M2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained wrod power

课件24张PPT。M2 Unit 1
Tales of the unexplainedWord PowerWho is she ?A beauty named Chang’e
on the moon.The story about Chang’e told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years! space:




e.g. spaceman space station
spacesuit space shuttle
spaceship outer space
spacewalkn. 空间, 空地；这张桌子占据了太多的空间。n. 地球大气以外；e.g. The desk takes up too much space.
spacesuit astronaut1969.7.20 spacewalk space stationspace shuttle spaceshipSpace exploration exploration: n. 勘探，勘查，探索；
space exploration
oil exploration

e.g. organize
organization realizationrealize
explore: v. 勘探，勘查，探索;
Upon arriving on the island, we were eager to explore. (我们一到岛上就急不可耐地考察起来.)
Good afternoon, everyone. I’m so glad
to be here to tell you something about outer space and space exploration. Space explor -ation began in 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite. Unmanned spaceships have been launched into space since 1959. By 1961, people were orbiting the Earth. Yuri Gagarin from the former Soviet Union become the first human being to travel in space.

Read the first part of the speech and complete
the time line of the main events mentioned.the launch of the first
artificial satelliteunmanned spaceship… launch into space
orbit the Earth
launch: n. (航天器的)发射;(产品的)上市…



e.g. the successful launch of …a product launchv. 发射; 把(航天器等)发射上天…e.g. Does everyone know how to
launch a spaceship? orbit:
v. 绕轨道运行; 围绕…运动;
e.g. The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.


n. (天体等运行的)轨道
e.g. the earth’s orbit around the sunWhat’s this?A launch tower. launch pad a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into spaceWhat lifts the space shuttle into space?Two rockets. What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle?
Fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up. tracking shiplaunch towerlaunch padrocketspace shuttleastronautspacesuitspacewalkspace stationtracking ship I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an________ and traveling to ______ to carry out _________________.
If this comes true, you’ll probably travel by ____________, a spaceship that looks like an aeroplane. Two ______ supported by a launch tower will lift the space shuttle into space. Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are ________, the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the sea. Then a ship will pick them up. Astronauts will do their research in a base in outer space called ___________. Sometimes they go out of their space shuttle to take a _________. In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _________, which protect them and provide oxygen. In 1965, Alexei Leonov from the former Soviet Union became the first human being to take a walk in space.
astronautspacespace exploration space shuttlerocketslaunched space station spacewalk spacesuits nine planets in the solar system:Earth 地球Jupiter 木星Mercury 水星Mars 火星Neptune 海王星Pluto 冥王星Venus 金星Saturn 土星 Uranus 天王星51489267EarthJupiter Mercury Mars Neptune Pluto Venus Saturn Uranus 1234567893write the name of each planet in the solar systemMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnNeptuneUranusPlutoLanguage Focus1. dream of doing
I dream of becoming a teacher.
2. carry out a plan / an order
3. come true
My dream has come true.
4. separate from
Please separate good apples _____________.
5. protect them from/ against
We wear sunglasses to_________________________strong sunshine.
6. provide oxygen for them
provide them with oxygenprotect our eyes from/againstfrom bad onesLanguage Focus