宇宙、环境与生命 1 第2卷PDF电子书下载

Unit 14 Land LifeText A　From Water to Land：the Development of the Amphibians 1

Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction to Read into Human Civilization and Culture 1

Introduction to Book 1—Universe，Enuironment and Life 4

Part 1 The Big Bang and AfterwardsUnit 1 The Big Bang and the UniverseText A The Mother Earth's place in the UniverseText B Challenging the Big Bang：the Beginning of Everything 4

Unit 2 Early Forms of LifeText A Evolution and LifeText B Living Things 20

Unit 3 The Infinite Variety and EvolutionText A The Infinite VarietyText B The Cambrian Explosion—the Big Bang of Life 36

Part 2 Physical EnvironmentUnit 4 Lakes and the LandscapeText A Lakes and the LandscapeText B How Lakes Begin，Evolve and Change 46

Text C Great Lakes of the World 57

Unit 5 The Fascination of IslandsText A1 How Islands Are FormedText A2 Skomer：a Case Study of Island Life（to be continued）Text B Skomer：a Case Study of Island Life（continued） 72

Unit 6 The Mysterious Amazon RiverText A European Discovery of the Amazon River BasinText B The Amazon Rain Forest and Its Tribes people 86

Text C Manaus：Coastal City and Jungle Capital 97

Part 3 The ContinentsUnit 7 The Formation of the Continents，and AfricaText A The ContinentsText B Africa 110

Unit 8 Asia and AmericasText A AsiaText B North and South America 130

Unit 9 Europe and OceaniaText A EuropeText B Oceania 148

Part 4 Towards an Understanding of AnimalsUnit 10 Animal CommunicationText A Von Frisch's Study of the Signaling Systems of BeesText B Birds' Communicative Behaviour 158

Text C Signalling and Evolution：the Development of Ethology 171

Unit 11 Relations between Animals and ManText A1 The Mental Life of AnimalsText A2 A Day in the Life of a Chimpanzee CommunityText B1 Qualities Needed for Successful Research into Animal Behaviour 182

Text B2 Coolness in a Disastrous Encounter 188

Unit 12 What Can We Learn from NatureText A Observing the Social Life of African Wild DogsText B1 Medicines from the Amazon Rain Forest 194

Text B2 Medical Uses of Natural poisons 196

Part 5　Life on Land，Sea and AirUnit 13 Sea LifeText A　The Living SeaText B The Life of the Shore 204

Text B1 From Water to Land：the Development of the Amphibians（2） 224

Text B2 Otter Makes an Urban Come-back 230

Unit 15 Air LifeText A The Evolution of BirdsText B Life in the Air 234

Text C Continuing the Species 243

Part 6 Man and the EnvironmentUnit 16 Mystifying NatureText A1 Religion and SupernaturalText A2 Witchcraft（to be continued）Text B Witchcraft（continued） 254

Unit 17 Confronting NatureText A Adaptation to Colour BlindnessText B Climbing Everest 264

Text C A passionate Interest in the Natural World 271

Unit 18 Understanding NatureText A Discovering Order and patternText B A Threat to the Ozone Layer（to be continued） 280

Text C A Threat to the Ozone Layer（continued） 292

Key to Questions 303

Glossary 312