Unit4

SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingandThinking

“Space,thefinalfrontier.ThesearethevoyagesofstarshipEnterprise,herongoingmission:to________strangenewworlds,toseekout______________andcivilsations,toboldly(勇敢地)gowherenomanhasgone

before.”

——JamesKirk宇宙，人類最后的邊疆。這是企業號星艦的航程。它的任務，是繼續去探索未知的新世界，找尋新的生命和新的文明，勇敢地航向前人所未至的領域。----StarTrek星際迷航newlifeforms

explore1.ThereareeightplanetsintheSolarSystem.

FT

2.Footprintsleftbyastronautson

thelunarsurface(月球表面)would

disappear.3.ThehottestplanetinthesolarsystemisVenus(金星).

462℃TLead-inLet’slauncharocket!

astronaut

space/universespacecraft/vehicle

Activity1:ReadandPredictWhatwillbetalkedaboutinthetextAlthoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.The

future

ofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.BDACfuturesucceededin

Activity2:ReadandFilltodiscoversucceededinaccidentsfutureaccidentstodiscover1.WhatkindofpassageisitA.Apieceofnews.B.Apopularsciencearticle.

C.Atraveljournal.D.Anovel.2.WherecanyoufindthiskindofpassageA.NewspaperB.NovelC.MagazineD.Sciencebook科普文科普文又稱大眾科學或普及科學，是以淺顯、通俗易懂的文字讓公眾了解科技領域的知識的一種文章。其特點：短小性、知識性和準確性、文學性、思想性。閱讀時，可看作是科技說明文。Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Mainideaofeachparagraph

ReadtofillgapsChoosethecorrectsentencesA--Dtofilleachgapinthetext.A.

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.

Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.

Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.“ArewealoneWhat’soutthere”Lookingupatthestars,peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse._____.遞進BBDACpurposes

Activity3:Readformainideatodiscoversucceededinaccidentsfutureachievementsaccidents&hopefuture？China’sprogressachievementsaccidents&hopefuturetodiscoversucceededinpurposesTip1:Togetmainidea,payattentiontotherepeatedinformation.While-readingpara2achievements

Activity4:ReadforDetailInwhatorderistheparagraphorganizedHowdoyouknow---Intimeorder.Wecanknowitfromthedateandtimewords.While-readingWhatwerethescientists’achievementstimeorderdatesuccessbeforethemid-20thcenturytravellingintospaceis1.__________________1957TheSputnik12._____________________bytheUSSR,3.____________aroundEarthafterwardstheUSSRfocusedon4.____________________1961YuriGagarin,the5.______________________________togointospaceovereightyearslater1969NeilArmstrong6.____________________followingthis1977Voyager1wassentto7.____________________animpossibledreamsatellitewaslaunchedorbitedsendingpeopleintospacefirstpersonintheworldsteppedontothemoonstudydeepspaceWhydoesthewriterusethetimeorderintheparagraphA.Toexplainwhyhumanbeingsarecuriousaboutspaceexploration.B.Toshowhowhumansrealisethedreamstepbystep.C.Toshowhowdifficultitistorealizethedream.While-readingExplorethespaceBeforethemid-20thcenturyAnimpossibledreamIn1957AfterwardsIn1961OvereightyearslaterIn1969FollowingthisIn1977DreamTimeSatellitewaslaunched/orbitedaroundtheearthby

theUSSR.Sentpeopleintospace

by

theUSSR.SteppedontothemoontheUSStudydeepspace

theUStheSputnik1theVoyager1OnlytheUSSR(前蘇聯）andtheUSarementionedintheearly20thcentury,whybeforethemid-20thcentury4Oct.195712Apr.196120Jul.19695Sep.1977TheSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbttheUSSRYuriGagarin,hefirstpersontogointospaceNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoonVoyager1wassenttostudydeepspace,andtransmitsdatatodayTheUSATheUSSRVSWhywasspaceexplorationmainlycarriedoutbytheUSSRandtheUSinthe20thcenturytheColdWarcompetitionbetweentwosuperpowersFurtherthinking:beforethemid-20thcentury4Oct.195712Apr.196120Jul.19695Sep.1977TheSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbttheUSSRYuriGagarin,hefirstpersontogointospaceNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoonVoyager1wassenttostudydeepspace,andtransmitsdatatodaymainidea:Spacetravelbecame__________inthe20thcenturywith________and________________remarkablemission.theSovietUnionAmerican

arealityimpossibledreamUseyourownwordstosummarizethemainideaforeachparagraphParagraph1:Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Paragraph4:Paragraph5:The

forspaceexploration.The

ofspaceexploration.The

ofspaceexploration.China’sspace

(計劃，規劃，安排，節目).The

ofspaceexploration.

reasons

developmentriskprogramme

futureReadformainidea“ArewealoneWhat’soutthere”Lookingupatthestars,peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.①“ArewealoneWhat’soutthere”Lookingupatthestarsandwonderedaboutspace.Todayscientistdesignvehiclestocarryastronautsintospacetotomakeimportantdiscoveries.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.抬頭看交通工具太空探索合適的維持生命想知道

②Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream./However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace./Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmaking

rocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity./On4October1957,theSputnik1

satellitewaslunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth./Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.太空探索決定做某事實現他們的夢想成功做某事制作火箭逃離地球的引力旅伴一號人造衛星發射圍繞地球運行專注于載人飛行

②Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,“That’sonesmallstepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankind.”/Followingthis,manymoregoalswereachieved./Forexample,America’sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1on5September1977tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatoday./AndtheinternationalSpaceStation(1998)hasprovidedacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace,withastronautsfrommanydifferentc