Passage 1
对于阿尔茨海默（Alzheimer's）病来说，那是个重要的星期。美国公共广播公司（PBS）播出了一部有关阿尔茨海默病的优秀纪录片《遗忘》。此外，科学界喜讯频传，给众多与病魔做斗争的家庭以及可能患病的生育高峰出生的一代带来了希望。虽然目前还没有治愈的办法，但科学家们在若干前沿领域的研究取得了新的成果。包括大剂量服用维生素；联合治疗和大脑成像技术等。
Passage 2
渴望提高效率的人们总是以克服浪费时间的习惯作为起点，但我却认为那是错误的。培养个人习惯来的要慢一些，首先要明确目的。如果你没有明确目的，只是尝试用高效的习惯去排挤无效的习惯，那结果只有失败。你需要一个宏大的，有吸引力的目标来激发自己。能从工作时间时挤出15分钟的原因，就是因为你由于更好地利用这15分钟产生的激情。
Passage 3
1957年发射的第一颗人造卫星使美国大为震惊，并促使他们釆取行动。在这一过程中，美国人提出了卫星导航系统的构想，并称其为GPS。它彻底地解决了在地球这个三维空间中如何确定位置的问题。GPS技术己被用于各种活动，但其最高机密是其作为钟表的价值。和银行、电讯、甚至电力网等相关的对时间要求较高的一些作业已越来越依赖GPS。
Passage 1
It was a big week for Alzheimer’s disease. PBS aired The Forgetting, a great documentary about Alzheimer’s disease. There is also a flurry of scientific news that offered hope to the families already struggling with Alzheimer’s, as well as to the baby-boom generation that’s up next. Although there is still no cure in sight, the scientists make much progress on several fronts. It includes mega dose vitamins, combination therapy, brain imaging, and so on.
Passage 2
Trying to cut out time-wasting habits is a common starting point for people who desire to become more efficient, but I think this is a mistake. Optimizing your personal habits should only come later. Clarity of purpose must come first. If you don’t have clarity, then your attempts to install more efficient habits and to break inefficient habits will only fizzle. You need a big, attractive goal to stay motivated. The reason to shave 15 minutes off a task is that you’re overflowing with motivation to put that 15 minutes to better use.
Passage 3
The first man-made satellite launched in 1957 was a great shock to America, and also urged them to take actions. During this procedure, the Americans came up with the concept of navigation satellite system which is named as GPS. It totally solved the problem which is how to position in the three dimensional space of the earth. GPS has already been applied in the various activities. However, its top secret is the worth as a clock. The work which has a high demand of time related to the bank, the telecommunication, even the electricity grid become more and more dependent on GPS.
