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Unit 4 Space Exploration
(Listening and Speaking)
1.To learn how to be an astronaut;
2.To learn how to listen for numbers;
3.To talk about whether you’d like to be an astronaut
Learning aims
Lead in
Do you know any famous astronauts in the world
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Yang Liwei
Liu Yang
Wang Yaping
Brainstorm
Health condition
Possible requirements for astronauts.
Requirements
Knowledge
Experience
stable mental quality
age/weight/height
6. training n.
7. programme n.
8. requirement n.
9. intelligent adj.
10. degree n.
Pre-listening
宇航员
程序
好奇的
心理的，精神的
身体的
训练
项目
要求
聪明的
学位
1. astronauts n．
　　　　
2. procedure n．
3.curious adj.
4. mental adj.
5. physical adj.
Read these new words.
While-listening
2.Listen to the interview and tick.
1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
2. Mr. Yang 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 1,350 hours of flying experience.
5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
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Tips
Listen for numbers:Number questions are typically related to: time, telephone 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.
A quiz:
55
90
19
7：55
seventeen
123
18813456798
1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of ____.
2. Before he joined China’s space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for ___ years.
3. Mr Yang was one of the ___ pilots who were chosen to train 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 China’s first astronaut when he was ___ years old.
22
38
172
70
14
10
3.Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
4.Listen again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronant.
Education background: ________degree, trained to be a ________ pilot
Experience: 1350 hours of ___________ experience
Health condition: proper________and________must be in perfect ________and perfect ________
Courses: __________，___________and____________
Special training: Practice using , and do a lot of ______________________training
astronomy
science
English
health
flight
space equipment
mental and physical
fighter
College
shape
height
weight
Post listening
B:What do you think of being an astronaut.
A:You know，I think being an astronaut would be cool.B:Do you want to work in space in the future A:I’m not sure，but I think it might be too difficult for me.There are so many requirements.First of all，you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree.Then you have to have proper health conditionB:So what might be the most difficult part for you A:I guess it might be the long time mental and physical training. That’s really tough.
Example
Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons.
Reasons why you want to be an astronaut:
1. be eager to explore the endless universe;
2. be curious about the UFO and aliens or other outerspace creatures;
3. It’s exciting/honored /interesting... to be an astronaut;
4. It will improve yourself both mentally and physically;
5.be willing to make contributions to our motherland;
6....
other Jobs: doctor, writer, reporter, scientist, policeman,cook...
Tips
Homework
1.Make a poster for astronauts.
2.Preview the reading and thinking.
Thank you!

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