1、Unit 1 Tales of the unexplainedWord PowerWho is she?A beauty named Changeon the moon.The story about Change told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years!spacesuit astronaut1969.7.20spacewalkspace stationspace shuttle spaceshipspace:e.g.spaceman space st
2、ation spacesuit space shuttlespaceship outer space spacewalkn.空间,空地；这张桌子占据了太多的空间。n.地球大气以外；e.g.The desk takes up too much space.Space exploration exploration:n.勘探，勘查，探索；e.g.space explorationoil exploratione.g.organizeorganizationrealizationrealizeexplore:v.勘探，勘查，探索;e.g.Upon arriving on the island,we
3、were eager toexplore.(我们一到岛上就急不可耐地考察起来.)Good afternoon,everyone.Im so glad to be here to tell you something about outer space and space exploration.Space explor-ation began in 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite.Unmanned spaceshipshave been launched into space since 1959.By 1961,p
4、eople were orbiting the Earth.Yuri Gagarin from the former Soviet Union become the first human being to travel in space.Read the first part of the speech and completethe time line of the main events mentioned.TimeEvent195719591961the launch of the first artificial satelliteunmanned spaceship launch
5、into spaceorbit the Earth launch:n.(航天器的)发射;(产品的)上市e.g.the successful launch of a product launchv.发射;把(航天器等)发射上天e.g.Does everyone know how to launch a spaceship?orbit:v.绕轨道运行;围绕运动;e.g.The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.n.(天体等运行的)轨道e.g.the earths orbit around the sunA new satellite has been put
6、into orbitaround the earth.(一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道.)a space station in orbit round the moonWhats this?A launch tower.launch pada platform from which a space shuttle is sent into spaceWhat lifts the space shuttle into space?Two rockets.What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space s
7、huttle?Fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up.tracking ship Read the speech and fill in the blanks using words we learnt before.I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an _ and traveling to _ to carry out _.If this comes true,youll probably travel by _,a spaceship that looks like an aer
8、oplane.Two _ supposed by a launch tower will lift the space shuttle into space.Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are _,the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the sea.Then a ship will pick them up.Astronauts will do their research in a base in outer space shutt
9、le called _.Sometimes they go out of their space shuttle to take a _.In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _,which protect them and provide oxygen.In 1965,Alexei Leonov from the former Soviet Union became the first human being to take a walk in space.space space exploration launch space sh
10、uttle launch tower rocket launch pad astronaut tracking ship spacesuit spacewalk space station I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an_ and traveling to _ to carry out _.If this comes true,youll probably travel by _,a spaceship that looks like an aeroplane.Two _ supported by a launch tower w
11、ill lift the space shuttle into space.Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are _,the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the sea.Then a ship will pick them up.Astronauts will do their research in a base in outer space called _.Sometimes they go out of their space
12、shuttle to take a _.In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _,which protect them and provide oxygen.In 1965,Alexei Leonov from the former Soviet Union became the first human being to take a walk in space.astronautspacespace explorationspace shuttlerocketslaunchedspace stationspacewalkspacesu
13、itsToday,most important planets have been examined.Photos have been taken andsamples have been collected from the planets,but no evidence of life has been discovered on any of the planets so far.Scientific research still continues.Todays space explorationnine planets in the solar system:Earth 地球Jupiter 木星Mercury 水星Mars 火星Neptune 海王星Venus 金星Saturn 土星Uranus 天王星5148267EarthJupiter Mercury Mars Neptune Venus Saturn Uranus 123456783
