本书是“听故事记单词”丛书之一，通过听美文故事的形式来唤起大家对英语的兴趣，从而达到快乐记忆核心单词和优美句子的目的，并把我们带回了快乐的往昔。本书汇集了英美文化背景、幽默、审美、思维方式，通过阅读本书，你的英语水平会得到很好的提高。

Unit 1 生活篇

[一]科学家：爱是盲目的

Scicnce Proves that Love is Blind

[二]拥有金钱就拥有幸福吗?

What Price Happiness?

[三]幸福美满婚姻的秘密——期望值不能太高

Newlyweds Advised to Lower Hopes

[四]女性开车更安全——停车场是例外

Women Drivers Safer—Except When Parking

[五]男性的直觉能力高于女性

Smiles That Destroy the Myth of Female Intuition

[六]快乐的时光为何显得短暂?

Why Having Fun Makes Time Speed

[七]开车时音乐声太吵易引发交通事故

Drivers Warned against Loud Music

[八]健康干练性感：法国女人是欧洲最优质的女人

DO French Women Make The Best Mothers and Lovers?

Unit 2 名人故事

[一]9岁小政客

9-Year-Old Politician

[二]埃及艳后克莉奥帕卓传奇故事

Cleopatra—the Queen of Egypt

[三]爱就是一切——黛安娜

Whatever Love Means—Diana

[四]布莱尔：我从未给妻子送过花

Blair Admits Never Having Sent Flowers to His Wife

[五]大西洋城惊魂

In Atlantic City

[六]俄总统普京戎装上阵 体验远程轰炸和导弹发射

President Putin Dresses up to Play War Games

[七]希拉里回忆心路历程《亲历历史》一路畅销

Living History

[八]拿破仑流放期间曾热衷于学习英语

Napoleon Tried to Learn English

[九]台湾发明王邓鸿吉

The King of Invention—Teng Hung-Chi of Nantou,Taiwan

[十]伟大喜剧家的一生——查理·卓别林

The Life of the Greatest Comedy Artist—Charlie Chaplin

[十一]德国重封爱因斯坦为“国家英雄”

Germany Reclaims Einstein as Their Hero

[十二]伟大的友谊

A Great Friendship

Unit 3 新闻

[一]12岁男孩给《大英百科全书》挑错

12-Year-Old Expert Makes Corrections for Top Encyclopaedia

[二]2005年福布斯富豪榜又有新变动，比尔·盖茨仍旧稳居榜首

Forbes'List Has New Names；Gates No.1

[二]2005普利策奖揭晓《洛杉矶时报》再度胜出Los

Angeles Times Wins Major Pulitzer Prize Honors

[四]地震将东京从睡梦中摇醒

Earthquake Jolts Tokyo from bed

[五J法国蜘蛛人攀上台北世界第一高楼

French Spiderman Climbs World's Tallest Building

[六]风雨十年一路走来 雅虎欢庆十岁生日

Yahoo Celebrates A Decade 0nline

[七]经济稳定失业率降低 澳人口出生率创新高

Australia Records Highest Birth Rate in 9 Years

[八]伦敦大本钟“沉默”1小时 具体原因不清

Mystery as Big Ben Falls Silent for an Hour

[九]目睹姐姐自杀身亡 英国男子被判无罪

Why I Had to Help My Sister in Suicide

[十]我国成功发射亚太六号卫星

Satellite Launched from Xichang Space Centcr

Unit 4 流行元素

[一]居家装饰中的鲜花

Flower in Home Decoration

[二]用微波炉做番茄沙司

Microwave Tomato Sauce

[二]第二肌肤

Second Skin

[四]送花

Sending a Gift Like Flowers

[五]时尚装扮省钱全攻略

Look Like a Million—Without Breaking the Bank!

Unit 5 艺术长廊

[一]奥林匹亚的宙斯大金像

The Temple of Zeus

[二]巴比伦的空中花园

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

[三]烟花三月放纸鸢

Fengzheng

[四]黑非洲的呐喊

John Biggers：Starry Crown

[五]罗德岛的太阳神巨像

The Colossus of Rhodcs

[六]摩索拉斯亡灵

King Maussollos

[七]凡·高与晨星

Van Gogh & the Starry Night

[八]重金属/硬摇滚

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

[九]爵士乐初期的30年

Jazz,The First Thirty Years

Unit 6 异域风情

[一]法兰西之恋

Loving France

[二]法国的爱丽舍宫

Elysee Palace

[三]开罗

Cairo

[四]感恩节的由来

Thanksgiving Day

[五]大峡谷

Grand Canyon

[六]美国人的婚礼

Weddings in The United States

[七]尼亚加拉瀑布

Niagara Falls—Something Completely New

[八]圣彼得堡

Spotlight on St.Petersburg

[九]五大湖的旖旎风光

The Great Lakes

[十]永不过时的旧式服装——日本女性重掀和服热

Japan'S Young Bring the Kimono Back into Style

Unit 7 健康咨询

[一]出生月份决定运气好坏

As Luck Would Have it，Summer Babies Do Best

[二]这是你生命的最佳时期吗?

Are These the Best Years of Your Life?

[三]练习瑜珈看似轻松舒缓 盲目健身实则危险重重

Vide Yoga a Health Hazard

[四]女人比男人长寿的秘诀

Why Hearty Women Outlive Men

[五]女性醉酒后其人身安全面临巨大危险

Women Taking Risks after Drinking

[六]官员称：适度饮酒有助于大脑思维

Official：Drinking Improves Thinking

[七]天然酸奶有助于缓解口臭

Natural Yoghurt Beats Bad Breath

[八]想苗条，多睡觉

Stay Thin by Sleeping More?

[九]性格悲观的人更容易患痴呆症

Pessimism Raises Dementia Risk，Study Finds

Unit 8 美文鉴赏

[一]哥哥的心愿

A Brother Like That

[二]美丽的微笑与爱心

Beautiful Smile and Love

[三]祈盼清风

Waiting for the Breeze

[四]微笑

The Smile

[五]这是我对你们每一个人的希望

These are things I wish for each of you

[六]一生的收获

Catch of a Lifetime

Unit 9 体育竞技

[一]里瓦尔多的明星路

Rivaldo

[二]教你打网球

How to Play Tennis

[三]网球运动的传统

Tennis'Hcritage

[四]迈克尔·乔丹

The God in Youth：Michael Jordan

[五]马拉多纳首次承认“上帝之手”

Maradona Owns up to“Hand of God”

[六]田径世界记录已接近极限 再创佳绩困难重重

Time Runs out for World Records

[七]莎拉波娃WTA排名跃居第一

Sharapova Jumps to No.1 in WTA Rankings

[八]不理兴奋剂丑闻 阿姆斯特朗与摇滚歌星订婚

Armstrong to Marry Rock Star Crow

Unit 10 名人演讲

[一]就职演讲

Inaugural Address

[二]克林顿第二次就职演说

The Second Inaugural Address by Bill Clinton

[三]胡佛总统就职演说

The Inaugural Address by Hoover

[四]雨果怒斥火烧圆明园

Victor Hugo Condemning the Burning of the Winter Palace

[五]布什总统的9·11讲话

The 9·1lth Speech by President Bush

[六]在北京微软专业开发人员大会上的演讲

Keynote Speech at Microsoft Professional Developers Conference

[七]我有一个梦

I Have a Dream

[八]林肯在葛底斯堡的演说

Gettysburg Address

[九]在马克思墓前的讲话

Speach at The Grave of Karl Marx

[十]科学和艺术

Science And Art