So, from a global perspective看问题的）观点、角度, the new trend of teen hugging in America is not so \hello, and Americans are just now joining in.
词汇：
touchy adj. 易怒的；敏感的 harassment n. 骚扰
triplet n. 三个一组；三件一套
注释：
1. touchy 的本意为“易怒的”、“敏感的”，这里用来指“喜欢肢体接触的”，标题意味美国人越来越喜欢肢体接触了。
2. High-five：是美国文化手势的一种，并没有正式的中文名称，一般代表了“庆祝成功的击掌”，有时也写成“Give me five”。
3. feel left out：感到被排斥
4. three-second limitation：指学校制定的将拥抱限制在三秒钟之内的规定。 5. Maori people：毛利人（新西兰的土著）。
练习：
1. The word \ A) certainly B) nearly C) actively
D) voluntarily自愿
2. Which of the following is NOT among the typical ways of greetings in the past?
A) hands off \ B) handshake C) high-five
D) embrace拥抱
3. Some parents, teachers and school administrators concern the new trend of hugging for the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) Some young people get involved into the trend due to peer同伴 pressure.
B) Those who don't receive hugs feel left out.
C) There's the danger that hugging slide into the more ominous territory of
sexual harassment.
D) Diseases could be transmitted more easily through the extra-long body contact.
4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A) Teenagers across the US hug everyone they see in nearly the same way. B) Although some adults worry about the trend, few measures have been taken to ban on it.
C) Traditionally传统上,传说上, the US people have been reserved保留 about hugging between anybody. Teenagers
D) In some countries, it's usual for men to kiss each other on the cheek. 5. We can infer推断that the author holds a attitude toward the new trend of hugging.
A) positive正面的 B) negative C) indifferent D) conservative
答案与题解：
1．B 文章开篇第一句话意为―《纽约时报》最近报道美国的青少年现在几乎见到每一个人都会拥抱‖。―practically‖常来表达―nearly”、―almost‖的意思。
2．D 第一段中列举了过去美国人见面打招呼的常见方式，不包括―拥抱‖。 3．D 第三段谈及成年人对青少年越来越多地以拥抱的方式打招呼这一趋势所表达的关切，包括担心有一些人纯粹因为来自同伴的压力而不得不接受这样一种方式，担心那些不接受拥抱这种打招呼方式的人有被边缘化的感觉，甚至担心见面拥抱会成为性骚扰的保护外衣。但没有提及对拥抱可能更容易传播疾病有所担心。
4．D 倒数第二段中，作者谈到在一些国家，比如土耳其，男人见面时互相亲吻脸颊很正常。
5．A 从整篇文章的内容来看，作者对拥抱成为美国年轻人间打招呼的方式这一趋势持一个比较积极的态度。他认为其他文化中这样一种方式已经存在了很长的时间，从全球范围来看，美国不过是加入了其他国家的行列而已。
+第四十五篇Women Staying in Mini-Skirts for Longer
British women are happy nowadays现今,时下to wear mini-skirts up until the age of 40, according to research by Debenhams.
Just 20 years ago, few women would dare to wear a mini-skirl after the age of
33, the store said. \bodies and are happy to dress accordingly相应地,\it added in a statement. \this trend continues, there's no doubt that, within the next decade, women in their mid 40s and early 50s will rightly regard a mini-skirt as an essential基本的part of their everyday wardrobe服装.\
The figures人物emerged出现 when the store examined the latest age profile of women buying short, 36-cm skirts over the past six months. Their results show that it has jumped from an average age of 36-years-old at the start of millennium1 to 40 today. Figures from 1980 showed that on average women stopped buying minis when they reached 33 years old -- a figure unchanged from the mid- 960s.
The store noted that experts believe that the popularity of intensive加强的gym健
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身房culture, providing women with well toned bodies for longer may be the reason, The increasing, number of British women living on their own may also be a factor.
The Debenhams' study showed that a modern woman's love affair with a mini-skirt begins at the age of 14 but that she doesn't buy her first one until the age of 16. Instead, she flouts违抗嘲笑;嘲弄 school rules by rolling up the waistband裙头of the school uniform to give the impression of wearing a mini skirt.
Skirts get shorter between the ages of 16 and 19, reducing in size form 46 to 36 cm before reaching their shortest, a mere 32 cm, at the age of 23. Skirt length increases slightly between the ages of 23 and 27, rising to 37 cm, possibly due to girls being in their first stable relationship, with no desire to attract attention, the store said.
However, it found short skirts suddenly zoom in popularity大众化between the ages of 27 and 34, as those early relationships break down, and new relationships are formed. The move into进入longer skirts begins irreversibly不可逆地;不可挽回地at 40 years old, when 46-cm skirts, still slightly above the knee are the norm. From then on, skirt length increases dramatically, falling below the knee for the very first time since school days at the age of 42.
词汇：
millennium n. 千禧年 gym n. 健身房 注释：
1. 这里指公元2000年。
2. gym culture 指英国现在流行的去健身房健身的趋势。 3. well toned bodies 指结实而线条良好的体型。 练习：
1. Debenhams could most possibly be A) a fashion magazine B) a lifestyle association C) an expert on trends D) a department store
2. According to the passage, British women are happy to wear mini-skirts up until an old age because of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) Women are more and more confident in their bodies.
B) Women nowadays pay much more attention to body building, and this provides them with well toned bodies to wear mini-skirts.
C) The Climate of Great Britain are getting warmer in recent years, thus women can wear minis for a longer time.
D) More and more women are now living on their own.
3. We can infer from the second and third paragraph that in 1970s A) A lot of women dared to wear mini-skirts at the age of 40.
B) Most women between 33 and 36 were still happy to wear mini-skirts. C) Even women in their early 50s rightly regarded a mini-skirt as an essential part of their everyday wardrobe.
D) Most women no longer wore mini-skirts when they reach the age of 33. 4. Which of the following statements about the length of the mini-skirts is true?
A) At the age of 14, girls often wear mini-skirts which are about 46cm in size.
B) Girls at the age of 19 wear the shortest mini-skirts.
C) At the age of 23, most girls wear mini-skirts which are 37cm long.
D) From the age of 23, skirt length increases because girls are in their first stable relationship.
5. The word \in the first sentence of the last paragraph can be best replaced by:
A) soar剧增 B) decrease C) hold steady D) drop 答案与题解：
1．D 从第二段的第一句话可知Debenhams是一个百货公司的名称。 2．C 英国女性愿意穿超短裙的人群年龄有上升的趋势，主要是因为人们
越来越自信，注意健身保持体形，以及女性生活更加独立。气候变暖不是文中所说的原因之一。
3．D 第三段说从20世纪60年代开始一直到80年代，调查都显示女性到33岁之后普遍不再购买超短裙。
4．D 从倒数第二段可知，从23岁开始，女性所穿着的超短裙长度从32cm渐增至37cm，主要是因为这个阶段她们普遍有了稳定的恋爱关系。
5．A ―zoom‖意为迅速增长，故A是最佳答案。
46 Defending the Theory of Evolution Still Seems Needed
Judith S. Weis, a biology professor who serves as president of the American Instiute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is leading a nationwide effort to ―defend‖ the theory of evolution. Weis leads the effort努力的成果;成就in the face of what the institute协会views as opposition反对;反抗and indifference漠不关心;冷淡;不感兴趣from school boards and government entities.
The Institute believes that the teaching of evolution in America is being diminished by the teaching of creationism as well as by an overall大体而言；整体lack of teaching Darwin‘s theory in high school. ―There‘s nothing that requires schools to teach evolution. Sometimes teachers in high schools just leave it out. However, from the point of view of biologists, evolution is the central theory of biology upon which everything is based,‖ said Weis. ―Unfortunately, teaching evolution has become a political issue in many parts of the country and AIBS, as a representative of biologists, wanted to be a major force speaking out in favor of its teaching.‖
Weis said the institute is working to together with the American Geological Institute and the National Association of Biology Teachers and its 80-plus member organizations to address提出，写地址，处理the political and legislative立法的threats to teaching evolution. In states challenging its teaching, the institute responds by sending letters to school boards and state legislatures, by providing testimony证明证据at public meetings and by notifying通知报告通members and affiliated organizations.AIBS,with more than 80 member societies and 250,000 members, has established an e-mail system enabling使能够，使可能scientists and teachers in each state, and member societies, to keep each other informed about threats to the teaching of evolution.
Darwin's theory of evolution holds that living things change and adapt to their environment and that present-day species (including human beings) are descended遗传from earlier species through modification by natural selection. The theory has been accepted by scientists for nearly 100 years, Weis said, and has been refined精炼的,