【正文】 i nto forests, reptil es apeared for the fi rst time. They produced young general y by layi ng egs. After that, some huge animal s, cal ed di nosaurs, devel oped. They laid eggs too and exi sted on the earth for more than 140 mi li on years. H owever, 65 m il i on years ago the age of the di nosaurs ended. Why they suddenl y di sappeared stil rem ai ns a m ystery. This di sappearance m ade posibl e thief ri se of m ammals on the earth. These anim al s were di ferent from al li fe form s i n the past, because they Gavi n birth to young baby animal s and prodeced mil k to fed them. Finnal y about 2. 6 mil li on years ago some sm al l cel ver anim al s, now with hands and feet, apeared and spread al over the earth. Thus they have, in thei r turn, bee the m ost im portant anim al s on the pl a. But they no they l oki ng after the earth very wel l. They are putti ng too much carbon di oxi de i nto the atmosphere, whi ch prevenrs heat from escapi ng from the earth i nto space. As a result of thi s, many scienti sts bel ieve the earth may be too hot to li ve on. So whether l ife wil continue on the earth for mi li ons of years to e wil l depend on whether thi s probl em can be solved. A vi si t to the moon Last month I was l ucky engough to have 阜陽市秸稈飼料加工處理與利用工程項目 可行性報告 第一章 項目總論 項目提要 項目名稱： 阜陽市秸稈飼料加工處理與利用工程項目 建設(shè)性質(zhì)：新建 項目建設(shè)單位： 建設(shè)單位法人代表： 項目單位 ： 有限責(zé)任公司 建設(shè)地點： 安徽省阜陽市 區(qū) 可行性研究報告編制單位 編制單位： 阜陽市工程咨詢設(shè)計研究院 資格證書號： 工咨乙 11420xx0035 建設(shè)規(guī)模：年產(chǎn) 5 萬 噸生物顆粒飼料。s very nice of you. Owner: Oh, i t’s for US to thank you, si r and I do, si r, from the botom of my heart. (the owner, hostess and waiter al l bow as Henry l eaves) Act Ⅱ , Scene 4 Narrator: at the end of the month, Henry was very rich and didn39。s right. (sees the l ok on the waiter’s face) Anythi ng wrong? Waiter: No, not at al l. (to the owner) He’s asked for m ore of the sam e. O wner: It’s wel lknown that am eri cans l ike to eat a l ot. Wel, we’l have to take a chance. Go ahead and l et him have it. Waiter: (readi ng the bil after the meal) Al right. That39。t fear jai l. Dressed i n the finest cl othes, he drove by the brothers’ house i n Portl and Place and, seeing they were back, went to get Portia at her friend’s home. Henry: My dear, the way you l ok today, i t woul d be a crime not to ask for a good sal ary for the job they’l l gi ve to me. Porti a: Oh, please remember that if we ask for too much we may get no salary at al 。s two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thi ck steaks, two large galsses of beer, two cups of cofee and two deserts. Henry: (l oking at the clock on the wal l) Would you m ind waiting just a few mi nutes? Wai ter: (i n a rude m aner) What’ s there to wai t for? Owner: Al ri ght, H orace. I’l l take care of thi s. H enry: (to owner) That was a wonderful m eal. It’s amazi ng how m uch pleasure you get out of the sim pl e thins i n l ife, especial y you can’t have them for a whi le. O wner: Yes, very i nteresi ng. N ow perhaps, sir, i f you pay you bi l I can help the other customers. H enry: (looki ng at the cl ock on the wal agai n) Wel l, I see i t’s two o’cl ock. ( he opens the envelope and holds a m il li on pound bank N orelco in hi s hands H enry i s very surpri sed but the owner and wai ter are shocked) I’m sory. But…I…I don’t have anythi ng sm al l er. O wner: (stil l shocked and nervous) Wel …er…just on m om ent. Maggi e, l ook! ( the hostes scream s, the other customers l ok at her and she puts a hand to her mouth) Do you thin i t’s genui ne? H ostess: O h, dear, I don’t know. I sim pl y don’t know . O wner : Wel , I di d hear that the Bank of Engl and had i ssued two notes i n thi s amount… Anyway, I don’t thi nk it can be a fake. Peopl e would pay to nuch attenti on to a bank note of this amount. N o thi ef woul d want that to happen. Hostess: But he’s i n rags! O wner: Perhaps he’s a very strange, ri ch m an. ( as i f he has discovered som ething for the fi rst time) Why,yes! That must be i t! Hostess: (hi ts her husband’s arm ) And you put him in the back of the restaurant! Go an see him at one. O wner: ( to H enry) I’m sorry, si r, so sorry, but I cannot change thi s bank note. Henry: But i t’s al l I have on m e. Owner: O h, pl ease, don’t worry, si r. Doesn39。s right. (sees the l ok on the waiter’s face) Anythi ng wrong? Waiter: No, not at al l. (to the owner) He’s asked for m ore of the sam e. O wner: It’s wel lknown that am eri cans l ike to eat a l ot. Wel, we’l have to take a chance. Go ahead and l et him have it. Waiter: (readi ng the bil after the meal) Al right. That39。s very nice of you. Owner: Oh, i t’s for US to thank you, si r and I do, si r, from the botom of my heart. (the owner, hostess and waiter al l bow as Henry l eaves) Act Ⅱ , Scene 4 Narrator: at the end of the month, Henry was very rich and didn39。t want anythi ng el se from you. H enry: (shocked) My dear, i s that your papa? Portia: H e’s m y step father, and the dearest one that ever was. H enry: O h, m y dearest dear si r, I regret what I sai d. You have got a job open that I want. Oli ver: N am e i t. H enry: Sonin l aw. Oli ver: Wel, wel ,wel! But you’ve never had such a job before. H ow can i t be sure you can do it sucesful y? H enry: Try m e… oh, do, I beg of you! Gi ve m e 30 or 40 years , and … O li ver: O h, wel l, al ri ght. N arator: Are Porti a and H enry happy? There are not enough word i n the bi ggest di cti onary to descri be it. Di d the peopl e of London have a good tim e with thi s bit of news? Yes. Porti a’s stepfather took that bank note back to the Bank of Engl and and cashed it. The bank note was then useless for money but was hi s wedding gi ft to the young couple. Yes, the bank note was worth mil li ons of dol lars, but not worth on tenthe as much as how Henry felt about Portia . Uni t 4 H ow li fe began on the earth N o one knows exactl y how the earth began, as it happened so l ong