Unit1 互联时代 INTERNET ERA
VOA Online universities offer free classes to millions
数百万在线免费大学课程来袭 2
VOA New navigation technology predicts traffic conditions
新导航技术预测交通路况 4
VOA E-books catch on at public library
电子书风靡公共图书馆 6
VOA New app aims to fight poverty
新应用程序将减少贫穷 8
VOA Interactive video helps US soldiers with combat stress
交互式视频助美大兵克服作战压力 10
VOA Online funeral services grow in popularity
网络葬礼成流行趋势 12
VOA After Gen X, Gen E
X世代后，E世代 14
VOA Nostrils control wheelchair
用鼻子驾驭轮椅 16
VOA Is technology killing penmanship?
现代科技真让人们不用写字了吗? 18
VOA Video game is latest US diplomacy tool
视频游戏成美外交工具 20
VOA E-Commerce challenges traditional stores
电子商务威胁着传统零售业 22
VOA New generation of laptops unveiled
"英特尔超级本”闪亮登场 24
NPR Rumors of a Facebook phone
脸谱做手机的传言 26
SSS Web sites share gas availability info
互联网分享汽油供应实况 28
NPR Newsweek to go all digital
《新闻周刊》全面数字化 30
SSS Twitter reveals language geographic distribution
推特披露语言地域差异 32
SSS Flu web searches predict disease outbreaks
网络搜索预测流感爆发 34
CNN More elderly people in Japan's video game arcades
日本老人沉醉电玩 36
VOA Sina Weibo's new policies
新浪微博的新规则 38
BBC Internet privacy
网络隐私安全 40
Unit2 数字生活 DIGITAL LIFE
SSS Smart phones as keys
手机也是钥匙 44
SSS Perfect overview of NASA on street view
"谷歌街景”上的肯尼迪航天中心 46
VOA GPS being applied to farming
GPS在农田里也有大作为 48
SSS E-books threaten p-books
电子书威胁纸质书 50
SSS Listen to audio via your cheekbones
用颧骨听声音 52
NPR Film cameras are back
胶片相机掀起复古潮 54
ABC The chip that makes you lose weight
"瘦身芯片”助你减赘肉 56
VOA iPhone becomes low cost microscope
iPhone变身低成本显微镜 58
NPR Kodak licenses its name to digital camera maker
柯达出让商标使用权 60
SSS Smart phones for politics
智能手机参与选举 62
SSS Smart phones forecast weather
智能手机预测天气 64
SSS Sensor info reveals Titan Probe landing
传感器数据再现“惠更斯号”着陆前的瞬间 66
NPR Digital technologies give dying languages new life
数字技术挽救濒危语言 68
VOA CES makes you eye opened
消费电子产品展让你眼界大开 70
SSS Mimicking ear makes mobile calls clear
有了一只新耳朵，手机通话更清楚 72
VOA BlackBerry unveils two new smart phones
黑莓推出两款新智能手机 74
VOA The almighty3D-printing technology
万能的3D打印技术 76
VOA Future smart devices will extend our senses
未来智能机将拥有“感官系统” 78
VOA3D goes from movies to real world
3D技术从虚拟走向现实 80
Unit3探索发现 EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY
SSS Antique medication
古董药丸 84
SSS Mussels and community
蚌类与生态群落 86
ABC Dark matter shapes the Milky Way
暗物质构成银河系 88
BBC Battle of the bedbugs
人类与臭虫之战 90
Indiana Public Media Depression may have an evolutionary benefit
抑郁或对进化有好处 92
SSS Gum chewing may improve concentration
嚼口香糖可以帮助集中注意力 94
SSS Killer kitties wreak critter havoc
小猫也是杀手 96
Indiana Public Media Greenlanders learn how to count
格陵兰岛人用脚趾计数 98
Indiana Public Media Trading DNA happens in nature
大自然中的DNA交换 100
Indiana Public Media The nightlife of plants
植物的夜生活 102
Indiana Public Media How far away is the horizon?
地平线有多远？ 104
Indiana Public Media Why do changes in air pressure cause ear pains?
为何气压变化导致耳朵痛? 106
VOA Brain researchers uncover secrets of memory
揭秘记忆 108
VOA Bilingual seniors have mental edge
双语老人头脑灵活 110
Indiana Public Media Leaves inspire better solar panels
树叶与太阳能板 112
VOA Ancient Martian conditions suitable for life
古代火星可能是宜居星球 114
Indiana Public Media Indiana Public Media Americans' heads are getting bigger
美国人的头越来越大 116
SSS Drones accelerate archaeological site mapping
无人机加快考古进程 118
SSS Songs of savanna sparrows need to be update
草原麻雀的歌声需要与时俱进 120
SSS Whales' sensitive hearing
鲸的敏感听觉 122
VOA Eels preferred by Asian diners
亚洲食客喜爱的鳗鱼 124
SSS Google Maps North Korea
谷歌地图揭秘朝鲜 126
SSS Mars flight habitat volunteers lost sleep and fitness
火星飞行试验志愿者渐感不适和失眠 128
VOA Bonobos share with strangers first
倭黑猩猩更青睐陌生人 130
SSS Bird seed poisons wild birds
鸟食毒害野生鸟类 132
SSS Bird nest ciggy butts lower parasite load
鸟巢里的烟蒂能抑制螨虫 134
SSS Fun veggie names ups kid intake
有趣的蔬菜命名可以提高孩子们的食欲 136
SSS Coexistence of tigers and humans
老虎与人类共存 138
SSS Can eyes reveal if someone is lying?
眼睛可以测谎吗？ 140
VOA Self-driving cars: science fiction future is near
无人驾驶汽车正从科幻作品中开出来 142
Indiana Public Media Is there a link between fast food and depression?
快餐和抑郁之间有联系吗？ 144
Indiana Public Media Lightning helps fertilize the soil
闪电有助于肥沃土壤 146
Indiana Public Media How did animals survive the ice age?
冰河世纪的动物如何生存？ 148
SSS Electric nanoforest
纳米发电林 150
SSS The smallest frog
最小的青蛙 152
SSS Endangered sharks
濒危的鲨鱼 154
SSS Put your left face forward
探出你的左脸 156
SSS When did humans first use fire?
人类何时使用火？ 158
Unit4 教育健康 EDUCATION & HEALTH
VOA Looking better helps cancer patients feel better
变美有助癌症患者提高自信 162
VOA High-tech images show how viruses infect cells
高科技图像展示病毒感染细胞 164
VOA Teach math with rap
用说唱教数学 166
ABC Spot the psychopath near you
找出你身边的精神病态患者 168
ABC Our eyes are bigger than our stomach
眼大胃小 170
ABC Weight-loss surgery not clear cut
切胃能否减肥 172
VOA Text messages help children flu vaccination
短信帮儿童进行流感疫苗接种 174
VOA HIV and VOICE
人类免疫缺陷病毒的预防行动 176
SSS Exercise lengthens life regardless of weight
无论胖瘦健身都能助你长寿 178
SSS Food diary helps cut pounds
记饮食日记帮助减肥 180
SSS Studying languages can grow the brain
语言学习促进大脑发育 182
SSS Pre-wedding doubt predicts marital separation?
婚前疑虑有可能导致离婚吗? 184
SSS British frozen dinners beat TV chefs' recipes for nutrition
英国速冻餐击败电视厨师营养食谱 186
ABC Glass design tricks drinker's eyes
杯子的设计欺骗了我们的眼睛 188
SSS You have to listen to what a three-year-old tells you
三岁小孩不可小觑 190
VOA To provide makeshift school for Mumbai dropouts
为孟买辍学儿童提供临时学校 192
SSS Dissatisfied, parents in Indianapolis start their own school
对美教育失望，家长自办学校 194
VOA Folic acid supplements shown to reduce risk of autism
叶酸片剂能预防儿童孤独症 196
VOA Attention to the words and letters better readers
关注文字有助阅读 198
VOA Artful way to inspire students
老师寻妙方激励学生 200
VOA People smoking in the morning inhale deeper
早起第一根烟吸入更多尼古丁 202
VOA Use of electronic records
电子病历 204
ABC Wrinkly skin theory doesn't hold water
皱皮肤理论不成立 206
Indiana Public Media Why humans(not chimps)get cancer?
为什么人类比黑猩猩更易患癌症？ 208
SSS Certain airports are disease-spread hot spots
机场是疾病传播的高发地 210
Indiana Public Media Bacteria loves your mouth
细菌钟爱你的嘴 212
Indiana Public Media For a stress free life, get a dog!
想缓解压力吗，养狗吧！ 214
SSS What's the best way to help kids lose weight?
孩子减肥的最佳方法 216
VOA Postpartum depression affects babies
产后抑郁影响婴儿健康 218
Indiana Public Media The mathematics of middle-age spread
中年发福伤不起 220
Unit5 环境气候 ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE
VOA Global ecosystems at risk
全球生态系统岌岌可危 224
VOA Human pipeline
人肉管道 226
SSS Thunder snow
雷打雪 228
VOA More extreme weather
更多的极端天气 230
VOA Rich nations to pay for climate change
发达国家应为气候变化埋单 232
VOA Ecosystems more stressed than ever
生态系统承受重压 234
VOA Warmer oceans mean smaller fish
海水升温影响鱼类生长 236
VOA Cooperation resolves global water scarcities
合作或解决全球缺水问题 238
VOA Saving African elephants: global debate
拯救非洲象成为全球争议 240
VOA Worries over increased production of autos
汽车产量增加引发环保人士担忧 242
VOA US Navy presses forward with biofuels
美国海军推进生物燃料的使用 244
VOA Gloomy climate news
全球气候不容乐观 246
VOA Ice age melt offers future climate clues
冰川融化为未来气候变化提供线索 248
SSS Meteor shocks Russian city
流星体震动俄罗斯 250
SSS Sea otters fight global warming
海獭应对全球变暖 252
VOA Teens help revive nature
七个女孩让自然环境重焕生机 254
SSS Raising money for rising temperatures
为不断上升的气温筹款 256
SSS Tree deaths linked to climate change
树木死亡与气候变化有关 258
SSS Traditional stoves detrimental to health, environment
传统锅炉损害健康和环境 260
SSS Illinois river's flood brought troubles to farmers
伊利诺伊河的洪水给农民带来麻烦 262
SSS Skynet helps save the planet
“天网”帮助拯救地球 264
SSS Locust swarms forming in West Africa
蝗群进逼西非 266
SSS Wind turbines take steep toll on birds and bats
风力涡轮机威胁蝙蝠和鸟类 268
SSS Praying for rain
美国农夫祈求降雨 270
VOA Climate, brain infection linked in Uganda
乌干达：颅内感染与气候有关 272
SSS Ecotourism can be animals' pet peeve
生态游让动物不胜烦忧 274