大学英语精读课文第二册.docVIP

UNIT 1. Is There Life on Earth? It is humorous essay. But after reading it you will surely find that the author is most serious in writing it. Is There Life on Earth? There was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week. For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the plant Earth, and is has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since. The satellite was directed into an area know as Manhattan (named after the great Venusian astronomer Prof. Manhattan, who first discovered it with his telescope 20,000 light years ago). Because of exc