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Unit 4 Life on Mars
Welcome to the unit
Do you know the place in the picture
It’s Earth, our home.
The earth is covered with water,
so it looks blue.
too many people
too much pollution
What shall we do
Where shall we live
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Solar System太阳系
土星
木星
海王星
天王星
金星
地球
水星
火星
planets 行星
Mars
the fourth planet from the Sun
the
Do you know anything about Mars
It looks red. So it is also called the Red Planet.
Mars /mɑ z/ n. 火星
Mars is the fourth planet of the solar system and is named after Mars (战神). Mars goes around the sun at a distance of about 228 million k . You can tell which planet is Mars because it is bright r in the night sky. The gravity(重力) on Mars is about three-e of that on earth. The t on Mars is between -138 ℃ and 28℃. It t a spaceship about eight months to reach Mars from the earth. Scientists are still s for more information about Mars.
ilometers
ed
ighths
emperature
akes
earching
What is life like in space
less gravity
/ ɡr v ti/ n.重力
dried food
n. 干粮
sleeping bag
n. 睡袋
What is life like in space
helmet
/ helm t/ n.头盔
power pack /p k/
n.电源包
air tank /t k/
n.氧气罐
special boots
n.太空靴
spacesuit
n. 太空服
What is life like in space
New words:
Mars /mɑ z/ n. 火星
helmet/ helm t/ n. 头盔
air tank /t k/ n. 氧气罐
dried food n. 干粮
power pack /p k/ n. 电源包
sleeping bag n. 睡袋
gravity / ɡr v ti/ n. 重力
A Daniel is dreaming about visiting another planet.
What should he take with him Write the name
of the item under each picture.
air tank computer dried food power pack
sleeping bag space helmet special boots tent
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air tank
computer
dried food
power pack
sleeping bag
space helmet
special boots
tent
What should Daniel take with him
Life on Mars 1. _________ gravity
2. wear _________ boots
3. need __________ bags
4. eat ___________ food
5. no fruit or___________________
Feelings _____________
B Daniel is talking to Amy about living on Mars. Listen to the tape and fill in the form.
less
special
sleeping
dried
vegetables
boring
Daniel: What would it be like to live on Mars
Amy:There's less gravity on Mars. We'd probably need to wear
special boots.
Daniel:Yes. And we might need sleeping bags too.
Amy: I agree. Also, there is no fruit or vegetables, so we would have
to eat dried food.
Daniel: Well... that sounds quite boring! But there would be no
pollution on Mars.
Amy: I hope so.
Listen and read
重力
pollution(不可数n.)污染
pollute (v.)污染
睡袋
特殊的靴子
干粮
What would it be like to live on Mars
Make up a new dialogue.
A : What would it be like to live on Mars
B: Well, there’s ... on Mars. We would need ...
A: Right, and we would need special boots, too.
B: I agree with you. And we would have to eat ... I
think...
A: Yes, but there would be no ... on Mars.
B: Well, that’s quite nice.
Do you think Eddie likes the life on Mars
Do you think Eddie likes the life on Mars
Read and act
我也不=Neither have I
我够不到我的食物。
get to 够得到。
get to = arrive at/in =reach “到达”,后接地点名词。
How do you like...
你认为......怎么样?
=What do you think of ...
Language points
1 I've never thought about travelling into space.
think about 认为;考虑;
think of 认为;考虑;关心;想起
think over 仔细考虑,慎重思考
think about/of
think about
thinking of
think it over
How do you like this film
2 I often what you said.
我常常想到你说过的话。
3 Doctors are always others.
医生们总是为别人着想。
1 What do you this film?
=
你认为这部电影怎么样?
4 It's difficult to say. Let me .
这很难说,让我仔细想想。
2 Me neither. 我也不.
He doesn't like this space helmet.
. 我也不喜欢。
. .
neither...nor... 既不...也不...
Neither you nor he (be) my friend in the past.
.
我和妈妈都想不出新主意。
Me neither
Me either
Neither do I
was
Neither Mom nor I can think of new ideas
Hobo and Eddie lived on _________. Hobo asked Eddie_________ he liked the life on Mars. Eddie said that he _________ it. Hobo was _________ , so he asked why. Eddie said that he couldn’t _________ _________ his food because of the_________.
Fill in the blanks!
Mars
how
hated
get to
helmet
surprised
Maybe humans could live on the planet Mars one day.
课 堂 达 标
1. His head hit the road but he was saved because of his________ (头盔).
2. The teacher told us that the_________ (重力) on Mars is only
about three-eighth of that on Earth.
3. The______________ (电源包)is very important hecause it provides
energy for the spacesuit.
4. The____________ (氧气罐) can offer an astronaut many hours of oxygen.
5. This is a space_____________ (睡袋)fixed to the wall of the
spacecraft when the astronaut sleeps.
I. 词汇运用
helmet
gravity
power pack
air tank
sleeping bag
1. People will float around in _____space because there’s no gravity.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. —Peter has never been to a water park.
—__________.
A. I haven’t neither B. I haven’t too C. Me too D. Me neither
3. Our country is becoming ___________.
A. more beautiful and more beautiful B. more and more beautiful
C. more beautiful and beautiful D. beautiful and more beautiful
4. Special boots make it ______ to walk on Mars.
A. easily B. easy C. well D. probably
5. It’s very difficult for us __________ Mars.
A. to live B. to live in C. living on D. to live on
II. 单项选择
Homework
1. Read the dialogues twice.
2. Make up a new dialogue.
3. Finish the exercises after class.