外研版选修8 Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe Reading and vocabulary 课件(34张PPT)

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Module 5 The conquest
of the Universe
Mercury
Venus
earth
Moon
MARS
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The sun
comit
planet
Introduction: Brainstorm
Vocabulary
the universe
conquest space
spaceship
space probe
launch
beautiful image
astronaut astronomy(天文学)
杨利伟
ShenzhouV
-2003.10
费俊龙/聂海胜
ShenzhouVI
-2005.10
翟志刚
刘伯明
景海鹏
ShenzhouVII—2008.9
Introduction(Activity1 on p57)
Match the events with the dates.
1961 1969 1973 1975
1986 2001 2003 2005
a. Yang Liwei becomes the first
Chinese astronaut. He describes the
experience as marvelous. ______
2003
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”. ______
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(太空飞行任务). ___
2001
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 programme. _______
1986
e. Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. It takes him just 108 minutes to go round the world. ______
1961
f. The American Viking 1 mission lands on Mars and sends back good quality photos. ______
1976
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. ______
1973
h. Nearly seven years after being launched, the Cassini space probe reaches Saturn. It sends beautiful images of Saturn’s rings back to Earth. _____
2005
Find out the main idea of each part.
Part 1:
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
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.
2. Decide whether the statements below are true or false:
(1) Armstrong is the first one to set foot on the moon back in 1969.
(2) Space shuttle could only be used for once.
(3) The aim of the Columbia was to test the new shuttle system.
(4) The Challenger took off on 12th April, 1981.
(5) Christa McAuliffe never came back to her classroom.
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F
T
F
T
Read Part 1 of the passage and
answer the questions.(Activity1 on p59)
1. Why does the writer call the passage Space: the Final Frontier?
Because there are no new places left on Earth for humans to discover but we have not yet explored space.
2. How did people feel when they watched the first moon landing?
Excited but nervous. (Their hearts are in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken)
heart in one’s mouth 提心吊胆, 胆战心惊
With my heart in my mouth, I went for an interview.
They got used to it and thought it was safe and normal.
3. How did people feel about space travel a few years later?
4. Why did people want to watch the Challenger take off ?
Because it was a new spacecraft and it had a teacher on board as well as astronauts.
Read Part 2 of the passage. Work in pairs and describe:(Activity2)
1. how the boy felt before the take-off
He was very excited and didn’t have much patience waiting for the launch.
A strange red and orange light appeared in the sky, followed by a cloud of white smoke and people all started screaming.
2. what happened when the Challenger exploded
Match the words in the box with their meanings.(Activity3)
1. to see something happen, for example an important event, or a crime
_______
accustomed assume civilian
enthusiastic explode mankind
patience shuttle witness
witness
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 _______
assume
shuttle
civilian
explode
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 __________
enthusiastic
patience
mankind
accustomed
1. Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, people have become accustomed to the idea of space travel.
be/become accustomed to 习惯于
例:Our foreign teacher soon become accustomed to Chinese food.
Language Points
2. Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was…
heart in one’s mouth 提心吊胆, 胆
战心惊
With my heart in my mouth, I went for an interview.
My heart was in my mouth as I went into the haunted house.
2) be aware of 意识到,明白
Lost in thought, she was not aware of
the time.
He was not aware of having done wrong.
It was several minutes before I was
aware of what was happening.
3. An ordinary teacher, Christa McAuliffe, 37, who was married with two children, was to be the first civilian in space.
be to 表示安排意向或目的
My brother is to be married.
4.The world was in shock ---maybe they assumed this space flight would be no more dangerous than getting on an aeroplane.
1) n. 强烈的冲击或震动:
They were white with shock.
2) v. 使(某人)震惊:
It shocked me to see how my neighbors treated their children.
in shock 处于极度震惊状态
5. In spite of all our advanced technology, the world is still only at the very beginning of its voyage into space.
in spite of 尽管,不顾
She rushed out in spite of the heavy rain.
6. take off
1) ( 从身上)除掉, 脱下(衣物等):
He took off his hat and bowed politely as he passed.
2) (指飞机等)起飞:
A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up
or down.

3) 取消,停止使用
They’ve had to take two of the evening buses off this route because of a shortage of crews.
7. It happened so quickly and everyone was in a state of shock.
in a state of 处于…状态
Everything was is in a state of isorder.
For some days the family lived in a state of excitement.
8. at the very beginning of… 在…初
At the beginning of June an event occurred.
A war broke out at the beginning of the century.
Homework
An oral speech : briefly introduce Yang Liwei and talk about your dream!
Module 5 The conquest of the Universe
the Universe
Conquest space
Spaceshipthe
Space probe
Astronaut
Astronomy
beautiful image
The main idea of each part
Part 1:
Part 1:The first Moon landing
Part 2:The first shuttle flight into space
Part 3:The explosion of the chanllenger
Part 2:
The writer’swithness of the explosion of the chanllenger
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