1、Space explorationBrainstorming1.Are you interested in making discoveries in space?2.What can you think of when we talk about space?Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned.the first man-made satellite went around the Earthspaceships have been sent up
2、into spacethe first person travelled in spaceexamine important planets in the solar system,take photos and sent backIn 1957 Since1959 By 1961TodayBy 1969the first person landed on the Moonspaceship:a vehicle for carrying people through space Words explanationspace shuttle:a vehicle that is designed
3、to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experimentsspace shuttlerocketspacesuit:suit covering the whole body and supplied with airspacewalk:act or time of moving about in space outside a spacecraftspaceshipspace shuttlelaunchA vehicle that is designed to carry people int
4、o space and back to the Earth several times to do experiment.A vehicle for carrying people through space.To send something into space or into the sky.Match the definitions with the right words.Look at the pictures and try to answer the following questions:1.How can a space shuttle be sent into space
5、?2.Can it fly into space by itself?At 4 p.m.June 13,2013Whats this?A launch tower.a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into spacelaunch padlaunchtowerWhat lifts the space shuttle into space?Two rockets.astronautsspace stationspace walkspacesuitFall into the sea and a ship will pick them up.
6、tracking shipWhat happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle?If you want to know more information,you can surf the Internet:Read his speech and fill in the blanks.On 27 September 2008,the Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang took a walk in space.I guess some of you are dreaming
7、of an _ and travelling to _to carry out scientific research.I once went to space.I travelled by _,astronautout spacespace shuttlea spaceship that looks like a plane.Two _ supported by a launch tower lifted it into space.At a certain distance from the Earth,the rockets separated from the space shuttl
8、e and fell into the sea.Then a _ picked them up.tracking shiprocketsI did research in a base in outer space called _.Sometimes I went out of it to take a _.In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _,which protect them and provide oxygen.spacewalkspacesuitsspace stationThe universeThe galaxyThe solar system129387654star(恒星)planet(行星)satellite(卫星)Answers of Part Dthe Sun the Milky Waythe Moon the Earth5426Homework1.Try to remember these new words about space and space exploration.2.Do the exercises in the workbook.
