【答案解析】7月13日，联合国发布的一份报告说，全球范围内，艾滋病使1500万孩子成为孤儿或单亲儿童，而且这个数字将在今后十年内上升到1840万。其中绝大多数孩子在非洲。 [解析]
A United Nations report released on July 13 said that globally the number of children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS had reached 15 million and would rise to 18.4 million by the end of the decade. The vast majority are in Africa.

【答案解析】澳大利亚现在约有10万只树袋熊，比起1788年白种人殖民地时期大大下降，当时估计有 700万到1000万。20世纪20年代，300万只树袋熊被射杀。 [解析]
There are about 100,000 koalas in Australia, down from an estimated 7 million to 10 million at the time of white settlement in 1788. In the 1920s 3 million koalas were shot.

【答案解析】研究表明人们不太容易相信男性特征显著的人，比如方下巴，小眼睛，大鼻子。人们认为具备这些特征的人支配欲强，不太值得信任。 [解析]
Studies suggest that people are less likely to trust those with particularly masculine features, such as a square jaw, small eyes or big nose. They are perceived as dominant and less trustworthy.

【答案解析】美术馆主管吉姆·高兰说，“欣赏艺术是一种释放压力的活动。我们努力要做的就是，鼓励那些在城市工作的人们花半个小时的午餐休息时间到画廊来放松一下，而不是匆忙去逛商店。” [解析]
Kim Gowland, a gallery executive, said: "looking at art is a stress-relieving activity. What we are trying to do is to encourage people who work in the city to spend half an hour of their lunch break in the gallery, to chili out rather than rush around the shops."

【答案解析】纽约被称为“不夜城”，而一个小公司却想要改变这一切。纽约标志性建筑帝国大厦的第24层坐落着开张才一个月的“都市小睡”(Metro Naps)公司，该公司提供一项特别服务——20分钟的小憩。 [解析]
New York is called the city that never sleeps, but one small company wants that to change. On the 24th floor of the landmark Empire State Building, is Metro Naps, a month-old company offering a special service: a 20-minute nap.