1、What famous astronauts do you know about?Yuri Alekseyevich GagarinNeil Alden ArmstrongWhat do you think astronauts on a space station do every day?What information do you expect to get from this lecture?daily lifefeelingsworkexperienceListen to the lecture and finish the chart below.Life on a space
2、stationSleepingPerforming tasks inside the space station(1)working(2)Performing tasks outside the space station(3)Eating(4)Exercise(5)Leisure activitiesRead the lecture transcript carefully and finish A2 on P18 1. How do astronauts sleep in space? 2. What routine tasks do astronauts do on the space
3、station? They usually sleep in private quarters or sleeping bags. They conduct scientific research and do a lot of maintenance. 3. What do spacesuits allow astronauts to do? 4. How do astronauts drink water or any other liquids? 5.Why do astronauts need to spend time in the gym?They allow them to br
4、eathe in space. They drink water or any other liquids out of a bag through a thin tube of plastic. The near absence of gravity makes them lose muscle and bone mass and going to the gym helps prevent this. 1. What do you think of daily life on a space station? Use details from the lecture transcript
5、to support your opinion. . we have to attach ourselves so that we dont float aroundIt is strange that we try to sleep with no pressure against our bag.It is a luxury to eat fresh food .We must drink water and any other liquids out of a bag through a thin tube of plastic.Its probably the most dangero
6、us work, with potential risks such as electric shocks.sometimes perform tasks for hours at a time, with the beautiful Earth visible below.Splendid as the view of Earth is.challenginginconvenientuncomfortableexcitingdangerous 2. At the end of the lecture,what questions would like to ask the astronaut
7、s?whether common people will be able to visit a space station one day.if she saw anything unusual out in spacewhat personal items she had taken with her to the space stationhow astronauts take showers, go the toilet and wash their hands 3. What qualities do you think are needed to become an astronaut?physically strongmentally strongbe calmbe able to cope with high levels of stresstolerate isolationspecialize in a certain field
