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* Answer 1. Yes, I do. There is no evidence showing life on other planets. / No, I don’t. Scientists will explore other planets and discover life there. 2. No, I haven’t. 3. It is still supposition that the aliens made the crop circles and beamed up the cows. No one with unlimited speed and a degree of technical sophistication can surpass the capabilities of anybody, even of governments whose countries are leaders in scientific progress. Furthermore, neither does it make sense that a government engages in this type of activity nor could it be kept secret because the phenomenon is known to all. 4. No, I haven’t. Neither have my friends. Back Next ANSWER * Notes: 1. UFO: Unidentified Flying Object 不明飞行物，幽浮 2. crop circle: formations, usually found in grain crops, where the crop has been mysteriously found laid flat, in patterns, that did not exist in daylight the previous day 麦田怪圈 Crop circles initially appeared in the English countryside in the seventies and gradually spread over most of the world. Back Next * Listening 2. Listen to a conversation between Nina and Max. Complete the summary with the information you get from the conversation. UFOs were reported as early as _____. Since ______ there have been thousands of ______ of universal aerial phenomena all over the world. Millions of _______ are the clear ________ of an _________ phenomenon. It is really worth our attention. People want to understand the ______ of UFO sightings. What could it ever be? Secret _______? Or natural phenomenon? No _______ is able to explain the UFO phenomenon. 1800 1947 sighting witnesses evidence indisputable origin weapons hypothesis Back Next * Chinese Version 关于UFO的谈话 尼娜: 这是一档关于UFO的非常棒的节目。真正让我感到惊奇的是早在1800年就有关于UFO的报道了。 马克斯: 那确实令人难以置信。你真相信有这类事吗？ 尼娜: 是的。自1947年以来，世界各地有数以千计的空中飞行物的现象。上百万目击者为这一不可争辩的事实做证明。这确实值得我们关注。 马克斯: 但我认为是这种现象引出了传说，然后传说又引出现象。 尼娜: 这是因为人们想了解UFO的起源，它究竟是什么？是神秘武器？还是自然现象？种种猜测都解释不了。 Back Next * Back Next Notes: 1. aerial: a. 空中的，地表以上的；从飞机上的