Space：ThefinalfrontierUnit4SpaceExplorationReadingandthinkingWatchavideoaboutShenzhou12

anddiscussthefollowingquestions.1、Whatinformationdidyougetfromit?2、Whatdoyouthinkarethemainreasonsforspaceexploration?01FastReadingWhatdoyouthinkarethemainreasonsforspaceexploration?Themainreasonsforspaceexplorationareto______________________________________,____________________________________________,____________________________________________,____________________________________________….exploreandlearnmoreabouttheuniversediscover

otherplanetssuitableforhumanstoliveonfindotherusefulmaterialsonotherplanetscontributeto

scientificandmedicaldevelopmentWhatdoyouexpecttoreadaboutinthetext?Iexpecttoreadaboutthedevelopmentofspaceexploration.Iexpecttoreadabouttheaccidentsinspaceexploration.Iexpecttoreadaboutthefutureofspaceexploration....Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromthetext.Choosethecorrectsentencetofilleachgap.

Readandchoosethemissinginformation.1.Whichsentencesaregeneralstatementsthatcouldserveastopicsentencesforparagraphs?2.Whichsentencecontainsaconnectingwordwhichindicatesthatitisapartofalistofdetails?3.Whichsentencebeginswithasequencingwordshowingthatitisprobablyadetailfromthemiddleofanarrative?PredictionA.aborderbetweentwocountriesB.anareathatisunknownWhatinformationwillwegetfromthetext?theexplorationonthemoonaccidentsduringtheexplorationfacilitiesandequipment阿波羅11號登月挑戰(zhàn)者號飛機失事“玉兔”號月球車標(biāo)題文字添加thisisasampletext.insertyourdesiredtexthere.Again.thisisadummytext.標(biāo)題文字添加thisisasampletext.insertyourdesiredtexthere.Again.thisisadummytext.標(biāo)題文字添加thisisasampletext.insertyourdesiredtexthere.Again.thisisadummytext.Readthetext,thenchoosethecorrectsentenceA-Dtofilleachgap.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.太空探索已經(jīng)取得了長足的進(jìn)步，我們現(xiàn)在希望能發(fā)現(xiàn)其他適合生命生存的行星。無數(shù)次實驗后，他們成功研制出能夠擺脫地心引力的火箭。太空探索的未來依舊光明。雖然科學(xué)家們極力確保萬無一失，但事故仍時有發(fā)生。While-reading02WhileReadingTimeEventsOn4October1957TheSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.On12April1961On20July1969On5September1977In2003Makea

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aboutthedevelopmentofspaceexplorationPara1:Para2:Para3:Para4:Para5:the______toexploretheouterspaceearlier_____________ofspaceexplorationcontinuous______inspiteof________________developmentofspaceexploration______futureofspaceexplorationUsekeywordstosummarisethemainideaforeachparagraph.desireachievementseffortsdisasters/risksChina’sbrightDetailedreading:thedesire(Para.1)Peoplearealwayscuriousabout______,sotheymake_______tocarry____________intospace:soasto_______thesecretsoftheuniversesoasto_____________________________________spacevehiclesfindoutdiscoverotherplanetssuitableenoughtosupportlifebravepeoplemostpeople

animpossibledreamdidnothingsomescientistsweredeterminedtorealisethisdreamdidmanyexperimentsaftermanyexperimentson4Oct.1957on12Apr.1961on20July1969on5Sep.1977succeededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravitytheSputniksatellitewaslaunched…andsuccessfullyorbitedaround…YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersontogointospaceNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoonAmerican’sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyagertostudydeepspacearealityNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(美國）國家航空與航天局Detailedreading:earlierachievements(Para.2)Whatistheproperattitudetowardspaceexploration?

pessimistic.disappointed.C.puzzled.D.positive.Readpara.5andchoosethecorrectanswer.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.ManycountrieshaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopetomakemorevaluablediscoveriesthatwillenablethehumanracetosurvivewellintothefuture.Whatdopeoplewanttodowhenlookingupatthestars?Theywanttolearnmoreaboutspace.Whydoscientistsdesignvehicles?Tocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.Para1“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”Peoplehavealwayslookedupatthestarsandwonderedaboutspace.Today,scientistsdesignvehiclestocarryastronautsintospacetomakeimportantdiscoveries.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.

Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream.However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,“That’sonesmallstepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankind.”Followingthis,manymoregoalswereachieved.Forexample,America’sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1on5September1977tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatoday.AndtheInternationalSpaceStation(1998)hasprovidedacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace,withastronautsfrommanydifferentcountriesonboard.Para.2What’sthetopicsentenceinPara.2?However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.Readthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.3、Whatistheattitudetothespaceexploration?A.Supportive. B.Neutral.C.Objective. D.Negative.WhileReading03PostReadingCriticalthinking1、Whatdoyouthinkofthespaceexploration?Doyousupportit?Whyorwhynot?

2、Ifsomeoneisdeterminedtobeanastronaut,whatshouldhe/sheprepareatpresent?Events

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