1、The Call of the Challenger重点单词短语句型p 611.launch v./n.发射2.orbit n.轨道3.permanent adj.永恒的4.unmanned adj.无人的5.lunar probe 月球探测器6.make a soft landing软着陆7.rover n.月球车8.blaste off发射升空9.astronaut n.宇航员10.on board 在船上；在飞船上para.11.set foot on 登上2.become accustomed to习惯于3.notion n.概念；观点4.television sets电视5.ones
2、 hearts in ones mouth提心吊胆6.arduous adj.艰难的7.hazardous adj.危险的8.undertake-_-_承担undertaking n.任务9.giant leap巨大的跳跃10.average adj.普通的fill in the blanks:1.Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 20 July 1969,people _(become)accustomed to the notion of space travel.2.Millions watched
3、that first lunar landing on black and white television sets,their hearts in their mouths,aware of _arduous and hazardous an _(undertake)it was,and of the many things that could go wrong.3.With Armstrongs now famous words“Thats one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind”,_ had once been consid
4、ered _(possible)had now been achieved.4._(guide)by a computer that was much less powerful than the ones _(use)by todays average school students,all three astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission made it_(safe)back to Earth.have becomehow undertakingwhatimpossibleGuidedused safelypara.21.exceptional adj.例
5、外的；特殊的unexceptional adj.平常的2.innovate v.创新_ n.创新3.rocket n.火箭4.space shuttle 航天飞机5.lose ones wonder at 失去对.的新鲜感6.excursion n.短途出行7.tune in收看8.witness v.目击/n.目击者9.civilian n.平民10.demonstrate v.证明；演示11.gravity n.重力12.objective n.目标/adj.客观的municate v.表达14.rekindle v.重新唤起汉译英：1.作为一名演员，他能表达各种情感。As an acto
6、r,he could communicate a whole range of emotions.2.墙上的这些画重新唤起许多记忆。The pictures on the wall rekindled many memories.fill in the blanks:1._(follow)the Moon landings,space travel rapidly became unexceptional to the public,as_(innovate)succeeded each other.2.By the early 1980s,the great rockets previous
7、ly _(use)in the American space programme had been replaced by the space shuttle.3.When the Challenger space shuttle _(take)off on 28 January 1986,the world seemed to have lost its wonder _ the Amazing achievements of the astronauts_(involve).4.She planned to give two 15-minute lessons from orbit:the
8、 first _(demenstrate)the controls of the spacecraft and explain _ gravity worked,and the second_(describe)the objectives of the Challenger programme.5.With the eyes of students across the nation upon her,she might _(inspire)an entirely new generation of astronauts and space scientists.Followinginnov
9、ationsusedtookatinvolvedto demonstratehowto describehave inspiredpara.3-41.tragically adv.不幸地；悲惨地2.explode v.爆炸-_ n.3.assume v.认为4.aeroplane n.飞机5.instananeously adv.瞬间6.terror n.恐怖7.disaster n.灾难disastrous adj.灾难的8.cast a shadow on给.蒙上阴影9.step into 步入10.scream v.尖叫fill int the blanks:1.The world we
10、nt into shock,most people having assumed that this space flight would be no _(dangerous)than travelling in an aeroplane.How wrong they had been!独立主格常用来表示时间，原因，条件，伴随的动作或情况。句型转换：The meeting being over,all of us went home.Because the meeting was over,all of us went home.Weather permitting,we will go ou
11、tside tomorrow.If weather perits,we will go outside tomorrow.more dangerous2.Instantaneously,excitement and _(optimistic)turned into terror and failure.It was the most disastrous space accident ever,and it cast a shadow_ peoples hearts.3.We didnt have much patience _(wait)for the launch.We had seen
12、the smiling faces of the astronauts_(wave)to the world as they _(step)into the shuttle.4.Then,little more than a minute after take-off,we saw a strange red and orange light in the sky,_(follow)by a cloud of white smoke.The Challenger _(explode)in mid-air and we all started screaming.optimismonhad ex
13、plodedwaitingwavingsteppedfollowed para.5-61.suspend v.停止2.the cause of.的原因3.investigate v.调查ponent n.组成部分；零件5.resume v.重新启动/n.简历6.loss n.损失7.crew n.全体人员8.take ones place 得到社会地位；就座；取代某人9.alongside prep.与.同等重要10.humanity n.人类11.sacrifice n./v.牺牲12.reach for stars 探索星空13.distant adj.遥远的_ n.距离fill in t
14、he blanks:1._(follow)the shock of the Challenger disaster,space shuttle flights were suspended for nearly three years while the cause of the disaster _(investigate),and some of the shuttles components _(redesign).2.But there was never any doubt _ manned flights would continue,and on 29 September 198
15、8,the space shuttle programme _(resume)with the successful launch of Discovery.3.It _(be)over 30 years since the_(lose)of Challenger and although the lives of its crew were cut tragically short,they take their place _the other heroes of space exploration,such as Gagarin,Tereshkova,Armstrong and Yang
16、 Liwei.Followingwas investigatedwere redesignedthatresumed has been lossalongside4.The memory of those seven will live forever,_(write)in the stars,_(inspire)us to join them in humanitys greatest journey of exploration and discovery.5.The sacrifice of the Challenger calls to us,_(remind)us that we m
17、ust continue to reach for the stars,no matter how _(distance)they might seem.汉译英：他站在十字路口，挥着旗子，提醒行人小心。He stands at the crossing and waves the flag,reminding passers-by to watch out.writteninspiringremindingdistantp611.launch v.2.orbit n.3.permanent adj.4.unmanned adj.5.lunar probe 6.make a soft landi
18、ng7.rover n.8.blaste off9.astronaut n.10.on boardpara.11.set foot on2.become accustomed to3.notion n.4.television sets5.ones hearts in ones mouth6.arduous adj.7.hazardous adj.8.undertake-_-_undertaking n.9.giant leap10.average adj.para.21.exceptional adj.unexceptional adj.2.innovate v._ n.3.rocket n
19、.4.space shuttle5.lose ones wonder at6.excursion n.7.tune in8.witness v./n.9.civilian n.10.demonstrate v.11.gravity n.12.objective n./municate v.14.rekindle v.para.3-41.tragically adv.2.explode v.3.assume v.4.aeroplane n.5.instananeously adv.6.terror n.7.disaster n.disastrous adj.8.cast a shadow on9.step into10.scream v.para.5-61.suspend v.2.the cause of3.investigate ponent n.5.resume v./n.6.loss n.7.crew n.8.take ones place9.alongside prep.10.humanity n.11.sacrifice n./v.12.reach for stars13.distant adj.
