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• 1.unit10 The Art of Smart Guessing 巧妙猜测的艺术
• The Art of Smart Guessing Several years ago, interviewing candidates for a job, I grew tired of asking What experience do you have? So I decided on a ...
• 2.unit09 The Voices of Time 时间的声音
• The Voices of Time Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways. Consider the different parts of the day, for example...
• 3.unit08 Accident Reports 交通事故报告
• unit08 Accident Reports 交通事故报告 A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. I turned the wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a ...
• 4.unit07 Motorism 汽车主义
• unit07 Motorism 汽车主义 The scene is a petrol station somewhere in England. A queue of cars streches back over a kilometer down the road. As vehicles...
• 5.unit06 Why French Live Longer 为什么法国人会长寿
• In 1965, a French lowyer, Andre Raffray, gambled on statistics and lost. He acquired the flat of a 90-year-old woman, Jeanne Calment, agreeing to pay ...
• 6.unit05 The Theory of Cosmetic Relativity 化妆品相对论
• unit05 The Theory of Cosmetic Relativity 化妆品相对论 I am the kind of person who likes to be on time for things. I like to be early. Lets say I need ...
• 7.unit04 The Rules of Game 游戏规则
• unit04 The Rules of Game 游戏规则 Italians love women. Russians love Vodka. What do Americans love? They love rules. There are thousands of books dedi...
• 8.unit03 Lost and Found 失而复得
• unit03 Lost and Found 失而复得 The weekend was over, and Begbie had returned to town, restless, and strangely unhappy. There was within him a curious ...
• 9.unit02 MIrror Miracle 镜子的魔力
• unit02 Mirror Miracle镜子的魔力 We are all more obsessed with our appearance than we like to admit. Concern about appearance is quit normal and unders...
• 10.unit01 The Weight of Paper 纸的分量
• unit01 The Weight of Paper纸的分量 The arrival of computer everywhere in the workplace would, some technological forecasters predicted, soon make pape...