1、Unit 6 Space and beyondUnderstanding ideas目录页contentsPre-readingILanguage pointsFast readingIIHomeworkIntensive readingIIIVIPost-readingPre-reading Pre-readingComplete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration.Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.1.The first satellit
2、e was launched by the USSR in .a.1945 b.1962 c.1957 Pre-reading2.The first person in space was .a.Robert Crippen b.Yuri Gagarin c.Neil ArmstrongComplete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration.Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.Pre-reading3.The first person to wa
3、lk in space was .a.Alexei Leonov b.William McCool c.Yang LiweiComplete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration.Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.Pre-reading4.The first space station was Salyut 1,which was launched by .a.the USA b.the USSR c.the European Space Ag
4、encyComplete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration.Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.Pre-reading5.The first spacecraft to leave the solar system was .a.Vostok 1 b.Discovery c.Voyager 1Complete the quiz and find out how much you know about space exploration.Try
5、 to guess if you are not sure of the answers.Pre-readingLook at the title of the passage and the picture.Predict what the passage is about.Prediction：The passage mainly talks about the loss of Challenger and the humanitys greatest journey of exploration and discovery.Fast reading Fast reading Now re
6、ad the passage quickly and check your prediction.Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.1 People thought space travel was no longer dangerous.2 Christa would have inspired lots of people if she hadnt lost her life on board the Challenger.3 People were determined to continue
7、with the spaceprogramme after the disaster.Fast reading Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.4 The disaster proved we should use robots to explore space instead of people.5 The shuttle was not reliable and should not have been used.Fast reading Fast readingChoose the ideas
8、 mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.1 People thought space travel was no longer dangerous.2 Christa would have inspired lots of people if she hadnt lost her life on board the Challenger.3 People were determined to continue with the spaceprogramme after the disaster.Fast readingChoose the
9、 ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.4 The disaster proved we should use robots to explore space instead of people.5 The shuttle was not reliable and should not have been used.Fast readingChoose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.Para 2:Following the Moon landi
10、ngs,space travel rapidly became unexceptional to the public,as innovations succeeded each other.Para 2:Christa hoped to communicate a sense of excitement and rekindle interest in the space programme.Fast readingPara 6:inspiring us to join them in humanitys greatest journey of exploration and discove
11、ry.The sacrifice of the Challenger calls to us,reminding us that we must continue to reach for the stars,no matter how distant they might seem.Choose the ideas mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.IIIIntensive reading Intensive readingOrganise information from the passage and complete the
12、fact file.SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTERTime:_ Place:Space Centre in Florida,USA Crew:_,including a teacher28 January 1986seven astronauts Intensive readingSPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTERWhat was special about the Challenger launch?It was special because Christa McAuliffe aged 37,an ordinary te
13、acher and mother,was about to become the first civilian in space.Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.Intensive readingSPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTERWhat was the teachers mission on board the Challenger?She planned to give two 15-minute lessons from orbit:the first to
14、demonstrate the controls of the spacecraft and explain how gravity worked,and the second to describe the objectives of the Challenger programme.Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.Intensive readingSPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTERWhat was done in the three years followin
15、g the disaster?Space shuttle flights were suspended for nearly three years while the cause of the disaster was investigated,and some of the shuttles components were redesigned.Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.Intensive readingSPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTERWhich shu
16、ttle followed the Challenger,and when was it launched?Discovery followed the Challenger,and was launched on 29 September 1988.Organize information from the passage and complete the fact file.Post-reading Now talk about what you can learn from the Challenger disaster.Post-reading 1.What were peoples
17、feelings before and after the Challenger disaster?Find evidence in the passage to support your answer.Post-readingBefore the Challenger disaster,people felt optimistic and were very excited to watch the take-off on TV.They became shocked and scared after the disaster.2.Do you know of any other disas
18、ters that have occurred while exploring space?Share one with the class.Why do you think people continue to explore space despite the risks?Post-readingStudents own answers.VIHomeworkHomework Write a short passage to introduce the development of Chinas space exploration.Do research online if necessary.thank you
