外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册 Unit6 Space and beyond Understanding ideas 公开课课件(共50张PPT)

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Unit 6 Space and beyond
Understanding ideas
目录页
contents
Pre-reading
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Language points
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Fast reading
II
Homework
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Intensive reading
III
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Post-reading
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Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
1. The first satellite was launched
by the USSR in .
a. 1945
b. 1962
c. 1957
Pre-reading
2. The first person in space
was .
a. Robert Crippen
b. Yuri Gagarin
c. Neil Armstrong
Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Pre-reading
3. The first person to walk in space was .
a. Alexei Leonov
b. William McCool
c. Yang Liwei
Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Pre-reading
4. The first space station was
Salyut 1, which was launched
by .
a. the USA
b. the USSR
c. the European Space Agency
Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Pre-reading
5. The first spacecraft to leave
the solar system was .
a. Vostok 1
b. Discovery
c. Voyager 1
Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Pre-reading
Look at the title of the passage and the picture. Predict what the passage is about.
Prediction：
The passage mainly talks about the loss of Challenger and the humanity’s greatest journey of exploration and discovery.
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Fast reading
Fast reading
Now read the passage quickly and check your prediction.
Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
1 People thought space travel was no longer dangerous.
2 Christa would have inspired lots of people if she hadn’t lost her life on board the Challenger.
3 People were determined to continue with the space
programme after the disaster.
Fast reading
Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
4 The disaster proved we should use robots to explore space instead of people.
5 The shuttle was not reliable and should not have been used.
Fast reading
Fast reading
Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
1 People thought space travel was no longer dangerous.
2 Christa would have inspired lots of people if she hadn’t lost her life on board the Challenger.
3 People were determined to continue with the space
programme after the disaster.
Fast reading
Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
4 The disaster proved we should use robots to explore space instead of people.
5 The shuttle was not reliable and should not have been used.
Fast reading
Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
Para 2: Following the Moon landings, space travel rapidly became unexceptional to the public, as innovations succeeded each other.
Para 2: Christa hoped to communicate a sense of excitement and rekindle interest in the space programme.
evidence
Fast reading
Para 6: … inspiring us to join them in humanity’s greatest journey of exploration and discovery. The sacrifice of the Challenger calls to us, reminding us that we must continue to reach for the stars, no matter how distant they might seem.
evidence
Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
III
Intensive reading
Intensive reading
Organise information from the passage and complete the fact file.
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER
Time: __________________
Place: Space Centre in Florida, USA Crew: _______________, including a
teacher
28 January 1986
seven astronauts
Intensive reading
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER What was special about the Challenger launch
It was special because Christa McAuliffe aged 37, an ordinary teacher and mother, was about to become the first civilian in space.
Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.
Intensive reading
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER What was the teacher’s mission on
board the Challenger
She planned to give two 15-minute lessons from orbit: the first to demonstrate the controls of the spacecraft and explain how gravity worked, and the second to describe the objectives of the Challenger programme.
Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.
Intensive reading
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER What was done in the three years following the disaster
Space shuttle flights were suspended for nearly three years while the cause of the disaster was investigated, and some of the shuttle’s components were redesigned.
Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.
Intensive reading
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER Which shuttle followed the Challenger, and when was it launched
Discovery followed the Challenger, and was launched on 29 September 1988.
Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.
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Post-reading
Now talk about what you can learn from the Challenger disaster.
Post-reading
1. What were people’s feelings before and after the Challenger disaster Find evidence in the passage to support your answer.
Post-reading
Before the Challenger disaster, people felt optimistic and were very excited to watch the take-off on TV. They became shocked and scared after the disaster.
2. Do you know of any other disasters that have occurred while exploring space Share one with the class. Why do you think people continue to explore space despite the risks
Post-reading
Students’ own answers.
3. Would you like to go into space Give your reasons.
Post-reading
Students’ own answers.
4. What language in the passage could you use to describe other events in space exploration
Post-reading
Students’ own answers.
Language points
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Her trust in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined possible.
她对我的信任激励着我去尝试本以为不可能的事。
1. inspire v. ①激励；鼓舞
Language points
②激发；唤起；使某人产生（某种情感或反应）
Her driving hardly inspires confidence.
她的开车技术让人难以放心。
③启发；给灵感
This piece of music was inspired by dolphin sounds.
这首音乐的创作灵感来自于海豚的叫声。
inspiration n. 灵感，鼓舞人心的人/事
① Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. 天才就是1％的灵感加上99％的汗水。
Language points
② He gave me the inspiration to pick up my pen again. 他鼓舞我重新拿起笔。
inspiring adj. 鼓舞人心的
inspired adj. 备受鼓舞的
①投射（光、影、视线等）
Her father’s illness cast a shadow over the wedding celebration. 她父亲的病为婚礼蒙上了一层阴影。
2. cast v. (cast; cast)
Language points
②投；扔；抛；撒；掷
The fisherman cast his net into the water.
渔夫把渔网撒到水里。
③为（戏剧、角色）选派演员；投票
Music talents from different countries were cast.
来自不同国家的音乐人才被选中出演。
1. be accustomed to ________________
2. one’s heart in one’s mouth ________________
3. take off ________________
4. tune in ________________
5. cast a shadow on / over ________________
习惯于
吓得要命，非常紧张
收听，收看
Language points
给……蒙上阴影
（飞机）起飞；开始成功
6. rekindle interest in … ___________________
7. communicate a sense of excitement______________
8. inspire sb to do sth ______________
9. call to ______________
10. reach for the stars ______________
传达激动之情
鼓舞某人做某事
召唤
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重新唤起对……的兴趣
雄心勃勃
1. Following the Moon landings, space travel rapidly became unexceptional to the public, as innovations succeeded each other.
Language points
Paraphrase: After the Moon landings, there were several further innovations in space exploration. Space travel seemed to be getting easier and more common, and people quickly became less interested in it.
本句中 Following the Moon landings 为现在分词作状语。
1. Following the Moon landings, space travel rapidly became unexceptional to the public, as innovations succeeded each other.
Language points
本句中 unexceptional 意为“平常的”与 ordinary 是近义词。例：Nowadays, travelling abroad is unexceptional to some people as the transport has become more convenient. 如今，出国旅行对于一些人来说是很平常的，因为交通变得更加便捷了。
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as 意为“因为，由于”
例：As it is raining, you’d better take a taxi.
因为外面在下雨，你最好乘出租车。
1. Following the Moon landings, space travel rapidly became unexceptional to the public, as innovations succeeded each other.
2. Christa hoped to communicate a sense of excitement and rekindle interest in the space programme.
Language points
Paraphrase: Christa hoped to show people how excited she was, and raise their interest in the space programme again.
2. Christa hoped to communicate a sense of excitement and rekindle interest in the space programme.
Language points
本句中的 communicate 为及物动词，意为“表达，传达（思想和感情）”
例：As an actor, he could communicate a whole range of emotions. 作为一名演员，他能表达各种情感。
2. Christa hoped to communicate a sense of excitement and rekindle interest in the space programme.
Language points
本句中 rekindle 意为“重新激起，重新唤起”。
例：The pictures on the wall rekindled many memories.
墙上的这些画重新唤起许多回忆。
3. The world went into shock, most people having assumed that this space flight would be no more dangerous than travelling in an aeroplane.
Language points
Paraphrase: The event shocked the world — maybe most people had supposed that this space flight would not be any more dangerous than travelling in an aeroplane.
Language points
本句中 most people having assumed that ... 为独立主格结构。非谓语动词作状语时，它的逻辑主语应和句子主语保持一致。但有时非谓语动词带有自己的逻辑主语，在句子中作状语，我们称之为独立主格结构。
3. The world went into shock, most people having assumed that this space flight would be no more dangerous than travelling in an aeroplane.
独立主格结构在句中常用来表示时间、原因、条件、伴随的动作或情况等.
Language points
独立主格结构的构成是：1)名词/代词+现在分词/过去分词；
2)名词/代词+形容词/副词
3)名词/代词+介词短语
4)名词/代词+不定式
例：l) The meeting being over, all of us went home.
开完会后，我们都回家了。
2) Weather permitting, we will go outside tomorrow.
如果天气允许的话，我们明天就出去。
Language points
1) When night came on, we put ourselves up in a small hotel.
, we put ourselves up in a small hotel.
2) When all the guests were seated, they began their dinner.
, they began their dinner.
3) When the test was finished, we began our holiday.
, we began our holiday.
Night coming on
All the guests seated
The test finished
即时训练：将下列句子变为独立主格结构
4. The sacrifice of the Challenger calls to us, reminding us that we must continue to reach for the stars, no matter how distant they might seem.
Language points
Paraphrase: The sacrifice of the Challenger gives us the strong feeling that we must continue to do what we can for space exploration, no matter how difficult it might seem.
4. The sacrifice of the Challenger calls to us, reminding us that we must continue to reach for the stars, no matter how distant they might seem.
Language points
本句中 reminding us that … 是现在分词结构作状语，表示“提醒我们……”
例：He stands at the crossing and waves the flag, reminding passers-by to watch out. 他站在十字路口挥着旗子，提醒行人小心。
4. The sacrifice of the Challenger calls to us, reminding us that we must continue to reach for the stars, no matter how distant they might seem.
Language points
call to: to make someone feel strongly that they should do something
Eg: The new era calls to us, saying that we should strive to achieve more and do better.
reach for the stars: to have high or ambitious aims
Eg: She always encouraged her students to reach for the stars.
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Homework
Homework
Write a short passage to introduce the development of China’s space exploration. Do research online if necessary.