Book 2 Unit 1 Is There life on Earth? CLICK
Book 2 Unit 1 Is There Life on Earth?
Pre-Reading activities Text New word reading Text A: Language points Newspaper Reading Exercises △ sSignment
• Pre-Reading Activities • Text & New Word Reading • Text A: Language Points • Newspaper Reading • Exercises • Assignment
Background Information Pre-reading Questions Summary of the Text
• Background Information • Pre-reading Questions • Summary of the Text
Background Information About the author Venus Manhattan Consolidated edison belt
• About the Author • Venus • Manhattan • Consolidated Edison Belt Background Information
Background Information Art Buchwald(1925 )is a well-known American humorist and journalist. He writes a political humor column that appears daily in hundreds of newspapers across the United States. His columns frequently deal with stories about politicians and famous personalities, current events in politics and issues in the news. Some of his well-received columns have been collected and reprinted in book form
Background Information Art Buchwald (1925 -- ) is a well-known American humorist and journalist. He writes a political humor column that appears daily in hundreds of newspapers across the United States. His columns frequently deal with stories about politicians and famous personalities, current events in politics and issues in the news. Some of his well-received columns have been collected and reprinted in book form
Background Information Venus is the second planet in distance from the sun and nearest to the earth of all the planets in the solar system(太阳 R. Except for the sun and the moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky. The planet is Planetary Radius( km) called"the morning star" when it appears in the east at sunrise, and“ the evening star” when it is in the west at sunset
Background Information Venus is the second planet in distance from the sun and nearest to the Earth of all the planets in the solar system (太阳 系). Except for the sun and the moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky. The planet is called “the morning star” when it appears in the east at sunrise, and “the evening star” when it is in the west at sunset
Background Information The surface temperature of venus averages about 475'c and its atmosphere is about 95% carbon dioxide. Oxygen is very rare. The high temperature and near absence of oxygen on Venus make it unlikely that life as we know it could exist there
Background Information The surface temperature of Venus averages about 475'C and its atmosphere is about 95% carbon dioxide. Oxygen is very rare. The high temperature and near absence of oxygen on Venus make it unlikely that life as we know it could exist there
Background Information It is satirically interesting that Art Buchwald has chosen the planet Venus as the setting for his story. His satire(w a)is most deeply felt when he has the venusian professor say that if the venusians can learn to breathe in an Earth atmosphere then they can live anywhere else
Background Information It is satirically interesting that Art Buchwald has chosen the planet Venus as the setting for his story. His satire (讽刺) is most deeply felt when he has the Venusian professor say that if the Venusians can learn to breathe in an Earth atmosphere, then they can live anywhere else
Background Information Manhattan(Island)is one of the commercial, financial, and cultural centers of the world. It has many famous landmarks and tourist attractions. They include Broadway(e tyD), Chinatown, the World Trade Center towers, the Empire State Building, the Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, Times Square, the United Nations Headquarters, Wall Street, and many churches, colleges, skyscrapers, and theatres
Background Information Manhattan (Island) is one of the commercial, financial, and cultural centers of the world. It has many famous landmarks and tourist attractions. They include Broadway (百 老汇), Chinatown, the World Trade Center towers, the Empire State Building, the Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, Times Square, the United Nations Headquarters, Wall Street, and many churches, colleges, skyscrapers, and theatres
Background Information Most of New York's municipal buildings stand on Manhattan Island. When people think of New York City, they are usually thinking of Manhattan, the core of the city Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians in 1626 by Peter Minute, a Dutch Colonial governor. He paid for this area of31 square miles with beads(珠子, cloth and trinkets(小饰 物)worh$24
Background Information Most of New York's municipal buildings stand on Manhattan Island. When people think of New York City, they are usually thinking of Manhattan, the core of the city. Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians in 1626 by Peter Minute, a Dutch Colonial governor. He paid for this area of 31 square miles with beads (珠子), cloth and trinkets （小饰 物） worth $24