本书收集的鲜活生动、原汁原味的英语短文，其内容是在我们这个日新月异的世界上最近发生的一些有意思的事情，记录了政治、经济、科技、宗教、艺术、体育、娱乐等各个方面，不但从中折射出了外国社会的风貌，读者们也可以借鉴其中鲜活的词汇、生动的句法和颇富风趣的行文。

Sports Minister Lampooned for Lack of Sporting Knowledge

部长无知惹非议

Quarter of Bus Drivers Lack Driving Skills

不会开车的公车司机

Did Tainted Meat Kill Mozart?

猪肉害死莫扎特?

Sweet Nothings Are Better Heard in the Left Ear

情话偏宜左耳听

Mynah Want a Divorce?

八哥想离婚?

A Wedding Rush Too Hot to Handle

喜事频频神父苦

Star-Crossed Census Rescheduled

生不逢时的人口普查

Airlines to offer Fast Internet Connetions to Passengers

机上网络服务

Deadly Humans

灭门凶手

Going Skiing in Summer

夏天滑雪?

Lovers Criss-Cross World in Vain

好事多磨

Taxi Dnver’s Passenger Is His Long-Lost Son

载得久别爱子归

There’s No Need for"Mother Christmasn"

圣诞公公无需伴  d

Here Comes Rudolf the Red-Nosed…Horse

昔驾鹿车今驭马

Ancient Humans Overfished the Seas

古人遗祸

World’s Biggest Rat Hunt

世界最大的灭鼠行动

Population to Peak

人口膨胀有穷时

Your Own Face on a Postage Stamp

在邮票上露脸

Surgery Works，Says Miss World Contender

手术美人

Home Floorshow Strips Pensioners of Cash

看不得的表演

Witches Upset by Broomstick Style

骑扫把的正确方法

Americans in Italy Seek Food，Not Ruins

美景何如美食

Cellphones Spook Ghosts

手机赶鬼

Bureaucracy to Cut Out Jargon on Forms

革除官腔

One in Three Britons Lies in Job Applications?

居不易，编简历  

Brain Reacts Differently to Faces Based on Race

人脑的“种族歧视”

Stamp Issued 4．545 Years Too Late

古代邮票

Primed to Survive

质数化生存

Telltale Stains of Changing Tastes

污渍排行榜

Attention Dunlops：Tired’of Your Name?

重利轻名

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