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1、LifeBeyondtheEarthAbouttheauthorJoelAchenbachisanAmericanstaffwriterforTheWashingtonPostandtheauthorofsixbooks,includingTheGrandIdea,CapturedbyAliens,andthreecompilationsofhissyndicatednewspapercolumn"WhyThingsAre".HewroteamonthlysciencecolumnforNationalGeo
2、graphicmagazineandhasbeenacommentatoronNationalPublicRadio'sMorningEdition.Hiswritinghasbeenfeaturedinthe2007Word-A-Daycalendar.HegraduatedfromPrincetonUniversityin1982withanA.B.degreeinpolitics.AchenbachlivesinWashington,D.C.,withhiswifeandthreedaughters.H
3、ehasaregularblogonthewashingtonpost.comwebsiteaswell,attractingasmallaudienceofdevotedfansaswellasalargergroupofcasualreaders.AlargedegreeoftheconversationsonAchenblogtendtoarcbacktopreviousposts,creatingalargelitanyofphrasesandcommentsthataresomewhatopaque
4、totheaveragereader.MeaningsoftheTitleLifebeyondEarthcontainstwomeanings:A.theremightbeliveorganismsintheuniverse.B.theremightbeintelligenceoraliencivilizationsoutintheuniverse,e.g.UFO.StructureoftheTextPartI(Paras1-2)theemergenceoflifePartIIPara3(transition
5、)whatelseisaliveoutthere?PartIII(Paras4-10)searchoflifePartIV(Paras11-23)searchforintelligencePartV(Paras24-42)MarsandthedebatePartVI(Paras43-45)Allen’sargumentPartVII(Paras46-51)conclusionDetailedStudyoftheTextPara1.1.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“life”inthefirs
6、tparagraph?2.Doestheword“life”meanthesamethingthroughoutthearticle?3.Inwhatwayis“life”qualitativelydifferentfromrock?Para.21.Lifehasawayofbeingobvious,andyet,it’snotoriouslydifficulttodefineinabsoluteterms.Paraphrase:Itisnotdifficulttodeterminewhetherathing
7、hasalifeornot,butwhenitcomestogiving“life”aclear,complete,satisfactorydefinition,peoplefinditextremelydifficult.2.Inatleastoneinstance,lifehasbecomeprofoundlyself-aware.Whatsortoflifecanbecomeself-aware?Para.31.Whatelseisaliveoutthere?Outthere:inspacebeyond
8、theearth.Paraphrase:Isthereanythingsimilartohumanlifeinotherpartsoftheuniverse?Para.41.Theremaybenoscientificmysterysotantalizingatthebrinkofthenewmillenniumandyetsoresistanttoananswer.Attheturnofthene
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