Space：ThefinalfrontierUnit4SpaceExplorationReadingandthinkingsatellite

n.人造衛(wèi)星，衛(wèi)星launch

vt.&n.發(fā)射，發(fā)起，上市orbit

n.軌道:勢力范圍vt.&vi.沿軌道運(yùn)行:環(huán).運(yùn)行g(shù)iant

adj.巨大的，偉大的n.巨人，巨獸，偉人leap

n.跳躍，劇增，巨變vi.&v.跳過:躍過mankind

n.人類agency

n.專門機(jī)構(gòu)，服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)，代理處transmit

vt.&vi.傳輸，傳送data

n.[pl.]資料，數(shù)據(jù)disappointed

adj.失望的，沮喪的desire

n.渴望，欲望vt.渴望，期望carryon

繼續(xù)做，堅(jiān)持干Previewongoing adj.持續(xù)存在的，仍在進(jìn)行的；不斷發(fā)展的onboard

在宇宙飛船上，在船上，在飛機(jī)上independently

adv.獨(dú)立地，自立地independent

adj.獨(dú)立的:自立的spacecraft

n.航天器，宇宙飛船spacewalk

n.太空行走，太空行走時間jade

n.玉，翡翠，玉器dock vi.&vt.對接，進(jìn)港n.碼頭，船塢signal vt.&vi標(biāo)志著，，發(fā)信號n.信號，標(biāo)志inthehopeofdoingsth

抱著...的希望PreviewBytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto...1.learnaboutthedevelopmentandsignificanthistoricaleventsofspaceexploration.2.learnaboutChina'sachievementsinspaceandcontributionstospaceexploration.3.analyzethestructureofthearticleandsummarizethemainideaforeachparagraph.4.expressyouropinionsonspaceexploration.TeachingobjectivesBrainstormingUseyourknowledgeandchoosethecorrectanswers.(1)Howoldistheearth?A.About3.5bllionyears

B.About4.sillionyears.C.About5.5illionyears.

D.About6.5ilionyears.(2)

oftheearthsurfaceiscoveredbywater.A.20%

B.30%

C.50%

D.70%(3)HowmanyplanetsarethereintheSolarSystem?A.6.

B.7.

C.8.

D.9.(4)Whatisthetotalpopulationofhumansontheearth?A.About3.5billion.

B.About4.5billion.C.About5.5billion.

D.About7.5billion.被...覆蓋太陽系總數(shù)量(5)Howlongdoestherotation(自轉(zhuǎn))oftheearthtake?A.12hours.

B.24hours.

C.amonth.

D.365days.(6)Whichcontinentisthesmallest?A.Africa.B.NorthAmerica.

C.SouthAmerica.

D.Oceania.(7)OnwhatdayistheEarthdaycelebrated?A.April22.B.May4.C.August21.D.November11.(8)Whichoceanisthelargest?A.ThePacificOcean.B.TheArcticOcean.C.TheIndianOcean.D.TheAtlanticOcean,Brainstorming最高級前要加冠詞the(9)Whichcountryhasthelargestarea?A.Canada.B.China.C.Russia.D.USA.(10)WhoisChina'sfirstastronauttogointospace?A.FeiJunlong.B.NieHaisheng.C.YangLiwei.D.JingHaipeng.Brainstormingtodo不定式作后置定語Pre-readingTest

youself：Lookatthefollowingpicurer.WhataretheChinesenamesoftheeightplanetsthatcirclethesun?(1)

Mercury(2)

Venus(3)

Earth(4)

Mars(5)

Jupiter(6)

Saturn(7)

Uranus(8)

Neptune①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧水星金星地球火星木星土星天王星海王星Pre-readingBeforeyoureadthepassage,lookatthetitleandthephotosandthendiscussthesequestions.(1)Whatdoyouthinkarethemainreasonsforspaceexploration?(2)Whatdoyouexpecttoreadaboutinthepassage?Themainreasonsforspaceexplorationaretofurtherhumanexplorationandtogathaerknowledgeoftheuiverse.Iexpeettoreadaboutthehistoryofspacetravel,thereasonswhyweexplorespace，whatspaceexplorationhasgivenus,howwecontinetoexplorefurther,etc.期待干某事While-readingReadthepassageonPages40-41andthenmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.(1)Para1

AChina'sdevelopmentofspaceexploration.(2)Para2

B.Earlierachievementsofspaceexploration.(3)Para.3 C.Brightfutureofspaceexploration.(4)Para.4

D.Thedesiretoexploretheouterspace.(5)Para.5

E.Continuouseffortinspiteofdisasters.做...的愿望不管，不論n.發(fā)展v.developn.成就v.achieven.探索，發(fā)現(xiàn)v.exploreReadthetext.Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence(A-D)tofilleachgap.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.ReadthepassageonPages40-41andanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)WhendidNeilArmstrongstepontothemoon?A.On4October1957.

B.On12April1961.C.On20July1969.

D.On5September1977.(2)Whydidthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdie?A.Becausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexploration.B.Becausetheastronautsfromdifferentcountrieswanttogointospace.C.Becausescientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrongintheuniverse.D.Becausescientistswishtofindothercreaturesintheuniverse.While-reading踏上相信，堅(jiān)信n.重要性adj.important確信(3)HowisParagraph2organized?A.Bygivingexamples.B.Inorderofspace.C.Bycomparison.D.Bylistingnumbers.(4)What'sthemainideaofParagraph4?A.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003.B.China'sspaceprogrammestartedlaterbutithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.C.Shenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbit.D.ChinahassentChang'e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoon.While-readingadv.獨(dú)立地adj.independent反義詞：dependent（ly)取得很大的進(jìn)步短時間內(nèi)Post-readingFillintheblanksaccordingtotheassageonPage40-41.TimeEventsOn4October1957TheSputnik1stllitewas

bytheUSSRandsuccessfully

aroundEarth.On12April1961YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworld

intospace.On20July

.

Armstrongsteppedontothemoon,saying,"That'sonesmallstepforaman,onegiant

formankind."On5September1977AmericalaunchedVoyager1tostudy

space,anditstill

datatoday.In

.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldto

sendhumansintospaceandYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5saecraft.launchedorbitedtogoleapdeeptransmitindependently19692003B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.aloneadj.&adv.獨(dú)自，單獨(dú)lonelyadj.孤獨(dú)的looking...現(xiàn)在分詞作時間狀語=whenpeoplearelookingup...lookup抬頭看，仰望wishtodo希望干某事suitableadj.適合的suitv.&n.適合一套

D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'