1、Language Points Unit 4 Space ExplorationVocabulary accumulation 1.multistage rocket _ 2.artificial satellite _ 3.landing pad _ 4.lunar module _ 5.service module _ 6. return capsule _ 登月舱人造卫星着陆架多级火箭返回舱服务舱7. obital capsule _ 8. space suit _ 9. travelling into space _10. Space Telescope _11.manned spac
2、eship _12.escape tower _逃逸塔太空服太空望远镜太空旅行载人飞船轨道舱Complete the passage with words from the text. M _ is exploring space in the hope of finding out more about the u_. However, exploring space is both dangerous and challenging. One of the most dangerous parts of space exploration is helping people to esca
3、pe Earths g_. If there is a mistake during the I_, it can lead to an accident that kills everyone on b_. Getting out of o_ and back to Earths surface is also very dangerous. Despite the huge risks though, people will always continue to explore this final f_ so as to learn its secrets.ankindniversera
4、vityaunchoardrbitrontier例1：他决心要学英语。_.例2：是什么使她下定决心要嫁给他?_? determine v. 确定；决定；查明【用法】 determine to do determine sb. to do determine+that从句determination n. 决心；果断；测定determined adj.决定了的；坚决的However, some scientists were determined to help humans realise their dream to explore space. 1句意：然而，有些科学家下定决心要帮助人类实现
5、探索太空的梦想。What determined her to marry himHe determined to learn Englishlaunch v. launches-launching-launched 发射；把（航天器、武器等）发射上天 开始从事，发起，发动（尤指有组织的活动）On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite was launched by the USSR and successfully orbited around Earth.2句意：1957年10月4日，“旅伴一号”人造卫星在苏联发射升空，并成功环绕地球运行。例1：美国
6、国家航空航天局计划发射一颗卫星来研究宇宙射线。NASA plans to _ to study cosmic rays.例2:政府将于明年开始一项公共工程计划。The government will _ next year.launch an public works programlaunch a satelliteorbit n. （天体等运行的）轨道 v. (around sth.)沿轨道运行；围绕运动 orbits-orbiting-orbitedOn 4 October 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite was launched by the USSR an
7、d successfully orbited around Earth.2例1：一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。_.例2:地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。The earth takes a year to _.orbit the sunA new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth【拓展】orbital adj. 轨道的 orbiter n. 人造卫星Practice1. The fans looked quite _（disappoint）when they heard the _（disappoint）result. 2
8、. 这部电影使我失望。 The movie _ me. disappointed adj. 失望的，沮丧的be disappointed at 对失望be disappointed in sb. 对某人感到失望disappoint v. 使失望disappointment n. 失望，沮丧These disasters made everyone sad and disappointed, but the desire to explore the universe never died.3句意：这些悲剧使人倍感伤心与失望，但是，探索宇宙的愿望永不磨灭。disappointeddisappoi
9、nteddisappointing例：1. 她希望住在乡下。She _ in the country.2. 我们要求她马上把信打出来。We desire that _ at once.= We desire her _ at once.desire n. 渴望；欲望 v. 渴望；期望 desire to do 渴望做 desire sb. to do 希望某人做desire that.希望（从句中用should do结构）have a desire to do sth. 有做的渴望 have a desire for sth. 有做的渴望 These disasters made everyo
10、ne sad and disappointed, but the desire to explore the universe never died.3desires to liveshe (should) type the letterto type the letter例：The team will have to carry on without me. 没有我小组也必须继续进行下去。carry on 继续, 参与carry on (with) ones work 继续工作This is because people believe in the importance of carryi
11、ng on space exploration despite the huge risks. 4句意：这是因为尽管风险巨大，人们还是坚信太空探索极为重要。【拓展】carry away 拿走，带走；be carried up into space 被发射升空；carry out a plan/order/promise 执行计划/执行命令/履行诺言例： 制定计划往往比执行计划容易。 Its often easier to make plans than it is to carry them_.把孩子抱走。这里很危险。 Carry the baby _. Its dangerous here.
12、outaway例：他虽然经验不足，但还是获得了这份工作。_.despite prep. 即使，尽管【用法】despite+n. /doing 【同义词组】in spite ofThis is because people believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration despite the huge risks. 4Despite his lack of experience, he got the job【辨析】despite/although都有“尽管”的意思，但despite是介词，后接名词、代词或动名词；而alth
13、ough=though是连词，后接表示让步的状语从句。例： 1. 尽管他在微笑，我认为他很悲伤。 I think he is sad, despite _. I think he is sad although _.2. 尽管下雨，我们还是去散步了。 We went for a walk although _. We went for a walk despite _.his smileshe smilesit was rainingthe rainThen Shenzhou 6 and 7 completed a second manned orbit and the first Chine
14、se spacewalk, followed by the vehicle Jade Rabbit being sent to the moon to study its surface. 5followed 过去分词作伴随状语例：1. 因为写得匆忙，这篇文章不是很好。_, thisarticlewasnotsogood.2. 这本书一旦出版，将会非常畅销。Once _, thisnovelwillbepopular.Writteninahurrypublished句意：之后，“神舟六号”和“神舟七号”完成了第二次载人环绕地球飞行和中国人的第一次太空漫步。紧接着，“玉兔号”月球车飞抵月球，开展
15、月球表面研究。This signalled one step further in Chinas plan to establish a space station in the future.6例：1.他们发射了3次遇难求救信号。They fired three distress _.2.In order not to be heard，she pointed her finger upwards_ （ signal）that someone was moving about upstairs. to signalsignals句意：这标志着中国未来建设空间站的计划又迈出了一步。signal
16、 v. 标志着；标明；发信号 n. 信号，标志 1.Afterwards, the USSR focused on sending people into space, and on 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world to go into space.the first person to do. 表“第一个做.的人”，to do修饰前面名词或代词,作后置定语，练习：翻译下面的句子 1.居里夫人是第一个发现射线的人。 2.他是第一冲过终点线的人。 1.居里夫人是第一个发现射线的人。2.他是第一冲过终
17、点线的人。Madam Curie was the first person to discover radiam.He was the first person to pass the finishing line.拓展：the 序数词 (first/ second/ .last)+n.+to do (第几个做的） 练习：完成句子1.中国是第一个发明火药的国家。China was _ .2.我是第二个到达学校的学生。 I was _.the first country to invent gunpowder the second student to get to school2. This
18、is because people believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration despite the huge risks.This/that is because.这/那是因为. because 引导的是表语从句例：他不得不呆在家里。这是因为他得了重感冒。He has to stay at home. This is because _.he has a bad cold拓展：This/that is why. 这/那就是.的原因汤姆生病了。这就是他为啥缺席的原因 Tom was ill. This is why_.
19、 The reason why. is sth/that从句 .的原因是. The reason why Tom was absent from class was that he was ill. why引导定语从句， why在定语从句中做状语，that 引导表语从句，表示原因 he was absent from class. China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Change-4 probe (探测器) - the name was
20、 inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess1._ (touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moons far side is 2._(extreme) challenging. Because the moons body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spo
21、t 3._ it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth. The far side of the moon is of particular 4._(interesting) to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters (环形山)， more so 5. _the familiar near side.Step4 知识知识体验touched extremelywhereinterestthanChinese researchers hope to use the instru
22、ments onboard Change-4 6._ (find) and study areas of the South Pole-Aitken basin. This really excites scientists, Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University, says, because it 7._(mean) we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon 8._ (construct) Data about the moons composition, such as how 9._ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether 10_(it) plans for a future lunar (月球的) base are practical.muchitsmeansto findis constructed
