1、Word powerUnit 1Space explorationWho is she?A beauty named Change on the moon.The story about Change told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years!Read the first part of the speech on P6 and complete the time line of the main events mentioned.TimeEvent19
2、57195919611969The first man-made satellite went around the Earth.Spaceships have been sent up into space.Yuri Gagarin from Soviet UnionWas the first person to travel in space.American astronaut Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon.space stationA base for people working and travelling in spacetwo rocket
3、sspace shuttleA spacecraft for travelling between the earth and a space station launch tower.launch pad a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into spaceastronautsPeople whose job is travelling and working in a space shuttlespacesuitspacewalkA special suitallowing sb.to survive and move aroun
4、d in space.A period of time that an astronaut spends in space outside a space shuttle tracking shipA ship which is used to pick up the two rockes in the sea seperated from the space shuttle spacesuit astronautspacewalk space stationspace shuttle spaceshipa person who is trained to work in a spaceshi
5、pa pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer spaceAction of moving about in space outside a spacecraft Manned spaceship designed for repeated use,e.g.between Earth and a space station or the moon Vehicle manned or unmanned for traveling in space Large manned artificial satellite used as a base
6、 for operations in space,e.g.for scientific research What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle?tracking shipThey fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up.Word powerGo through Part C and fill in the blanks using words from page 6.Answers 1.astronaut 2.outer space 3.space shuttle 4.rockets 5.tracking ship 6.space station 7.spacewalk 8.spacesuitsWord extensionLook at the picture of the universe,and write the correct number in boxeson P7.
