高二英语上Module 5 The conquest of the universe Reading课件[上学期]

课件11张PPT。Module 5The conquest of the universeReadingWhat do you think of the job of astronauts?Please tell us what happened in these years.

1961:
1969:
1973:
1986:
Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the
first man in space. American astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the
first man to set foot on the moon.
Pioneer 10 becomes the first spaceship to fly past
Jupiter.
Seven American astronauts are killed just over
a minute after taking off in Challenger.
Read the text quickly and fast and then tick the following
subjects that are talked about in the text.
the first landing on the Moon. ( )
B. the first shuttle flight into space. ( )
C. the first landing on Mars ( )
D. the explosion of the Challenger ( )
E. China’s first taikonaut Yang Liwei. ( )
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Part 1
Para 1 ----
Para 2 -----
Para 3-5----
Part 2:
the first Moon landing. the first shuttle flight into space. the explosion of the Challenger. the writer’s witness of the explosion of the
Challenger.
Read the text again and sum up the main idea of each paragraph.Work in pairs and then answer the questions in activity 1.
1.Why does the writer call the passage Space: the Frontier?
2. How did people feel when they watched the first moon
landing?
3.How did people feel about space travel a few years later?
4.What was different about the space shuttle?
5. Why did people want to watch the Challenger take off?
???? Because there are no new places left on Earth for human
to discover but we have not yet explored space.
Excited but nervous. ??? They got used to it and thought it was safe and normal.
?? The space shuttle could be used many times.
Because it was a new spacecraft and it had a teacher on
board as well as astronauts.
Space flight was still dangerous 6. What did the Challenger disaster teach the world?
Read Part 2 of the passage. Work in pairs and describe :

1.how the boy felt before the take-off
2. what happened when the Challenger exploded.

3.?how he felt after witnessing the accident on TV.

4.? what he thought about space travel a few weeks later.
He was very excited. They all started screaming. He was in a state of shock. He was not sure it was worth exploring space if people
were going to die. Match the words in the box with their meanings.
accustomed assume civilian enthusiastic explore
mankind patience shuttle witness1.to see something happen, for example an important
event, or a crime_________________
2.to think that something is true,even if you are not sure
________
3.a vehicle that goes to a place and comes back_________
4. an ordinary person who is not in the armed forces or
the police__________
5. To burst with a lot of force and loud noise_________
6. Very interested in something or excited by it____________
7.the ability to stay calm,especially when you have to wait
for something__________
8.all the people in the world_________
9.getting used to something_____________
witness assume shuttle civilian explode enthusiastic patience mankind accustomedIf you get a chance, would you like to go
on a journey into space? Why/Why not?
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DiscussionHomeworkSearch on the Internet about the history about how man conquer the universe. Write a short
composition and report it to the class next week.退出The end