1、Listening on Page 62 Work in groups of four to discuss the questions.What education and experience do you need to become an astronaut?Do you think there are any special requirements?What kind of a person makes a good astronaut?What problems do you think he/she would have in space?杨利伟，男，汉族，辽宁绥中县人，中杨利
2、伟，男，汉族，辽宁绥中县人，中共党员，大学文化。共党员，大学文化。1965年年6月出生，月出生，1983年年6月入伍，月入伍，1988年年9月入党，现为月入党，现为中国人民解放军航天员大队三级航天员，中国人民解放军航天员大队三级航天员，正团职，中校军衔，正团职，中校军衔，1992年、年、1994年两年两次荣立三等功。次荣立三等功。He went up into space on October 15th,2003.Listening Listen to the tape and write down the main idea.The main idea is the excitement o
3、f space travel and the qualifications and experience needed to become an astronaut.Listen to the Part 1 again and make notes of the answers to the questions.Attention!Taking notes means writing phrases and not complete sentences.Questions Yang Liweis answersWhen was the most exciting moment?What sur
4、prised him?What did he do?When his spaceship lifted off the ground he knew he was really on his way into space.The beauty of space.He watched all his instruments and stayed calm.Information on Yang Liwei,the astronautEducation Training Physical qualitiesPersonal qualitiesHe got his degree.He trained
5、 for ten years to fly airplanes and then to fly a spaceship.Smaller than 170cm,less than 70kg.Calm,hard-workingListen to the Part 2 and fill in the form.R:Thank you so much,Mr Yang,for coming to talk to us today about your _ in space.Y:Not at all.Im _ to be here.R:Please can you tell us your most _
6、moment?Y:Well,that was when the spaceship began to _ off the ground.Then I knew that I was really on my _ and that ChinaListen again and fill in the blanks.experiencehappyexcitingliftway would become the _ country to send people into space.R:Did you feel _?Y:No,because I was _ not to worry.So I watc
7、hed all my instruments and stayed _.R:What surprised you?Y:The _ of space.Id never realized how lovely the earth looks till I was going round it.thirdafraidtrainedcalmbeautyR:Did you always want to be an astronaut?Y:Well,I _ of it when I was young,but I never thought my wish would come true.It all h
8、appened _.First I got my _ and then I trained for _ years to fly airplanes and then to fly a _.Part 2dreamedgraduallydegreetenspaceshipR:I see.Did you have to be a _ size and weight?Y:Yes.An astronaut has to be smaller than _ cm and weigh less than _ kg.R:So you were the perfect _!But of course you
9、had to work very hard.Would you like to go into space _?certain17070choiceagainY:Yes,I would if there was an _.Id love to go to the _ one day.R:I hope well be talking to you again after youve _ that trip!Goodbye,Mr Yang.Thank you for _ to us.Y:It was my pleasure.opportunitymoonfinishedtalkingFill in
10、 the blanks in the passage below.Well,I _ of it when I was _,but I never thought my _ would come _.It all happened very _.If there was an _ Id _ to go to the moon one day.dreamedyoungwishtruegraduallyopportunitylovePre-listeningWhat do you know of the problems of making a space walk?Make a list with
11、 your partner.Listen to the tape and check if you are right.Listening task on Page 65 oxygen canGravity boots Water systemRight engineTool kit Left engine 1.Why did Li Yanping have to repair the Hubble telescope?It needed cleaning so that it would work better.2.Which two ways does his spacesuit prot
12、ect him in space?1)It carries oxygen.Listen to the tape again and answer the questions.3.How does he move about in space?He used small engines.4.What does it feel like in space?Strange because you do not weigh anything.You can fly around like feathers.2)It carries hot and cold water to warm him if i
13、ts too cold and cool him if its too hot.5.What happens if you fly too far from the spaceship?You would continue into space and never get back to the spaceship.6.Was the repair successful?Yes.The Hubble telescope works well now.W:Mr Li,would you please tell us about your space _?L:Yes.Id be happy to.
14、We cleaned and _ the Hubble telescope.W:Oh,and is that _ you did your space walk?L:Yes.W:How did you _ for it?Listen again and fill in the blanks.walkrepairedwhenprepareL:First we had to get into spacesuits.Theyre very _ and carry all the oxygen we need to _.The suit also has hot and cold _ so it ca
15、n warm us if its too cold or cool us if its too _.So its very heavy.W:Is it _ to leave the spaceship?thickbreathewaterhotdangerousL:Yes,indeed.When we _,we go into a small room.We have to wear gravity _ to walk there.We close the door behind us and then we open the door to _.Then our gravity boots s
16、top working and we fly _ of the door.W:How do you _ about in space?leavebootsspaceoutmoveL:We use _ engines to move around.To go left we push the right engine and to go right we _ the left one.We move slowly because we dont _ anything.We can fly around like _.W:What does it feel like in space?L:Very
17、 _.There is no gravity so doing any job is very _.smallpushweighfeathersstrangetiringW:What happens if you _ too far from the spaceship?L:Youd never get back so we _ ourselves to the spaceship with a special _.W:How did you repair the Hubble telescope?L:We used some _ tools tied round our waists.That way we didnt _ them.We did a good job.The telescope works _ now.W:Thank you very much,Mr Li.flytieropespecialfineloseThink about one question:What needs to be an astronaut?
