大学英语精读文本2册1-2单元

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1、大学英语精读文本2册1-2单元UNTH1TEXTItishumorousessay.Butafterreadingityouwillsurelyfindthattheauthorismostseriousinwritingit.TsThereLifeonEarth?TherewasgreatexcitementontheplanetofVenusthisweek.ForthefirsttimeVenusianscientistsmanagedtolandasatelliteontheplantEarth,andishasbeensendingbacksignals

2、aswellasphotographseversince.ThesatellitewasdirectedintoanareaknowasManhattan(namedafterthegreatVenusianastronomerProf.Manhattan,whofirstdiscovereditwithhistelescope20,000lightyearsago).Becauseofexcellentweatherconditionsandextremelystrongsignals,Venusianscientistswereabletogetvaluabl

3、einformationastothefeasibilityofamannedflyingsaucerlandingonEarth.ApressconferencewasheldattheVenusInstituteofTechnology."Wehavecometotheconclusion,basedonlastweek'ssatellitelanding,"Prof.Zogsaid,"thatthereisnolifeonEarth.""Howdoyouknowthis?"thesciencereporteroftheVenusEveningStaraske

4、d."Foronething,Earth'ssurfaceintheareaofManhattaniscomposedofsolidconcreteandnothingcangrowthere.Foranother,theatmosphereisfilledwithcarbonmonoxideandotherdeadlygasesandnobodycouldpossiblybreatherthisairandsurvive.""Whatdoesthismeanasfarasourflyingsauceprogramisconcerned?""Weshallhave

5、totakeourownoxygenwithus,whichmeansamuchheavierflyingsaucerthanweoriginallyplanned.""Arethereanyotherhazardsthatyoudiscoveredinyourstudier?""Takealookatthisphoto.YouseethisdarkblackcloudhoveringoverthesurfaceofEarth?WecallthistheConsolidatedEdisonBelt.Wedon'tknowwhatitismadeof,butitco

6、uldgiveusalotoftroubleandweshallhavetomakefurthertestsbeforewesendaVenusBeingthere.""Overhereyouwillnoticewhatseemstobeariver,butthesatellitefindingsindicateitispollutedandthewaterisunfittodrink.Thismeansweshallhavetocarryourownwater,whichwilladdevengreaterweighttothesaucer.""Sir,what

7、areallthosetinyblackspotsonthephotographs?""We'renotcertain.Theyseemtobemetalparticlesthatmovealongcertainpaths.Theyemitgases,makenoiseandkeepcrashingintoeachother.Therearesomanyofthesepathsandsomanymetalparticlesthatitisimpossibletolandaflyingsaucerwithoutitsbeingsmashedbyone.""Whata

8、retho