现代大学英语 精读五 第六课LIFE BEYOND EARTH Lecture 6.pptVIP

Life Beyond Earth Part I. Introduction of the author Life Beyond Earth is written by Joel Achenbach Basic facts of the author: Joel Achenbach is an American staff writer for The Washington Post and the author of six books, including The Grand Idea, Captured by Aliens, and three compilations of his syndicated newspaper column Why Things Are (now defunct). He wrote a monthly science column for National Geographic magazine and has been a commentator on National Public Radios Morning Edition. His writing has been featured in the 2007 Word-A-Day calendar.He graduated from Princeton University in 1982 with an A.B. degree in politics. He often makes a point of noting that during his freshman year, he lived next door to David Duchovny.Achenbach lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and three daughters. Achenbachs Washington Post Magazine column, entitled Rough Draft, was primarily humorous. He was also staff writer for the Posts Outlook section. On September 7, 2007, The Washington Post named him National Enterprise writer for the duration of the United States presidential election, 2008. He has a regular blog on the website as well, attracting a small audience of devoted fans as well as a larger group of casual readers. A large degree of the conversations on Achenblog tend to arc back to previous posts, creating a large litany of phrases and comments that are somewhat opaque to the average reader. David Duchovny大卫·杜楚尼  凭借热门剧集《X档案》中聪明、勇敢、执著的FBI探员福克斯·穆德一角而成为家喻户晓的电影明星，其性感魅力使他拥有大批相当稳定的崇拜者，大卫退出拍摄了九年《X档案》，专心投身电影。 毕业院校：耶鲁大学 代表作品：《X档案》，《无敌当家》，《加州杀手》，《洛城疑云》等 主要成就：金球奖剧情类电视最佳男演员奖 At the same time he maintains a scientific attitude, pointing out that although there are many persuasive arguments, there is still no hard evidence to prove the existence of alien life. Yet he does not stop there. He further points out that since the world we live in the only inhabitable world in the universe so far is still far from perfect, people in this world need to direct m