课件33张PPT。Unit 2 Great peopleReading (1)1. Who is he or she?2. What does he or she do? Guess Mother Teresa nunJay Elvis PresleysingerBeckhamPeleFootball playerZheng HeColumbusexplorerBruce Leefilm starLiu YangNeil ArmstrongastronautQuestionWho is the first man to walk on the moon?Neil Armstrong.Neil Armstrongspacecraftthe launching of spacecraftSimon has read the article about Neil Armstrong, but he does not know some of the words. Help him find out the meanings of the words. Circle the correct letters.1 A licence is ______.
a some money b a type of power
c a piece of paper that shows you are
allowed to do somethingc 2 An astronaut ________.
a draws maps b travels to space
c travels to different countries
3 Something that is spinning is ______.
a turning round and round
b going very fast
c making a lot of noiseba4 A leap is ______.
a a new place
b a long or high jump
c a walk
5 A sample is _______.
a a rock
b a special kind of rock on the moon
c a small amount of something for
testingbc6 A citizen is ______.
a a person who belongs to a particular
country
b an astronaut
c a person who lives in the cityaMatch the words with the meanings.flight
pilot
navy
selected
out of control
pride a person or a thing that gives people a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction
chosen from a group of people or things
impossible to control
someone who flies a plane
a country’s armed force that flights at sea
journey made in a planetook his first flight at the age of sixbegan taking his flying lessonsreceived his student pilot’s licencejoined the navy and became a naval pilotNeil Armstrongwas elected to become an astronautwent into space as Command Pilot of Gemini 8became the first human that walked on the moonwas the Commander of Apollo 11walked on the moon for 2 hours and 40 minutesSimon is telling Millie about Neil Armstrong. Check if Simon remembers everything correctly.1. Neil Armstrong was born in the 1940s.
2. He flew in a plane when he was six.
3. The Gemini 8 mission was all about star signs.
4. Gemini 8 landed in the USA.TFFFT or F5. Three men from Apollo 11 walked on the moon together.
6. The astronauts took some moon plants back to earth.
7. The US government has never said that the reports about the alien spacecraft are true.
8. Neil Armstrong was awarded the Medal of Freedom.TFFTRead the text and answer the following questions.1. What did Armstrong receive when he was 16?
2. What did Armstrong do when Gemini 8 was out of control?
He received his student pilot’s licence.He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.3. Which was the first spacecraft to land on the moon?
4. What did Armstrong and Aldrin do on the moon?
Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.They walked on the moon and collected rock samples.5. What do people think the aliens tried to do?
6. What was the highest award that
Armstrong received?They think the aliens tried to warn Armstrong and Aldrin to stay away.The Medal of Freedom was the highest award Armstrong received.Read the text again and fill in the blanks with the right words. Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. He took his first _____ at six and received his pilot’s ______ at 16. In 1949, Neil ______ the navy and worked as a ____. He was _______ to be an astronaut in 1962. Four years later, he ________ to join two spacecrafts together in space. flightlicencejoinedpilotselectedmanaged Then the big day came. On 20th July 1969, he ______ Apollo 11 on the moon together with Aldrin. Neil said the famous words ‘one small step for man, one ____ leap for ________’ on the moon. They became ______ after they returned with many rock _______.landedgiantmankindheroessamples However, there are reports that say he and Aldrin saw _____ on the moon. These reports still haven’t been proved. Armstrong got the highest ______ that a US ______ can receive. He is the _____ of the world.aliensawardcitizenprideSum upName: Neil Armstrong
Date of birth: 5th August 1930
Place of birth: Ohio, the USA
Major events:
at 6: took his first flight
at 15: took flying lessons
at 16: received his student pilot’s licenceyoung1949: joined the navy
1962: was selected to be an astronaut
1966: went into space
20th July 1969: walked on the moon
Awards: Medal of FreedomTalk about the famous people.Homework