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课件网) Listening and speaking Unit 4 Space Exploration What do you know about Space Exploration Space Exploration value significance famous astronauts achievement definition history What is Space Exploration Space exploration, the investigation, by means of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft, of the reaches of the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere and the use of the information so gained to increase knowledge of the universe and benefit humanity. Lead-in When you look up at the sky, what will you think of It’s so mysterious that human always want to explore more about it. Who can do this astronaut [ str n t](美) cosmonaut[ k zm n t]（俄） taikongnaut（中） Do you know some famous astronauts from China or abroad Lead-in The first man going into the space: Yuri Gagarin (尤里 加加林) Soviet cosmonaut in 1961 (前苏联宇航员) Listen to an interview with Yang Liwei to learn how he became China’s first astronaut. interviewer interviewee While-listening Activity 2 Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements. 1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut. 2. Mr. Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day. 3. Mr. Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people. 4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience. 5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training. adj.精神的， 思想的 1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut. 2. Mr. Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day. Yes, I _____ _____it when I was very young, but I _____ _____ it would come true. dreamt of never thought 3. Mr. Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people. 4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience. 5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training. Altogether, ____of us were chosen from among…to train for space flights. 14 I had 1,350 hours of flight experience, which I think really _____me. helped Listen for numbers Number questions are typically related to: time, telephone numbers, addresses, prices, weights, distances, etc. When you listen for numbers, you need to pay special attention to big numbers as well as those that sound quite similar, such as thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc. big numbers 5350 (five thousand three hundred and fifty) similar sounds thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty (stress) measure words 10 ys (years), 80 kg (kilograms), 184 cm (centimetres), 75 km (kilometres) Before you listen, identify the types of questions for the following sentences. 1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of _____. 2. Before he joined China's space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for _____ years. 3. Mr Yang w ... ...
