笔者从1998年美国报刊杂志中精选出一些题材有趣且可读性强的文章，如美国当代社会的文化观念、人际关系、处世态度、经济变革以及科技动态等，汇编成《中级美国英语读物系列》，希望读者在趣味盎然的阅读中潜移默化地吸取知识并提高英语水平。

1 Music Practice Time Turns into Playtime

 练琴成了游戏

2 A Father's Love，Amplified

 父之爱，爱至深

3 A Frustrated Mom Turns to the House Fairy

 受挫的妈妈求助于“驻家仙女”

4 Marriage without Velcro

 无须粘牢的婚姻

5 Neighbors Forged by Fire

 火灾增强了邻里友谊

6 When Marriage Ends，Should Partners Split

 Their As。sets 50-50？

 婚姻破裂时，财产对分吗？

7 What I Heard，and What I Did

 我所闻与我所行

8 Savoring the Single Life

 品尝独身生活

9 Fatherly Love in a Different Wrapper

 不同包装的父爱

10 It Takes a Village to Raise a Barn

 全村出动盖马厩

11 When a Spouse Retires，A New Marriage

 Relationship Begins

 老伴一退休，老俩口翻开新的一页

12 Lottery Loses Its Appeal As Son Is AIlowed to Play

 让儿子去玩，彩票反而失去了吸引力

13 Pied Piper of Science for Pueblo Kids

 为印第安儿童奏响科学之声

14 A Private-School Education for Every Resident？

 让所有居民都上私立学校吗？

15 Cool Water T0vs from a Teenage Entrepreneur

 儿童企业家的水下玩具真叫“酷”

16 Small Farnls Sprout in Hawaii's Fields of Dreams

 夏威夷的梦幻土地上办起小农庄

17 Controversial Drug Testing Riles Chicago Police Officers

 药检分歧惹恼了芝加哥警官

18 The Pay Gap for Women：It's a FamjIy Issue

 妇女工资悬殊：一个家庭问题

19 US Culture Shift：Respect for Elders

 美国文化新貌：尊敬长者

20 Why One Drive-In Theater Owner Is Ready to SelI

 为何出售汽车影院

21 Schools Wrestle With“Bulk in a Bottle”

 学校与“体育增力剂”搏斗

22 Cooling It on Coolness

 “酷”要冷处理

23 As a Child Grows，Room Decor Evolves

 房间装饰与儿童成长同步

24 Appalachia Spring：Will It Ever Come？

 阿巴拉契亚的春天会降临吗？

25 The Day-Care Guy

 男保姆

26 A Housecleaner's Lament：No Respect

 清洁工哀叹：没有尊严

27 A Nintendo Child Hears the Call of the Wild

 游戏机儿童听到野山的呼唤

28 Hill Debates Right to Die

 国会辩论死的权利

29 From Black to Gray，from Short to Long，Fashion Marches on

 黑变灰，短变长，款式翻了又翻

30 Prohibition：All about Economics

 禁酒是为了经济发展

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