现代大学英语精读5unit6lifebeyondearth教程.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 Idea: George Washingtons Potomac and the Race to the West (2005) A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher (2011) National Geographic magazine National Public Radios Morning Edition Meanings of the Title Life beyond Earth contains two meanings: A. there might be live organisms in the universe. B. there might be intelligence or alien civilizations out in the universe. Purpose of the article Joel Achembach Life Beyond Earth Life beyond Earth contains two meanings: A. there might be live organisms in the universe. B. there might be intelligence or alien civilizations out in the universe, e.g. UFO. Life Beyond Earth Organization of the text Part I Para3 Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Life Beyond Earth Pay attention to the following: Subjunctive mood If microbes can live in the pores of rock deep beneath the earth…, then they might find a place like Mars not so shabby.(-9) Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same.(-21) If life sprang up through natural processes on the Earth, then the same thing could presumably happen on other worlds.(-36) …if you rewound the tape of terrestrial evolution and played it again, you’d wind up with …the second time around.(-41) Life Beyond Earth The use