1、 Unit 4 Space ExplorationListening and SpeakingTalk about how to be an astronaut Unit 4 Space Exploration 1.When you see“Space Exploration”,what do you think of?aliens satellite astronaut rocket 2.Can you decribe the picture?3.Who do you think took the picture?the moon the Jade Rabbit 2 rover tracks
2、 Chinas Change 4 made a soft landing on the far side of the moon on 3 January 2019.The Jade Rabbit 2 rover was deployed twelve hours after Change 4 landed.2.Can you decribe the picture?3.Who do you think took the picture?Perhaps,the picture was taken by a robot camera.4.Why are human beings eager to
3、 explore space?to find new places to live;to find living things in space;to develop new technology;.Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of mans desire to understand.Neil Armstrong1.Do you know the names of these astonauts?2.What do you know about these astronauts?Pre-listening Chinas firs
4、t astronaut:the first Chinese woman to reach space:the first Chinese to carry out a spacewalk:the first man to travel into spaceYang LiweiLiu YangZhai ZhigangYuri Gagarin Yang LiweiLiu Yang Zhai Zhigang Yuri Gagarin Pre-listening 3.Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts?Ma
5、ke a list of the possible requirements.To be an astronaut,I think one should.Education background Experience Health condition Special training Listening Listen to an interview and tick the correct statements.1 The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astranaut.2 Mr Yang
6、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 have 1350 hours of flying experience.5 Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment,but also had to do a lot of
7、mental and physical training.Listening Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct number.1 Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of _.2 Before joining Chinas space programme,Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for about _ years.3 Mr Yang was one of the _ pilots who were chosen to tra
8、in 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 first astronaut when he was _ years old.2210141727038Listen for numbersNumber questions are tipically related to:time,tele
9、phone numbers,addresses,prices,weights,distances,etc.When you listen for numbers,you need to pay special attention to big numbers as well as those that sound quite similar,such as thirteen and thirty,fourteen and forty,etc.Listening Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements f
10、or becoming an astronaut.lEducation background:lExperience:lHealth condition:lCourses:lSpecial training:College degree,trained to be a fighter pilotmore than 1,000 hours of flying experience must be in perfect health and shapeEnglish,science,and astronomypractise using space equipment,and do a lot o
11、f mental and physical trainingSpeaking 1.Do you want to be an astronaut in the future?Why?2.Do you think it is difficult to become an astronaut?Which might be the hardest part for you?Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space ExplorationSpeaking Work in pairs.Discuss whether you
12、 would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons.Use what you have learned from the interview to help you.Example:A:You know,I think being an astronaut would be cool.B:Do you want to work in space in the future?A:Im not sure,but I think it might be too difficult for me.There are so
13、 many requirements.First of all.B:So what might be the most difficult part for you?A:I guess it might be the.Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space ExplorationPronunciation 1.Read the poem.Mark the stressed syllables with o and unstressed syllables with o .Then try reading th
14、e poem to each other with rhythm.One day,Isaac Newton satAnd saw an apple fall.Then he thought,“Its not just fruit!Something pulls us all.”“There is a force,”he said to himself,“That pulls things to the ground,Not only apples,but all of usStay still though Earth spins around.”Of course,we know that
15、this is true!Earth goes round but we stay still.What goes up most come down,And it always will.Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space ExplorationPronunciation 1.Read the poem.Mark the stressed syllables with o and unstressed syllables with o .Then try reading the poem to each
16、 other with rhythm.One day,Isaac Newton satAnd saw an apple fall.Then he thought,“Its not just fruit!Something pulls us all.”“There is a force,”he said to himself,“That pulls things to the ground,Not only apples,but all of usStay still though Earth spins round.”Of course,we know that this is true!Ea
17、rth goes round but we stay still.What goes up must come down,And it always will.2.Listen and repeat after the recording.Check whether your mark-ups are correct.Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space Exploration Unit 4 Space ExplorationHomework Search for more information about the development of space exploration.
