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大学英语2第1课
大学英语精读第二册01
大耳朵英语 2005-09-3000:
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Itisahumorousessay.Butafterreadingityou
willsurelyfindthattheauthorismostseriousinwritingit.
ISTHERELIFEONEARTH?
ArtBuchwald
TherewasgreatexcitementontheplanetofVenusthisweek.Forthe
firsttimeVenusianscientistsmanagedtolandasatelliteontheplanet
Earth,andithasbeensendingbacksignalsaswellas.photographsever
since.
ThesatellitewasdirectedintoanareaknownasManhattan(named
afterthegreatVenusianastronomerProf.Manhattan,whofirstdiscovered
itwithhistelescope20,000lightyearsago).
Becauseofexcellentweatherconditionsandextremelystrongsignals,
Venusianscientistswereabletogetvaluableinformationastothefeasibility
ofamannedflyingsaucerlandingonEarth.Apressconferencewasheld
attheVenusInstituteofTechnology.
"Wehavecometotheconclusion,basedonlastweek'ssatelliteland-
ing,"Prof.Zogsaid,"thatthereisnolifeonEarth."
"Howdoyouknowthis?
"thesciencereporteroftheVenusEvening
15Starasked.
"Foronething,Earth'ssurfaceintheareaofManhattaniscomposed
ofsolidconcreteandnothingcangrowthere.Foranother,theatmosphere
isfilledwithcarbonmonoxideandotherdeadlygasesandnobodycould
possiblybreathethisairandsurvive."
"Whatdoesthismeanasfarasourflyingsaucerprogramiscon-
cerned?
"
"Weshallhavetotakeourownoxygenwithus,whichmeansamuch
heavierflyingsaucerthanweoriginallyplanned."
"Arethereanyotherhazardsthatyoudiscoveredinyourstudies?
"
"Takealookatthisphoto.Youseethisdarkblackcloudhovering
overthesurfaceofEarth?
WecallthistheConsolidatedEdisonBelt.We
don'tknowwhatitismadeof,butitcouldgiveusalotoftroubleand
weshallhavetomakefurthertestsbeforewesendaVenusBeingthere."
"Overhereyouwillnoticewhatseemstobeariver,butthesatellite
findingsindicateitispollutedandthewaterisunfittodrink.This
meansWeshallhavetocarryourownwater,whichwilladdevengreater
weighttothesaucer."
"Sir,whatareallthosetinyblackspotsonthephotographs?
"
"We'renotcertain.Theyseemtobemetalparticlesthatmovealong
certainpaths.Theyemitgases,makenoiseandkeepcrashingintoeach
other.Therearesomanyofthesepathsandsomanymetalparticlesthat
itisimpossibletolandaflyingsaucerwithoutitsbeingsmashedbyone."
"Whatarethosestalagmiteprojectionsstickingup?
"
"They'resometypeofgraniteformationsthatgiveofflightatnight.
Prof.Glomhasnamedthemskyscraperssincetheyseemtobescrapingthe
skies."
"Ifallyousayistrue,won'tthissetbacktheflyingsaucerprogram
severalyears?
"
"Yes,butweshallproceedassoonastheGrubstartgivesustheadded
funds."
"Prof.Zog,whyarewespendingbillionsandbillionsofzilchesto
landaflyingsauceronEarthwhenthereisnolifethere?
"
"BecauseifweVenusianscanlearntobreatheinanEarthatmosphere
sphere,thenwecanliveanywhere."
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NewWords
humorousa.
funny;thatmakespeoplelaugh幽默的
humorn.
essayn.
散文,随笔
excitementn.
thestateorqualityofbeingexcited
planetn.
largebodyinspacethatmovesroundastar,esp.
roundthesun行星
Venusiana.
oforhavingtodowiththeplanetVenus金星的
n.
supposedVenusbeing金星人
satelliten.
spacecraftthatgoesroundtheplanetearthand
sendsbackradioandtelevisionsignals;heav-
enlybodythatgoesroundaplanet(人造)卫星
signaln.
信号;暗号
astronomern.
personwhostudiesthescienceofthesun,
moon,starsandplanets天文学家
telescopen.
instrumentwithspecialglassesusedforseeing
distantthings
extremelyad.
very极端,非常
extremea.
feasibilityn.
possibilityofbeingcarriedoutordon可行性
feasiblea.
manneda.
occupiedbyoneormorepersons载人的
saucern.
浅碟;茶托
flyingsaucern.
飞碟
conferencen.
meeting
pressconferencen.
meetingarrangedbyanimportantpersonto
whichnewsreportersareinvitedtolistento
astatementoraskquestions记者招待会
technologyn.
技术
conclusionn.
decisionoropinionreachedbyreasoning结论
concludev.
reportern.
personwhogathersnewsforanewspaper,magazine,
orradioorTVstation记者
composevt
makeup,form组成,构成
concreten.
buildingmaterialmadebymixingcementwith
sand,smallstonesandwater混凝土
atmospheren
alltliegasesroundtheearth;airinaplace
大气;空气
carbonn.
碳
monoxiden.
一氧化物
deadlya.
causingdeath;likelytocausedeath致命的
gasn.
气体
survivevi.
remainalive;continuetoliveorexist活下来;幸存
vt.
remainaliveafter;livelongerthan经历…后还
活着;比…活得长
survivaln.
programn.
planofwhatistobedone计划
concernvt.
beofimportanceorinterestto;haveaneffect
on涉及;关系到
oxygenn.
氧;氧气
originallyad.
formerly起初,原来
originala.
hazardn.
danger
hovervi.
stayinornearoneplaceintheair盘旋
consolidateda.
united;combined联合的
consolidatevt.
beltn.
areathathassomespecialquality;zone(地)带
indicatevt.
show
indicationn.
pollutevt.
make(air,water,soil,etc.)dirtywithman-
madewaste污染
pollutionn.
unfita.
notgoodenough;notsuitable
particlen.
粒子;微粒
emitvt.
sendout散发,射击
emissionn.
crashv.
fallorstrikesuddenly,violentlyandnoisily
坠落;猛撞
smashv.
(causeto)breakintopiecesviolently(使)碎裂
stalagmiten
石笋
projectionn.
sth.thatstandsoutfromasurface凸出物
projectv.
typen.
aparticularkind,classorgroup类型,种类
graniten.
hardgreystoneusedforbuilding花岗岩
formationn.
sth.thatisformed;wayinwhichsth.isformed
形成(物)
skyscrapern.
verytallbuilding摩天大楼
scrapevt.
rubwithsth.roughorsharp刮,擦
proceedvi.
continueafterhavingstopped(停顿后)
继续进行
fundn.
sumofmoneysetapartoravailablefora
specialpurpose资金;基金
billionn.
onethousandmillion
zilchn.
zero;nothingatall
Phrases&Expressions
(be)knownas
alsopubliclycalled;named以…闻名,通常名叫
nameafter.
givethesamename以…名字命名
asto
about,concerning关于
baseonupon,
useasabasisorfoundationfor以…为基础把…基于
foronething…(foranother)
inthefirstplace…(inthesecondplace)
becomposedof
haveasmembersorparts由…组成
asfaras…beconcerned
tothedegreethatitmattersto就…而言
stickup
standupright;project直立;突出
giveoff
emit;sendout发出;散发出
setback
delaytheadvanceordevelopmentof耽搁;阻碍
ProperNames
ArtBuchwald
阿特·布奇沃德
Venus
金星
Manhattan
曼哈顿(纽约市中心区)
Zog
佐格(姓氏)
Edison
爱迪生(姓氏)
Glom
格洛姆(姓氏)
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