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课件网) Unit 4 Space Exploration Listening & Speaking & Talking Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. --Neil Armstrong 神秘创造奇迹，而奇迹是人类渴望理解的基础。 Learning Aims: 1. Know about the detailed information about how Yang Liwei became an astronaut. 2. Summarize the requirements for becoming an astronaut. 3. Obtain the information related to numbers accurately in terms of proper listening strategy. 4. Talk with their peers about whether they would like to be an astronaut. Do you know the selection procedure Step I Lead in Do you know these astronauts Yuri Gagarin 加加林 the Soviet Union Neil Armstrong 阿姆斯特朗 the USA 刘洋 杨利伟 Step II While Reading Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements. Listen to an interview with Yang Liwei to learn how he became China’s first astronaut. 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. √ √ √ Step II While Reading Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks. Interviewer: Today _____, the first Chinese astronaut. Welcome to the show, Mr Yang. Mr Yang: Thank you. Interviewer: Mr Yang, our audience is very _____ about how you _____ China's first astronaut. _____. Did you always want to be an astronaut we are very pleased to chat with Mr. Yang Liwei curious succeeded in becoming It must have been a very difficult thing to achieve Step II While Reading Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks. Mr Yang: Yes, I _____ it when I was young, but I never thought my wish would _____. It took a long time. _____, I got my college degree when I was 22, _____ I worked as a _____ for around 10 years. I finally became China's first astronaut when I was 38 years old. Interviewer: Oh, so you must be a really _____ pilot. Do you think that was _____ why you were chosen for the space programme Mr Yang: Sure, I had 1, 350 hours of flight experience, _____. Interviewer: So how difficult was it to join the space programme dreamt of come true First and then fight pilot experienced one of the reasons which I think really helped me Step II While Reading Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks. Mr Yang: There was _____. Altogether, 14 of us were chosen from among 1, 500 pilots to train for _____. Interviewer: _____. Did you also have to be a certain _____ Mr Yang: Yes, at the time, you had to be _____ 172 centimetres _____ and weigh _____ 70 kilograms. You also had to be in perfect _____ and perfect _____. a lot of competition space flights That sounds really difficult size and weight shorter than in height less than he ... ...
