1、The Conquest of the Universe-Reading and Vocabulary 2 Writing Task教案 Step1. Revision: Let the students explain the words and phrases in Everyday English Step2. Reading and Vocabulary 2 1. Show some pictures for the students to enjoy. 2. Activity1 Read and listen to the passage and decide what the ph

2、otos show.1. Ask the students to do these sentences individually, and then check with their partners.2 Call back the answers from the whole class; 3The teacher tells the students the correct answers.3. Activity2 Decide where the passage comes from. 1 a newspaper article 2 a scientific report 3 a sch

3、ool scientific textbook 4 a collection of photographs 1. Ask the students to do this individually, then check with their partners.2 Call back the answers from the whole class; 3The teacher tells the students the correct answers.4. Activity3 Choose the best summary for the passage.1 / 5 Using the Cas

4、sini-Huygens space probe, an international space project has proved that Saturn is light enough to float on water, and that one of its moons, Titan, has liquid on the surface like the Earth.Titan and Phoebe are two of Saturn moons, and are made of a mixture of tiny pieces of rock water and frozen ga

5、ses. They look very much like the Earth and our Moon. The photos taken by the space probe are so clear that it is easy to forget how far they come. The Cassini-Huygens space probe, which was launched in 1997 to explore Saturn. has sent back photos of the planet and its moons from a distance of one-a

6、nd-a-half-billion kilometres.5. Activity4Work in pairs and answer the questions.1. What is the purpose of the Cassini-Huvgens space probe.2 How do the photographs show Saturns different rings.3 What are Saturns blue and green rings made of. 4. What is Saturn made of. 5. Why would it be possible for

7、Saturn to float. 6. When was the space probe launched. 7. What are Phoebe and Titan. 8. What is unusual about Phoebe. 9. What has Titan got in common with the Earth. 10. What is amazing about the images that the probe has sent back.6. Activity5 Match the words with their meanings 2 / 5 1. Ask the st

8、udents to do this individually, then check with their partners.2 Call back the answers from the whole class; 3The teacher tells the students the correct answers.7. Activity6 Step3. Main language points in the text. other than 除了 =apart from Theres nobody here other than me. 這兒除了我沒有別人； none no other

9、than不是別人,正是 The winner of “ journalist of the year ” was none other than the daughter of the editor.This is no other than my old friend, John 這位不是別人,正是我的老伴侶約翰；Step4. Writing 1. Activity 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions about the passage on Page64 1 What tense does the writer use to give the ne

10、ws in the first sentence. 2 What other tenses does the writer use . 3 How does the writer keep the readers interest.4 What verb forms does the writer use for opinions.3 / 5 5 In what respect does the writer comparea Saturn and b Titan and Phoebe. 2. Activity2 Read the passage again and find sentence

11、s which show these features:1 the main news 2 extra details 3 the history 4 a surprising fact 5 an expert opinion 6 the future 3. Activity3 Imagine a space probe or mission and make notes for a newspaper article. Use the features in Activity2 to help you.4. Activity4 Write the newspaper article using your notes. Make sure you keep the readers interested.Show the students a sample to have a look. Step5. Task 1. Activity 1 Work in pairs. Find out the most important moments in the history of Chinese space exploration, and make a note of the dates.2. Activity 2 Write short Descripti