由王巧平、刘艳丽主编的《时代周刊精选片段选读(第2辑健康环保)》精选美国《时代》周刊中的优秀文章，供广大英语专业人士和各类英语学习者阅读欣赏。各篇文章均包括“中文简介”、“英语原文”、“单词和短语注解”和“难句翻译”四部分，语言地道，内容有趣，深入浅出，引人人胜。本书英语书面用语和口语兼备，网罗国计民生中的健康、环保两方面，适合读者各取所需，在享受阅读快乐的同时，更能体会富有现代气息的人生百态。

健康

01 Lack of Exercise As Deadly As Smoking，Study Finds

研究发现，缺乏运动像吸烟一样致命／2

02 The Secrets to Long Life：Worry，Work Hard and Marry Well（If You're a Man）

长寿的秘诀：忧虑、努力工作和婚姻幸福（对男人来说）／6

03 Why India Is Still One of the Most Dangerous Places to Give Birth？

为什么印度仍然是分娩最危险的地方之一？／10

04 The Milk Wars：Should Milk Be Taken Off the School lunch Menu？

牛奶大战：学校的午餐菜谱中应当去掉牛奶吗？／14

05 Why the FDA Hasn't Banned Potentially Toxic BPA（Yet）？

为什么美国食品和药品管理局还没有禁止有潜在毒性的双酚A？／18

06 CT Scans in Childhood Can Triple the Risk of Cancer

儿童做CT扫描会增加3倍患癌症的危险／22

07 Measure of a Mother's Love：HOw Early Neglect Derails Child Development

母爱的程度：早期忽略如何导致孩子成长异常／26

08 Autism Rises：More Children than Ever Have Autism but Is the Increase Real？

自闭症在增加：患自闭症的儿童在空前增多，但果真是这样吗？／31

09 Can Pro-anorexia Websites Help Heal Some Eating Disorders？

支持厌食的网站能帮助治愈进食障碍吗？／35

10 Bloomberg's Breast—feeding Plan：Will Locking Up FOrmuIa Help New Moms？

布鲁姆伯格的母乳喂养计划：锁起配方奶粉能帮助新妈妈们吗？／39

11 Is You r Problem Gluten？Or Faddish Eating？

问题是麸质，还是赶时髦的饮食？／44

12 Why Lack of Sleep May Weaken Vaccine Effectiveness？

为什么睡眠不足会削弱疫苗的效果？／49

13 What Genius and Autism Have in COmmOn

天才和自闭症患者的共同之处／53

14 Bird Flu：More Common，Less Deadly than We Thought？

禽流感：是不是比我们过去认为的更常见、致命性更小？／59

15 Should Depressed People Avoid Having Children？

患抑郁症的人应该避免要孩子037／64

16 Qsymia：What You Need to Know about the New Diet Pill

酷适美：新的减肥药须知／68

17 Buckyballs Magnets Targeted by Federal Suit，Citing Dangers for Children

联邦诉讼直指巴克磁力球，称对儿童有害／72

18 “July Effect''Revisited：Why Experienced Docs May Not Deliver the Best Care

再谈“七月效应”：为什么有经验的医生可能看病不行／76

19 Can You Be Fat and Fit—or Thin and Unhealthy？

你愿意体胖而健康，还是体瘦而不健康呢？／81

20 Breast Cancer Screening：How Komen Oversold the Benefits of Mammography

乳癌筛查：科曼如何夸大了乳房X光检查的益处／85

21 Did Paula Deen's Own Cooking Give Her Diabetes？

保拉·迪恩自己做的饭让她患上糖尿病了037／89

22 Is My County Healthier than Yours？

我们县比你们县更健康o_-57／94

23 Is Britain's Health—care System Really That Bad？

英国的医疗卫生体制真的那么糟糕o--57／98

24 Assessing the Health Effects of the OIl Spill

评估漏油事件对健康造成的影响／103

25 Recipe for Longevity：No Smoking，Lots of Friends

长寿秘诀：不吸烟，广交朋友／108

26 Resurgence of Rabies Threatens Asia's Young and Poor

狂犬病卷土重来，威胁亚洲的年轻人和穷人／113

环保

27 A Very Big Plan for a Very Green Future

能源新战略绿色大未来／118

28 Foodies Can Eclipse（and Save）the Green Movement

“吃货”的另类环保／122

29 Natural Gas and the Invisible Spill：How Much Methane Is Reaching the Atmosphere？

天然气和看不见的泄漏：沼气是如何进入空气的？／126

30 How My Mercury Level Hit Double the Safety Limit

体内汞含量超标1倍为哪般／130

31 The Natural Debt Crisis：Learning to Live within Our Planet's Means

善用地球资源化解生态危机／134

32 The Surprisingly Long History of Green Energy

惊人又漫长的绿色能源史／138

33 Nuclear Batteries

话说核能电池／142

34 Earth Day：Are We Destroying the Oceans？

地球日关注：我们在毁灭海洋吗？／147

35 America's Environmental Garden Spot：Would You Believe Manhattan？

曼哈顿：美国环保公园的典范／151

36 A Climate Warrior Puts It All on the Line——Including His Life

一名环保战士的环保不归路／155

37 Building a Country by Switching on the Lights

国家要发展电力须先行／159

38 Bank of America Building：A New Green Standard

美国银行大厦：引领“绿色”建筑新潮流／163

39 Feeding the Planet without Destroying It

养活地球人保护地球村／1 68

40 Why Energy Efficiency Isn't All It's Cracked UD tO Be

“节能”未必真环保／173

41 The U.S.Soybean King：Can Celebrity Farmer Kip Cullers End World Hunger？

美国大豆王：明星农民能否帮助世界摆脱饥饿？／177

42 Red State，Green City

“红色”之州√‘绿色”之城／182

43 Tastes Like Chicken：The Quest for Fake Meat

“人造肉”问世：吃起来挺像鸡肉／186

44 Is Cambodia Dredging Its Rivers to Death？

柬埔寨挖沙不止，河流岌岌可危／1 90

45 BattIe Brews over EPA's Emissions Regulations

环保局温室气体排放规定引发党派大战／195

46 Rejecting Life in the Fast Lane：Yaxi，China，Takes It Slow

桠溪镇：中国首个“国际慢城”／199

47 The Greening of the American Brain

“绿化”美国人的大脑／203

48 Got Yttrium？

钇族稀土有吗？／207

49 Self—serving Stewardship：How Manufacturers Help the Planet

自给自足的经营模式：商业、环保两不误／212

50 Winning the Conservation War：H0w tO Manage the World We're Stuck With

打赢地球保卫战／217

51 The Weekend of 100 Tornadoes：Are Killer Storms Being Fueled by Climate

Change？

周末100场的龙卷风扎堆来袭：气候变化是诱因吗？／221