(共17张PPT)
Module 5
The Conquest of the Universe
Introduction
To learn about the space exploration.
To talk about what will happen in space in the future.
Do you know these words
the universe
solar system
spaceship
space probe
launch
astronaut
Venus/Jupiter/Mercury/Mars/Saturn (金星/木星/水星/火星/土星)
Watch the video and describe what the Earth looks like from the universe.
Read the passage to learn about China’s aerospace industry.
From its first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, all the way to soft-landing on the moon’s surface, China’s aerospace industry has made remarkable achievements.
China has been an active member of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group since 2006. The group is an international forum set up by 14 space agencies based on mutual interests, shared technologies and aims to plan a common, cohesive roadmap into the future for all of mankind’s ventures into outer space.
Through cooperation, China gives a lot of countries a nice opportunity to develop new partnerships to stay active in space exploration.
The big dream of getting all nations working together in space is that the cooperation will extend back down to Earth. Trust developed through space co-exploration can also be turned to solving global problems like the environment, pandemics (流行病), natural disasters and something as scary as a runaway asteroid (失控的小行星).
Watch the video about life in space station and then read the following passage about International Space Station.
International Space Station is a multi-nation construction project that is the largest single structure humans ever put into space. Its main construction was completed between 1998 and 2011, although the station continually evolves to include new missions and experiments.
It generally holds crews of between three and six people. After the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003, crews were as small as two people.
1. Match the events with the dates.
1961 1969 1973 1976 1986 2001 2003 2005
a. Yang Liwei becomes the first Chinese astronaut. He describes the experience as marvelous. ______
b. American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon. He describes the moment as “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. ______
2003
1969
c. A 60-year-old American, Denis Tito, becomes the first space tourist. He spends eight days on board the Russian part of a joint USA-Russia space mission. _______
d. Seven American astronauts are killed just over a minute after taking off in Challenger. It is the biggest space disaster so far, and slows down the American space program. _______
e. Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. It takes him just 108 minutes to go round the world. _______
1961 1969 1973 1976 1986 2001 2003 2005
2001
1986
1961
f. The American Viking 1 mission lands on Mars and sends back good quality photos. ______
g. Pioneer 10 becomes the first spaceship to fly past Jupiter. It is headed for the red star Aldebaran, which it will reach in two million years’ time. ______
h. Nearly seven years after being launched, the Cassini space probe reaches Saturn. It sends beautiful images of Saturn’s rings back to Earth. ______
1961 1969 1973 1976 1986 2001 2003 2005
1975
1973
2005
2. Check the events which you think are possible. Write the year in which you think they will happen.
1) An international organisation is created to control all space travel.
2) A permanent base for scientific research is set up on the moon.
3) Lots of families choose to spend their holidays in space.
4) The first astronauts land on Mars.
5) Humans establish contact with life on another planet.
3. Work in pairs. Discuss your answers and think of other events which will happen in space in the future.
Becoming an aerospace power has always been a dream we’ve been striving for.
President Xi Jinping
建设航天强国,是我们不懈追求的航天梦。
—习近平主席
Preview the passage Space: the Final Frontier on Page 58-59.