1、 Mytery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of mans desire to understand. Neil Armsrong点击输入正文点击输入大标题WORDS astronaut procedure mental cm intelligent n.宇航员;太空人 n.程序;步骤;手续 adj.精神的;思想的 mentally abbr(centimetre or centimeter)厘米 有智慧的;聪明的;有智力 intelligence1 Can you name any famous astronauts from China o
2、r abroad?2 Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts? Make a list of the possible requirements.You are going to listen to an interview with an astronaut. Before you listen, discuss the questions in groups.1 Chinas first astronaut: Yang Liwei2 the first Chinese woman to reach
3、space: Liu Yang3 the first Chinese to carry out a spacewalk: Zhai Zhigang4 the first man to travel into space: Yuri gagarin5 the first person to walk on the moon: Neil Armstrong6 the first woman to go into space: Valentina TereshkovaJing HaipengYang LiweiNie HaishengLiu YangLISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW A
4、ND TICK THE CORRECT STATEMENTS. 1 The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut. 2 Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day. 3 Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people 4 To become an astronaut in China, you have to
5、have 1, 350 hours of flying experience. 5 Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.LISTEN AGAIN AND FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT NUMBERS. 1 Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of_ . 2 Before he joined Chinas
6、 space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for_ years. 3 Mr Yang was one of the_ pilots who were chosen to train for space flights. 4 At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programme, astronauts had to be shorter than_ cm in height and less than_ kg in weight. 5 Mr Yang became Chinas f
7、irst astronaut when he was_ years old.2210141727038LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW AGAIN AND MAKE A LIST OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING ANASTRONAUT. Education background: Experience: Health condition: Courses: Special training: college degree trained to be a fighter pilot more than 1,000 hours of flight e
8、xperience must be in prefect health and shape English, science, and astronomy practise using space equipment and do a lot of mental and physical trainingLISTENING AND SPEAKING Interviewer: Today we are very pleased to chat with Mr Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut.Welcome to the show, Mr Yang
9、Mr Yang: Thank you Interviewer: Mr Yang, our audience is very curious about how you succeeded in becoming Chinas first astronaut. It must have been a very difficult thing to achieve. Did you always want to be an astronaut? Mr Yang: Yes, I dreamt of it when I was young, but I never thought my wish wo
10、uld come true. It took a long time. First, I got my college degree when I was and then I worked as a fighter pilot for around years. I finally became Chinas first astronaut when I was years old. Interviewer: Oh, so you must be a really experienced pilot. Do you think that was one of the reasons. why
11、 you were chosen for the space programme? Mr Yang: Sure, I had 1350 hours of flight experience, which I think really helped me. Interviewer: So how difficult was it to join the space programme?LISTENING AND SPEAKING Mr Yang: There was a lot of competition. Altogether, of us were chosen from among 1,
12、 500 pilots to train for space flights. Interviewer: That sounds really difficult. Did you also have to be a certain size and weight? Mr Yang: Yes, at the time, you had to be shorter than centimetres in height and weigh less than kilograms. You also had to be in perfect health and perfect shape. Int
13、erviewer: So you were the perfect choice! As we all know, an astronaut needs to be healthy and calm in order to work in space. But you also had to study a lot, too, right? Mr Yang: Yes, I had to learn English, science, and astronomy. I also had to practise using space equipment, and do a lot of mental and physical training. It was very tiring, but I was so proud to have the opportunity.
