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ing,"

Prof.Zogsaid,"

thatthereisnolifeonEarth."

Howdoyouknowthis?

thesciencereporteroftheVenusEvening

15Starasked.

Foronething,Earth'

ssurfaceintheareaofManhattaniscomposed

ofsolidconcreteandnothingcangrowthere.Foranother,theatmosphere

isfilledwithcarbonmonoxideandotherdeadlygasesandnobodycould

possiblybreathethisairandsurvive."

Whatdoesthismeanasfarasourflyingsaucerprogramiscon-

cerned?

Weshallhavetotakeourownoxygenwithus,whichmeansamuch

heavierflyingsaucerthanweoriginallyplanned."

Arethereanyotherhazardsthatyoudiscoveredinyourstudies?

"

Takealookatthisphoto.Youseethisdarkblackcloudhovering

overthesurfaceofEarth?

WecallthistheConsolidatedEdisonBelt.We

don'

tknowwhatitismadeof,butitcouldgiveusalotoftroubleand

weshallhavetomakefurthertestsbeforewesendaVenusBeingthere."

Overhereyouwillnoticewhatseemstobeariver,butthesatellite

findingsindicateitispollutedandthewaterisunfittodrink.This

meansWeshallhavetocarryourownwater,whichwilladdevengreater

weighttothesaucer."

Sir,whatareallthosetinyblackspotsonthephotographs?

We'

renotcertain.Theyseemtobemetalparticlesthatmovealong

certainpaths.Theyemitgases,makenoiseandkeepcrashingintoeach

other.Therearesomanyofthesepathsandsomanymetalparticlesthat

itisimpossibletolandaflyingsaucerwithoutitsbeingsmashedbyone."

Whatarethosestalagmiteprojectionsstickingup?

They'

resometypeofgraniteformationsthatgiveofflightatnight.

Prof.Glomhasnamedthemskyscraperssincetheyseemtobescrapingthe

skies."

Ifallyousayistrue,won'

tthissetbacktheflyingsaucerprogram

severalyears?

Yes,butweshallproceedassoonastheGrubstartgivesustheadded

funds."

Prof.Zog,whyarewespendingbillionsandbillionsofzilchesto

landaflyingsauceronEarthwhenthereisnolifethere?

BecauseifweVenusianscanlearntobreatheinanEarthatmosphere

sphere,thenwecanliveanywhere."

Clickthebuttontolistentothepronunciationsofnewwords

NewWords

humorousa.

funny;

thatmakespeoplelaugh幽默的

humorn.

essayn.

散文，随笔

excitementn.

thestateorqualityofbeingexcited

planetn.

largebodyinspacethatmovesroundastar,esp.

roundthesun行星

Venusiana.

oforhavingtodowiththeplanetVenus金星的

n.

supposedVenusbeing金星人

satelliten.

spacecraftthatgoesroundtheplanetearthand

sendsbackradioandtelevisionsignals;

heav-

enlybodythatgoesroundaplanet（人造）卫星

signaln.

信号;

暗号

astronomern.

personwhostudiesthescienceofthesun,

moon,starsandplanets天文学家

telescopen.

instrumentwithspecialglassesusedforseeing

distantthings

extremelyad.

very极端,非常

extremea.

feasibilityn.

possibilityofbeingcarriedoutordon可行性

feasiblea.

manneda.

occupiedbyoneormorepersons载人的

saucern.

浅碟；

茶托

flyingsaucern.

飞碟

conferencen.

meeting

pressconferencen.

meetingarrangedbyanimportantpersonto

whichnewsreportersareinvitedtolistento

astatementoraskquestions记者招待会

technologyn.

技术

conclusionn.

decisionoropinionreachedbyreasoning结论

concludev.

reportern.

personwhogathersnewsforanewspaper,magazine,

orradioorTVstation记者

composevt

makeup,form组成,构成

concreten.

buildingmaterialmadebymixingcementwith

sand,smallstonesandwater混凝土

atmospheren

alltliegasesroundtheearth;

airinaplace

大气；

空气

carbonn.

碳

monoxiden.

一氧化物

deadlya.

causingdeath;

likelytocausedeath致命的

gasn.

气体

survivevi.

remainalive;

continuetoliveorexist活下来;

幸存

vt.

remainaliveafter;

livelongerthan经历…后还

活着；

比…活得长

survivaln.

programn.

planofwhatistobedone计划

concernvt.

beofimportanceorinterestto;

haveaneffect

on涉及;

关系到

oxygenn.

氧；

氧气

originallyad.

formerly起初,原来

originala.

hazardn.

danger

hovervi.

stayinornearoneplaceintheair盘旋

consolidateda.

united;

combined联合的

consolidatevt.

beltn.

areathathassomespecialquality;

zone（地）带

indicatevt.

show

indicationn.

pollutevt.

make（air,water,soil,etc.）dirtywithman-

madewaste污染

pollutionn.

unfita.

notgoodenough;

notsuitable

particlen.

粒子；

微粒

emitvt.

sendout散发,射击

emissionn.

crashv.

fallorstrikesuddenly,violentlyandnoisily

坠落；

猛撞

smashv.

（causeto）breakintopiecesviolently（使）碎裂

stalagmiten

石笋

projectionn.

sth.thatstandsoutfromasurface凸出物

projectv.

typen.

aparticularkind,classorgroup类型,种类

graniten.

hardgreystoneusedforbuilding花岗岩

formationn.

sth.thatisformed;

wayinwhichsth.isformed

形成（物）

skyscrapern.

verytallbuilding摩天大楼

scrapevt.

rubwithsth.roughorsharp刮,擦

proceedvi.

continueafterhavingstopped（停顿后）

继续进行

fundn.

sumofmoneysetapartoravailablefora

specialpurpose资金;

基金

billionn.

onethousandmillion

zilchn.

zero;

nothingatall

Phrases&

Expressions

（be）knownas

alsopubliclycalled;

named以…闻名,通常名叫

nameafter.

givethesamename以…名字命名

asto

about,concerning关于

baseonupon,

useasabasisorfoundationfor以…为基础把…基于

foronething…（foranother）

inthefirstplace…（inthesecondplace）

becomposedof

haveasmembersorparts由…组成

asfaras…beconcerned

tothedegreethatitmattersto就…而言

stickup

standupright;

project直立;

突出

giveoff

emit;

sendout发出;

散发出

setback

delaytheadvanceordevelopmentof耽搁;

阻碍

ProperNames

阿特·

布奇沃德

Venus

金星

Manhattan

曼哈顿（纽约市中心区）

Zog

佐格（姓氏）

Edison

爱迪生（姓氏）

Glom

格洛姆（姓氏）