1. A build-it-yourself solar still（蒸馏器）is one of the best ways to obtaindrinking water in areas where the liquid is not readily available. 在水资源不易获得的地区，自制太阳能蒸馏器是获得饮用水的最佳途径之一。
2. A fish that lives in mangrove swamps（红树林沼泽）across the Americas canlive out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted to land millions of years ago, a new study shows. 一项新的研究表明，一种生活在美洲红树林沼泽中的鱼，每次离开水能存活数月，就像数百万年前动物适应陆地生活一样。
3.Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and iswilling to make sacrifices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead. 几乎每一位祖父母都想和自己的孙辈们在一起，并且愿意做出牺牲，但有时候说“不”和经常去探望反而是更明智的做法。
4.Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird thatswims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws on its wings when young. 沿着亚马逊河和奥里诺科河岸，有一种鸟在能飞之前先游泳，飞起来像一只肥鸡，它们吃绿色的叶子，胃大如牛，在幼小的时候翅膀上有爪子。
5.Animals that don't have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty wateroutside, which may contain something unhealthy for them. 找不到干净和解冻的水的动物可能会在外面喝脏水，这些脏水中可能含有对它们有害的物质。
6.Another place where unplanned short sleep goes on is in the lecture hallwhere a student will start snoring（打鼾）so loudly that the professor has to ask another student to shake the sleeper awake. 另一个发生非计划短时睡眠的地方是演讲厅，某个学生会开始大声打鼾，以致于教授不得不让另一个学生把睡着的人摇醒。
7.Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking shouldalways focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. 为了在公共演讲中获得更好的效果而做的任何训练都应该集中在你已经做得很好且有把握的方面。
8.At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of importantmaterials—including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes—which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. 在剑桥大学，都灵发现了大量重要的材料——包括照片、电影、录音带和现场笔记——这些材料一直没有经过研究，急需照看和保护。
9.Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited whenthey then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise（同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots. 被反复展示两个圆点的婴儿在听到三声鼓声时会比只听到两声鼓声时更兴奋；同样，当研究人员以鼓声开始，然后给婴儿展示圆点，婴儿也会变得更兴奋。
10.Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty'speople come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. 无论是美容师、酒吧招待、钢琴演奏者还是戴紫色帽子的人，韦尔蒂笔下的人物都来自她和老朋友们相聚的下午，来自在她土生土长的密西西比州杰克逊街头的散步，以及公共汽车上无意中听到的谈话。
11.Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bagof toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. 由于我们的努力，我们的女儿乔治娅决定捐赠一大袋玩具给一个小女孩，她的母亲因为生病无法支付她的假期费用。
12.Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plansto build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located. 布拉德福德把那栋大楼以及土地卖给了当地的一家开发商，该公司计划在剧院所在地建一个综合购物中心。
13.Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they madeit their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. 他们清楚地知道火车什么时候经过他们家，他们把站在铁路旁、向那些素昧平生的奔向槟城的旅客挥手欢呼当作一件正事去做。
puter programmer David Jones earns $35,000 a year designing newcomputer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card.电脑程序员大卫·琼斯通过设计新的电脑游戏一年可赚35 000美元，然而他仍然找不到愿意给他办理信用卡的银行。
15.Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people areoften less self-conscious when they're in poorly lit places—and so more likely to eat lots of food. 黑暗的环境更容易助长暴饮暴食，因为当人们在光线不好的地方时，他们往往缺少自觉，所以更有可能吃很多食物。
16.Data shows that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared toinfrequent readers, have more books in the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who set aside time for them to read. 数据显示，与不经常阅读的孩子和青少年相比，经常阅读的孩子和青少年的家里有更多的书，为他们买的书更多，而且他们的父母读书的频率更高，并且会留出时间让他们读书。
17.Dismissing small talk as unimportant is easy, but we can't forget that deeprelationships wouldn't even exist if it weren't for casual conversation. 把闲聊视为不重要的事情很容易，但我们不能忘记，如果不是因为闲聊，深厚的关系甚至都不会存在。
18.Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works ofart from the ice, many of which can be found in the rooms. 每年，世界著名的艺术家都会受邀用冰块设计和制作艺术作品，其中很多作品都可以在房间里找到。
19.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyoneshould have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years. 1947年，八个剧团不请自来，他们认为人人都应该有表演的权利，而他们就在一家废弃多年的酒吧里演出。