四级六级阅读练习：灰尘背后的那些事儿_大学英语阅读

四级六级阅读练习：灰尘背后的那些事儿

　　熟悉四六级阅读理解题型的同学应该都了解，英语四六级考试阅读理解材料大多选自《时代》《卫报》《科学美国人》等外刊。要想阅读理解这部分拿到高分，必须在平常多阅读，掌握新词汇，锻炼阅读速度。但对于很多同学来说，如何每日在浩瀚的互联网世界寻找合适的阅读材料进行分析解读是一项很耗时间的事情。为此，每日精选《卫报》《时代》等外刊上的文章供大家进行阅读练习。

　　【今日阅读推荐】本篇阅读材料灰尘背后的那些事儿选自《时代》(原文标题：Whats in Household Dust? Dont Ask 2010.2 23)。如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^

　　Its hard to get too worked up about dust. Yes, its a nuisance, but its hardly one that causes us much anxiety and our language itself suggests as much. We call those clumps of the stuff under the bed dust bunnies after all, not, say, dust vermin.

　　to get worked up 为某件事生气;不开心

　　clumps of 一团一团的

　　dust bunny 积尘;灰兔子(关于灰尘的比较萌的说法)

　　But theres a higher ick factor to dust than you might think. And theres a science to how it gets around a science that David Layton and Paloma Beamer, professors of environmental policy at the University of Arizona, are exploring.