17
Lesson 5 Youth青年/22
Lesson 6 The sporing spirit体育的精神/28
Lesson 7 Bats蝙蝠/35
Lesson 8 Trading standards贸易标准/40
Unit 2
Lesson 9 Royal espionage王室谍报活动/46
Lesson 1 0 Silicon valley硅谷/52
Lesson 11 How to grow old如何安度晚年/58
Lesson 1 2 Banks and their customem银行和顾客/64
Lesson 13 The searoh for o-l探寻石油/70
Lesson 14 The Butterfly Effect蝴蝶效应/75
Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry工业中的秘密/80
Lesson 16 The modern city现代城市/85
Unit 3
Lesson 17 A man-made disease人为的疾病/91
Lesson 1 8 Porpoises海豚/98
Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams话说梦的本质/106
Lesson 20 Snake poison蛇毒/113
Lesson 21 William S.Hart and the eady‘Western’film威廉·S·哈特和早期的“西部”影片/119
Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress知识和进步/126
Lesson 23 Bird flight鸟的飞行方法/132
Lesson 24 Beauty美/138
Unit 4
Lesson 25 Non-auditory effects of noise噪音的非听觉效应/144
Lesson 26 The past life of the each地球上的昔日生命/151
Lesson 27 The‘Vasa’“瓦萨”号/157
Lesson 28 Patients and doctors病人与医生/164
Lesson 29 The hovemraff气垫船/170
Lesson 30 Exploring the sea-floor海底勘探/175
Lesson 31 The sculptor speaks雕塑家的语言/181
Lesson 32 Galileo reborn伽利略的复生/187
Unit 5
Lesson 33 Education教育/194
Lesson 34 Adolescence青春期/200
Lesson 35 Space odyssey太空探索/206
Lesson 36 The cost of government政府的开支/210
Lesson 37 The process of ageing衰老过程/21 5
Lesson 38 Water and the traveller水和旅行者/222
Lesson 39 What every writer wants作家之所需/227
Lesson 40 Waves海浪/233
Unit 6
Lesson 41 Training elephants训练大象/238
Lesson 42 Recording an ea~hquake记录地震/245
Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space?宇宙中有外星人吗?/251
Lesson 44 Patterns of culture文化的模式/258
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies人和星系/266
Lesson 46 Hobbies业余爱好/272
Lesson 47 The great escape大逃亡/280
Lesson 48 Planning a share portfolio规划股份投资/289