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Unit 4 Space Exploration
Period 1
Listening and Speaking
新人教版（2019）
Content
Learning objectives
Lead-in
Pre-listening
While-listening
Post-listening
Summary
Assessment
Homework
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Learning objectives
1. To know about the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
2. To listen for the information related to numbers.
3. To talk with your partners about whether you want to be an astronaut.
China’s first astronaut:
The first Chinese woman to
reach space:
The first Chinese woman to carry out a spacewalk:
The first man to travel into space:
The first person to walk on
the moon:
Yang Liwei
Liu Yang
Wang Yaping
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Lead in
How can a person become an astronaut
What is the selection procedure
Pre-listening
Training for an astronaut
Pre-listening
Do you know which planets humans and probes have landed on so far
Venus
Mars
titan
土卫六
asteroid Eros
爱神星
Pre-listening
1 Can you name any famous astronauts from China or abroad
1 You are going to listen to an interview with an astronaut. Before you listen, discuss the questions in groups.
Some famous astronauts include Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, and Yang Liwei.
John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
Yang Liwei
Neil Armstrong
Pre-listening
While-listening
□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.
2 Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
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3 Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
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 a those that sound quite similar, such 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 fights.
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.
3 Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
22
10
14
172
70
38
While-listening
●Education background:
.Experience:
●Heath condition:
.Courses:
● Special training:
4 Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
practise using space equipment, and do a lot of mental and physical training
college degree, trained to be a fighter pilot
more than 1, 000 hours of flight experience
must be in prefect health and shape
English, science, an astronomy
While-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 ...
5 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.
Post-listening
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 intelligent enough to get a related college degree. Then you have to
be a pilot with years of training and practise flying.Finally, you must be really physically fit.
B: So what might be the most difficult part for you
A:I guess it might be the space travel itself. I'm sure being weightless must be fun, and
it would be wonderful to see the Earth and stars from space. But the spacesuit and capsule look terribly small and uncomfortable. It would be hard to stay in such a small space for
so long. Also, there's no privacy at all. What if I have to go to the restroom
B:I see what you mean.
Sample Conversation
Post-listening
What strict selection procedures must you go through in order to
become an astronaut
①You need a lot of mental, intelligent and physical training.
②Besides, you should know about the universe,rockets, satellites,spacecrafts,gravity and so on.
③You must have a firm will and a strong desire to succeed.
④You must be able to complete various space missions independently, including a spacewalk, and transmit useful data to the relevant agencies on earth.
Post-listening
Language point
mental adj.精神的;思想的;智力的;精神的→mentally adv.精神上;智力上;思想上
mental development智力发展 physical and mental health身心健康的
(1)Learning is a physical as well as a mental activity.
(2)You may be physically and mentally exhaust after a long flight.
(3)This is a physical condition, not a mental one.
1. Astronauts had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
宇航员要进行大量的心理和体能训练。
单句语法填空
①When you're older, I think you' re better equipped_________(mental)to cope with whatever happens.
②_________(mental) ,I began making a list of things I had to do.
mentally
Mentally
Language point
intelligent adj.有智慧的;聪明的;有智力的;智能 (→intelligence n.智力;聪明;智慧)
artificial intelligence人工智能(AI)
a highly intelligent child非常聪明的孩子 an intelligent question机智的问题
(1)He's a highly intelligent man.
(2)She asked a lot of intelligent questions.
(3)She was endowed with intelligence and wit.
2. ...you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree.
...你必须足够聪明才能获得相关的大学学位。
单句语法填空
①Despite the rapid development of AI,I think man is still far_______________ (intelligent) than the cleverest robot.
②Though born in a poor family, he is blessed with both good looks and___________ (intelligent ).
more intelligent
intelligence
Summary
1.astronaut n.宇航员;航天员
2.procedure n.(商业、法律或政治上的)程序;手术;(正常)手续;步骤
3.mental adj.思想的;精神的;智力的
4.intelligent adj.聪明的;智能的;有才智的;有智力的
重点词汇
Homework
1. Review the key words and phrases in this class.
2. Discuss with your classmates what conditions must be met to become an astronaut Whether you want to be an astronaut and deal with it.
Homework

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