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1、UnitFourExtraterrestrialsCollegeEnglish(NewEdition)BookThreeTheWaterPlaceIssacAsimovTextAIssacAsimov(1920-1992)，aRussian-bornAmericanwriterofsciencefiction，wasborninPetrovichi,Russia.Petrovichiisveryproudoftheirnativesonandhavehonoredtheplaceofhisbirthwithamemorialstone.IssacAsimovByMarch18,

2、1941,IssacAsimovhadwrittenthiry-onestories,soldseventeen,andfourteenhadbeenpublished.Atthattime,heconsideredhimselfnothingmorethanathird-ratewriter.IssacAsimovThatevening,hesatdowntowritehisthirty-secondstory,basedonanideasuggestedbyAstoundingeditorJohnW.Campbellthedaybefore.Twodayslater,her

3、eceivedaletterfromCampbell,andthehistoryofsciencefictionwaschangedforever.IssacAsimovAmonghisbest-knownsciencefictions:I,Robert(1950);theFoundationTrilogy(1951-1953).IssacAsimovBackgroundInformationTheSolarSystemExtraterrestriallifevenusTheU.S.SupremeCourtCongressIncometaxUSFederalGovernment

4、Venice&&UFOExtraterrestriallifeItreferstolife-formsthatmayhaveevolvedonotherplanets.ThereisnohardevidenceatpresentthatlifeexistsotherthanontheEarth.MostUFOshavebeensatisfactorilyexplainedasbeingnaturalorman-made,andtheVikingmissionstoMarswereinconclusiveintestingfortheexistenceoflifeonthatpl

5、anet.Nevertheless,searcheshavebeenandarebeingmadeforsignsthatlifehasariseninotherpartsoftheuniverse.CertainknowledgeeitherthatlifeisconfinedtoplanetEarthorhasbeenfoundelsewherewouldhavetheprofoundestphilosophicalimplicationsformankind.ExtraterrestriallifeUFO(UnidentifiedFlyingObjects)TheSola

6、rSystemTheinnersolarsystem:①theSun(太阳);②Mercury(水星);③Venus(金星);④Earth(地球);⑤Mars(火星).ThemainasteroidbeltliesbetweentheorbitsofMarsandJupiter.Theoutersolarsystem:⑥Jupiter(木星);⑦Saturn(土星);⑧Uranus(天王星);⑨Neptune(海王星).⑩Pluto(冥王星)isnowclassifiedasadwarfplanet.TheSolarSystem①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩venusTheVenusap

7、pearinskyinmorningandduskseparately,ancienttodivinebyastrologyhousethoughtthereexistedtwosuchplanets.Theycallthem“starsatdawn”and“eveningstars”separately.InEnglish,theVenusisgoddessofancientRome,liketheloveofsolicitingandbeautiful.Andallthetime,the