Introduction 引言
AcknowledgementS 鸣谢
Pron unciation Key 发音表
1 CivilizationandHistory
byC.E.M.Joad
2 TheFunTheyHad
byIsaac Asimov
3 BigNumbersandInfinities
byGeorgeGamow
4 Oil
byG.C.Thomley
5 AnObservation andanExpl anati on
byDesm ond Morris
6 ARobotabouttheHouse
byM·W.Thring
7 AWrongManinWorkers’Paradise
byRabindranathTagore
8 Maki ngSurgery Safe
byHoraceShipp
9 UsingLandWisely
by L. Dudley Stamp
10 TheKarb urator
byKarelCapek
11 WorkandPlay
byHerbertRead
12 ThreeDays toSee
byHelenKeller
13 TheLaws ofNature
byJ.B.SHaldane
14 Spaceship?
byJ.BPriestley
15 TheWisdomofSocrates
16 SnapshotofaDog
byJames Thurber
17 Individuals and Masses
byAldousHuxley
18 ChildrenatPlayay
byRumerGodden
19 Symptoms
byJerome K.Jerome
20 How toAvoidFoolishOpinions
byBertrandRussell
AKey totheExercises
附录 英汉对照词汇表