现代大学英语精读5 unit 6 life beyond earth.ppt

Introduction to the author Joel Achenbach : /ɑ:k?nbɑ:k/ 乔尔·阿肯巴克 --born December 31, 1960 --an American staff writer for The Washington Post --graduate from Princeton University in 1982 with an A.B. degree in politics. --is known for his versatility and deft humor --live in Washington, D.C., with his wife and three daughters. His works Why Things Are : Three compilations of his syndicated newspaper column (1991) It Looks Like a President Only Smaller: Trailing Campaign 2000 (2001) Captured by Aliens: The Search for Life and Truth in a Very Large Universe (2003) The Grand Id