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1、LifeBeyondtheEarthAbouttheauthorJoelAchenbachisanAmericanstaffwriterforTheWashingtonPostandtheauthorofsixbooks,includingTheGrandIdea,CapturedbyAliens,andthreecompilationsofhissyndicatednewspapercolumn"WhyThingsAre".HewroteamonthlysciencecolumnforNationalGeographicmagazineandhasbeenacomm

2、entatoronNationalPublicRadio'sMorningEdition.Hiswritinghasbeenfeaturedinthe2007Word-A-Daycalendar.HegraduatedfromPrincetonUniversityin1982withanA.B.degreeinpolitics.AchenbachlivesinWashington,D.C.,withhiswifeandthreedaughters.Hehasaregularblogonthewashingtonpost.comwebsiteaswell,attract

3、ingasmallaudienceofdevotedfansaswellasalargergroupofcasualreaders.AlargedegreeoftheconversationsonAchenblogtendtoarcbacktopreviousposts,creatingalargelitanyofphrasesandcommentsthataresomewhatopaquetotheaveragereader.MeaningsoftheTitleLifebeyondEarthcontainstwomeanings:A.theremightbelive

4、organismsintheuniverse.B.theremightbeintelligenceoraliencivilizationsoutintheuniverse,e.g.UFO.StructureoftheTextPartI(Paras1-2)theemergenceoflifePartIIPara3(transition)whatelseisaliveoutthere?PartIII(Paras4-10)searchoflifePartIV(Paras11-23)searchforintelligencePartV(Paras24-42)Marsandth

5、edebatePartVI(Paras43-45)Allen’sargumentPartVII(Paras46-51)conclusionDetailedStudyoftheTextPara1.1.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“life”inthefirstparagraph?2.Doestheword“life”meanthesamethingthroughoutthearticle?3.Inwhatwayis“life”qualitativelydifferentfromrock?Para.21.Lifehasawayofbeingobvious

6、,andyet,it’snotoriouslydifficulttodefineinabsoluteterms.Paraphrase:Itisnotdifficulttodeterminewhetherathinghasalifeornot,butwhenitcomestogiving“life”aclear,complete,satisfactorydefinition,peoplefinditextremelydifficult.2.Inatleastoneinstance,lifehasbecomeprofoundlyself-aware.Whatsortofl

7、ifecanbecomeself-aware?Para.31.Whatelseisaliveoutthere?Outthere:inspacebeyondtheearth.Paraphrase:Isthereanythingsimilartohumanlifeinotherpartsoftheuniverse?Para.41.Theremaybenoscientificmysterysotantalizingatthebrinkofthenewmillenniumandyetsoresistanttoananswer.Attheturnofthene