资源简介

(共22张PPT)
Unit 4 Space Exploration
Listening and Speaking
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
——Neil Armstrong
神秘感激发好奇心，而这种好奇心则是人们探索未知事物的前提。
——尼尔·阿姆斯特朗
Let’s start our learning journey！
Talk about how to become an astronaut
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
Learning objectives
1. learn and talk about how to become an astronaut and life in space.
2. learn something about astronaut Yang Liwei.
3. master some listening skill, such as prediction, by the information related to numbers.
Lead-in
Do you know who they are
杨利伟
刘洋
加加林
尼尔·阿姆斯特朗
2003年10月15日，杨利伟作为执行我国首次载人航天飞行任务的航天员，不畏艰险，敢为人先，乘神舟五号飞船在太空飞行21个小时，实现了中华民族的千年飞天梦想，为祖国为人民、为民族赢得了巨大荣誉。
Lead-in
刘洋2001年5月加入中国共产党，2010年5月入选为中国第二批航天员。2012年6月，执行神舟九号载人飞行任务，是中国第一位进入太空的女航天员。
Lead-in
1961年 4月12日，加加林乘坐东方1号宇宙飞船升空，完成了世界上首次载人宇宙飞行，不仅在美苏冷战期间的太空竞赛中赢了第一回合，他是第一个进入太空并从太空中看到地球全貌的人，更开启了载人航天的历史新篇章。
Lead-in
尼尔 奥尔登 阿姆斯特在1969年7月21日成功登上月球表面，成为第一个踏上月球的地球人，并在月球表面留下了著名的言论：“这是一个人的一小步，却是全人类的一大步。
Lead-in
Pre-listening
You are going to listen to an interview with an astronaut. Before you listen, discuss the question in groups.
Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts Make a list of the possible requirements.
While-listening
The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
Listen to the interview and decide whether the statements are true or false.
While-listening
The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
Listen to the interview and decide whether the statements are true or false.
T
F
T
F
T
While-listening
The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
Our audience is very curious about……
I never thought...
14 of us were chosen from...
I had 1350 hours
T
F
T
F
T
While-listening
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 shorter than ____cm in height and less than kg in weight.
5. Mr Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was years old.
Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers
While-listening
Listen for numbers
Number questions are typically related to: time, telephone numbers, addresses, prices, wights, 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.
While-listening
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 shorter than ____cm in height and less than kg in weight.
5. Mr Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was years old.
Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers
22
10
14
172
70
38
听力原文
Interviewer: Today we are very pleased to chat with Mr. Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut. Welcome to the show, Mr. Yang.
Mr Yang: Thank you.
Interviewer: Mr. Yang, our audience is very curious about how you succeeded in becoming China’s first astronaut. It must have been a very difficult thing to achieve. Did you always want to be an astronaut
Mr Yang: Yes, I dreamt of it when I was young, but I never thought my wish would come true. It took a long time. First, I got my college
degree when I was 22, and then I worked as a fighter pilot for around
听力原文
10 years. I finally became China's first astronaut when I was 38 years old.
Interviewer: Oh, so you must be a really experienced pilot. Do you think that was one of the reasons why you were chosen for the space programme
Mr Yang: Sure, I had 1, 350 hours of flight experience, which I think really helped me.
Interviewer: So how difficult was it to join the space programme
Mr Yang: There was a lot of competition. Altogether, 14 of us were chosen from among 1,500 pilots to train for space flights.
Interviewer: That sounds really difficult. Did you also have to be a certain size and weight
听力原文
Mr Yang: Yes, at the time, you had to be shorter than 172 centimetres in height and weigh less than 70 kilograms. You also had to be in perfect health and perfect shape.
Interviewer: So you were the perfect choice! As we all know, an astronaut needs to be healthy and calm in order to work in space. But you also had to study a lot, too, right
Mr Yang: Yes, I had to learn English, science, and astronomy. I also had to practise using space equipment, and do a lot of mental and physical training. It was very tiring, but I was so proud to have the opportunity.
Post-listening
EXAMPLE
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..
B: So what might be the most difficult part for you
A: I guess it might be the……
Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons. Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.
Homework
Listen to the tape after class and finish the related information on page 39.
Thank you！

展开更多......

收起↑