What do you know about the achievement of our human's exploration into the outer space? Why is our human being so interested in the life beyond Earth?Do you believe in the existence of the life beyond Earth?Explain your opinions. What kind of attitudes should we take when we discuss on the possible existence of the alien civilizations?Explain. Comment on the significance of the scientific exploration of the outer space by offering some relative facts. .Division of the Text According to the development of the meaning and the organization of the text,the text can be roughly divided into seven parts: 1.Paras.1.-2 the emergence of life 2.Para.3 (transition)What else is alive out there? 3.Paras.4-10 search for life 4.Paras.11-23 search for intelligence 5.Paras.24-42 Mars 6.Paras.43-45 Dyson's argument 7.Paras.46-52 conclusion IV Teaching points Para.1 1.What do you think of the opening paragraph? The author begins the article by announcing a very important event:"Something astonishing has happened in the universe"Such an announcement would immediately arouse the readers'curiosity. 2.What does the author mean by"life"in this paragraph? Life here meansthat property of plants and animals which makes it possible for them to take in food,get energy from it,grow,adapt themselves to their surroundings.and reproduce their kind. 3.In what way is"different from rock? Life is a living thing while rock is inorganic matter. 4.Life discussed in this paragraph doesn't mean the same thing as the"life"discussed in the following paragraphs Para2 ⚫ What do you know about the achievement of our human’s exploration into the outer space? ⚫ Why is our human being so interested in the life beyond Earth? Do you believe in the existence of the life beyond Earth? Explain your opinions. ⚫ What kind of attitudes should we take when we discuss on the possible existe nce of the alien civilizations? Explain. ⚫ Comment on the significance of the scientific exploration of the outer space by offering some relative facts. III. Division of the Text According to the development of the meaning and the organization of the text ,the text can be roughly divided into seven parts: 1. Paras. 1-2 the emergence of life 2. Para. 3 (transition) What else is alive out there? 3. Paras. 4-10 search for life 4. Paras. 11-23 search for intelligence 5. Paras. 24-42 Mars. 6. Paras. 43-45 Dyson’s argument 7. Paras. 46-52 conclusion IV Teaching points Para.1 1. What do you think of the opening paragraph? The author begins the article by announcing a very important event: “ Something astonishing has happened in the universe.” Such an announcement would immediately arouse the readers’ curiosity. 2. What does the author mean by “life” in this paragraph? Life here means “that property of plants and animals which makes it possible for them to take in food, get energy from it, grow, adapt themselves to their surroundings ,and reproduce their kind. 3. In what way is “life” qualitatively different from rock? Life is a living thing while rock is inorganic matter. 4. Life discussed in this paragraph doesn’t mean the same thing as the “life” discussed in the following paragraphs. Para 2