1、Neil Armstrong太空行走太空行走左为左为 阿姆斯特朗阿姆斯特朗人类首次登月人类首次登月1.Match the events with the dates.1961 1969 1973 1976 1986 2001 2003 2005a.Yang Liwei becomes the first Chinese astronaut.He describes the experience as marvelous._2003b.American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon.He describe
2、s the moment as“One small step for man,one giant leap for mankind”._1969c.A 60-year-old American,Denis Tito,becomes the first space tourist.He spends eight days on board the Russian part of a joint USA-Russia space mission._2001d.Seven American astronauts are killed just over a minute after taking o
3、ff in Challenger.It is the biggest space disaster so far,and slows down the American space program._1986e.Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.It takes him just 108 minutes to go round the world._1961f.The American Viking 1 mission lands on Mars and sends back good quality photos._197
4、6g.Pioneer 10 becomes the first spaceship to fly past Jupiter.It is headed for the red star Aldebaran,which it will reach in two million years time._1973h.Nearly seven years after being launched,the Cassini space probe reaches Saturn.It sends beautiful images of Saturns rings back to Earth._20052.Ch
5、eck the events which you think are possible.Write the year in which you think they will happen.1)An international organization is created to control all space travel.2)A permanent base for scientific research is set up on the moon.3)Lots of families choose to spend their holidays in space.4)The first astronauts land on Mars.5)Humans establish contact with life on another planet.Work in pairs.Discuss your answers and think of other events which will happen in space in the future.
