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课件网) The Call of the Challenger In this class, you will obtain the main information of the process of the Challenger’s disaster. understand the significance of the disaster to the history of human spaceflight. appreciate humans’ brave and courageous spirits in the process of space exploration. Learning objectives 1 The first satellite was launched by the USSR in ___. A 1945 B 1962 C 1957 2 The first person in space was _____. A Robert Crippen B Yuri Gagarin C Neil Armstrong 3 The first person to walk in space was _____. A Alexei Leonov B William McCool C Yang Liwei 4 The first space station was Sylyut, which was launched by _____. A the USA B the USSR C the European Space Agency 5 The first spacecraft to leave the solar system was _____. A Vostok 1 B Discovery C Voyager 1 Do you know these space exploration “ FIRSTS” ？ C B A B C 1 Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers. Part 3 What’s the author’s purpose in writing the article To inform us we should use robot to explore space instead of people. A To warn us not to concentrate on space any more. B To call on us to continue the space exploration no matter how difficult it is. C To tell us the disaster has been over for many years and has no effect on us. D Careful reading 1 Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on踏上；登上 the Moon back on 20 July 1969, people have become accustomed to the notion/concept of space travel. Millions watched that first lunar landing 登月on black and white television sets, their hearts in their mouths,提心吊胆 aware of how arduous/difficult and hazardous an undertaking事业 it was, and of the many things that could go wrong. With Armstrong’s now famous words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, what had once been considered impossible had now been achieved. Guided by a computer (that was much less powerful than the ones used by today’s average school students), all three astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission made it safely back to Earth. Para. 1 自从1969年7月20日尼尔 阿姆斯特朗首次登月以来，人们已习惯于太空旅行这个概念。数百万人在黑白电视机前观看了首次登月，为此激动得心都跳到了嗓子眼儿，因为大家都明白这是一项多么艰难、多么危险的任务，许多地方都可能出错，伴随着阿姆斯特朗说出那句名言 -- “这是个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步，”曾被认为是不可能的事情如今已经实现了。执行“阿波罗11”号任务的三位宇航员在一台计算机的指导下都安全返回地球，这台计算机远不如当今普通学校的学生使用的计算机功能强大。 The Call of the Challenger “挑战者”号的呼唤 one’s heart in one’s mouth心都提到嗓子眼了；吓得要命,吓尿了；十分紧张；焦急万分；提心吊胆 1. With his heart in his mouth, John moved towards the strange sounds. 2. My heart was in my mouth when I walked into her office. ②Following the Moon landings, space travel rapidly/speedily became unexceptional(平常的) to the public, as(随着) innovations(创新，革新，新方法) s ... ...
