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课件网) Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and Thinking: Learn about the development of space exploration Teaching objectives By the end of this period, you will be able to Find the correct sentence to connect paragraphs or sentences; Summarize the main idea of each paragraph; Learn and practice language points. Warm up Guess the name of the astronauts. Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Union Neil Armstrong, the US the first man to travel into space in 1961 the first person to walk on the moon in 1969 astronaut pioneer Warm up Discuss these questions with your partner. Are you curious about the universe What do you want to know about it What have been done to explore the universe If you had a chance to travel into space, what would you like to do What has our country done to explore the universe in the past few years Before-reading Discuss and predict the content according to the title According to the title and illustrations, can you infer what the passage include man’s first success moon spacewalk America's challenger exploded China Jade Rabbit on the moon achieve-ments accidents/challenges China’s progress Space: the Final Frontier Before-reading Discuss the following questions 1. What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration 2. What do you expect to read about in this text 3. What kind of passage is it f passage 4. Where can you find this kind of passage The main reasons for space exploration are to further human exploration and to gather knowledge of the universe. I expect to read about the future of space travel. Popular science article. (科普文) In newspapers or magazines. While-reading Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from it. Choose the correct sentences (A-D) to fill each gap Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. The future of space exploration remains bright. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. While-reading Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from it. Choose the correct sentences (A-D) to fill each gap C D B A While-reading The topic sentence in each paragraph Humans have always had a natural curiosity about space. Space travel became a reality in the 20th century, with American and Soviet space missions. Space travel has always involved great risk, but despite the risks exploration continues. China has made great progress in space exploration in the early 21st century, becoming only the third country to send humans to space. The future of space exploration looks bright, as many countries are planning further missions. While-reading Choose the right event to complete the timeline. A. American Voyager 1 was launched to study deep space and it still transmits data today. B. Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world to go into space. C. China ha ... ...
