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Unit 1 UFOs Not long ago, an aeroplane was flying over Newzealand. There was a television camera crew on board .Suddenly, out in the night sky ,a bright sphere came into view. Everyone on board saw it and everyone thought,“UFO”－unidentified flying object. The camera crew went into action and started filming. That week people all over the world saw the film of this mysterious light on their television screens. What was it? Was it a spaceship full of visitors from another planet? The captain of the aeroplane and the film crew believed it was. Other observers had many different explanations. Some said it was venus. Others said it was just a trick of light. 不久以前，有一架飞机在新西兰上空飞过。机上有个电视摄制组。突然，机外的夜空中有个发光的圆球映入眼帘。机内的人都目睹这一景象，大家都认为这就是不明飞行物。摄制组人员立即行动起来，进行拍摄。在那一周内，全世界的人都在电视屏幕上看到这一神秘发光体的镜头。这究竟是什么东西呢？是来自其他星球的满载旅客的宇宙飞船吗？机长和摄制组人员认为是的。另一些目击者则众说纷纭，有些人说这是金星，另一些人认为这不过是光造成的幻觉而已。 An air traffic controller also saw it on his radar screen. He thought that a flock of birds was causing dots on his radar screen when the “UFO” appeared. 一个机场导航员在雷达屏幕上也看到了这个不明飞行物。当这个不明飞行物在他的雷达屏幕上出现时，他以为这是一群鸟在他的屏幕上形成的光点。 Most astronomers now believe that what these people saw was almost certainly the planet venus. At that time of year it is very bright and easy to see. And from a moving aeroplane it can appear to be moving fast. So far there is no proof that UFOs or spaceships from other planets do exist. These years investigators of UFOs have investigated thousands of sightings－or occasions when people said they saw a UFO. Ninety per cent of these turned out to have a simple explanation. 大多数天文学家现在都认为这些人所看到的几乎肯定是金星。在每年的这个时候，金星正好十分明亮，容易看到。而且从飞行着的飞机上看去，金星可能象在快速运行。究竟有没有不明飞行物或来自其他行星的宇宙飞船，到目前为止尚无法证实。这些年来，不明飞行物的研究者对成千上万起人们自称亲眼目睹的事例进行了调查。结果是对其中百分之九十都能作简单的解释。 However, its a good idea to keep an open mind. Scientists in some countries are trying to persuade their governments to help them study UFOs. And they are planning to co-operate internationally on reporting and investigating sightings of UFOs. Afte