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1、大学英语精读文本2册1-2单元UNTH1TEXTItishumorousessay.Butafterreadingityouwillsurelyfindthattheauthorismostseriousinwritingit.TsThereLifeonEarth?TherewasgreatexcitementontheplanetofVenusthisweek.ForthefirsttimeVenusianscientistsmanagedtolandasatelliteontheplantEarth,andishasbeensendingbacksignalsaswella
2、sphotographseversince.ThesatellitewasdirectedintoanareaknowasManhattan(namedafterthegreatVenusianastronomerProf.Manhattan,whofirstdiscovereditwithhistelescope20,000lightyearsago).Becauseofexcellentweatherconditionsandextremelystrongsignals,Venusianscientistswereabletogetvaluableinformationas
3、tothefeasibilityofamannedflyingsaucerlandingonEarth.ApressconferencewasheldattheVenusInstituteofTechnology."Wehavecometotheconclusion,basedonlastweek'ssatellitelanding,"Prof.Zogsaid,"thatthereisnolifeonEarth.""Howdoyouknowthis?"thesciencereporteroftheVenusEveningStarasked."Foronething,Earth'
4、ssurfaceintheareaofManhattaniscomposedofsolidconcreteandnothingcangrowthere.Foranother,theatmosphereisfilledwithcarbonmonoxideandotherdeadlygasesandnobodycouldpossiblybreatherthisairandsurvive.""Whatdoesthismeanasfarasourflyingsauceprogramisconcerned?""Weshallhavetotakeourownoxygenwithus,whi
5、chmeansamuchheavierflyingsaucerthanweoriginallyplanned.""Arethereanyotherhazardsthatyoudiscoveredinyourstudier?""Takealookatthisphoto.YouseethisdarkblackcloudhoveringoverthesurfaceofEarth?WecallthistheConsolidatedEdisonBelt.Wedon'tknowwhatitismadeof,butitcouldgiveusalotoftroubleandweshallhav
6、etomakefurthertestsbeforewesendaVenusBeingthere.""Overhereyouwillnoticewhatseemstobeariver,butthesatellitefindingsindicateitispollutedandthewaterisunfittodrink.Thismeansweshallhavetocarryourownwater,whichwilladdevengreaterweighttothesaucer.""Sir,whatareallthosetinyblackspotsonthephotographs?
7、""We'renotcertain.Theyseemtobemetalparticlesthatmovealongcertainpaths.Theyemitgases,makenoiseandkeepcrashingintoeachother.Therearesomanyofthesepathsandsomanymetalparticlesthatitisimpossibletolandaflyingsaucerwithoutitsbeingsmashedbyone.""Whataretho
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