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课件网) Module 3 Unit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet. Reading Video: The lunar exploration (月球探秘) universe galaxy→galaxies solar system star planet Are we alone 1 2 能记住并正确运用本课时的新单词和短语。 能根据任务导向自主阅读, 掌握看图片或识标题猜测文章大意的阅读技巧, 从简单的文本中获取有关太空探索的信息。 目标:掌握看图片或识标题猜测文章大意的阅读技巧, 获取有关太空探索的信息 Activity 1 Before reading, let's check the new words and phrases first. system environment none that impossible light out universe solar group solar system communicate Activity 2 1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about what you know about Chinese spaceships. Shenzhou-9 is a manned spaceship. 神九飞船是中国航天载人宇宙飞船。2012年6月16日18时，神舟九号发射升空。2012年6月18日11时左右转入自主控制飞行，14时左右与天宫一号实施自动交会对接，2012年6月29日10:03分安全返回。 Activity 3 Read the passage and finish the tasks. Task 1: Which is the best title for it 1) Anyone out there 2) Life on the earth 3) The sun and other stars 4) The stars at night When you read a passage with a title and pictures, think about the words you may find in the passage, and the questions you may want to ask before you start to read. Learning to learn Task 2: Read the passage quickly, then check(√) the true sentences. 1.The earth is a star. _____ 2.The sun is a star. _____ 3.There is more than one galaxy in the universe. _____ 4.The light from the stars in other galaxies has travelled for a long time to reach us. _____ 5.Scientists have received many messages from space. _____ 6.Spaceships have visited most of the universe. _____ × √ √ × √ × Task 3.1: Read Paragraph 1 carefully and answer the questions. 1. How long has there been life on the earth 2. Have we found life on any other planets yet There has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. No, we haven’t. universe solar system the sun the earth Task 3.2: Read Para. 2 and Para. 3 carefully and fill in the blanks. Task 3.3: Read Para. 4 and Para. 5 carefully and answer the questions. 1.Have spaceships travelled far enough to reach other stars in our Galaxy 2. Is there life out the solar system in space No, no spaceship yet. We do not know the answers…yet. Activity 4 Work in groups. Find out some language points that you think are important and share their use with your classmates and give some examples. Language points:_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Language points 1. Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. millions of 数百万 hundreds of 数百 thousands of 成千上万 billions of 数十亿 e.g. There are billions of stars in the Galaxy, and the sun is only one of them. 2. None of them has an environment like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them. 【拓展】none of … 表示（三个以上）一个也没有; 做主语时，谓语动词可用单数或复数。 e.g. None of us is / are interested ... ...
