宇宙环境与生命（2）

general lntroduction to read into human civilization and culture

introduction to book 1-universe,environment and life

part 1 the big bang and afterwards

unit 1 the big bang and the universe

text A the mother earth's place in the universe

text B challenging the big :the beginnigng of everything

unit 2 early forms of life

text A evolution and life

text B living things

unit 3 the lnfinite variety and evolution

text A the ilfinite variety

text B the cambrian ecplosion-the big bang of life

part 2 physical environment

unit 4 lakes and the landscape

text A lakes and the landscape

text B how lakes begin,evolve and change

text C great lakes of the world

unit 5 the fascination of lslands

text A1 how lslands are formed

text A2 skomer: a case study of lsiand life(to be continued)

text B skomer:a case study of lsland life(continued)

unit 6 the mysterious amazon river

text A european discovery of the amazon river basin

text B the amazon rain forest and its tribes people

text C manaus:coastal city and jungle capital

part 3 the continents

unit 7 the formation of the continents,and africa

text A the continents

text B africa

unit 8 asia and americas

text A asia

text B north and south america

unit 9 europe and oceania

text A europe

text B oceania

Part 4 towards an understandong of animals

unit 10 animal communication

text A von frisch's study of the signaling systems of bees

text B birds'communicative behaviour

text C signalling and evolution:the development of ethology

unit 11 the mental life of animals

text A1 the mental life of animals

text A2 a day in the life of a chimpanzee community

text B1 qualities needed for successful research into animal behaviour

text B2 coolness in a disastrous encounter

unit 12 what can we learn from nature

text A Observing the social life of african wild dogs

text B2 medicines from the amazon rain eorest

text B2 medical uses of natural poisons

part 5 life on land,sea and air

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part 6 man and the environment

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