【课时通】2015-2016学年高一英语外研版必修4课件：Module 4 Cultural Corner .pptVIP

* 本资料来自于资源最齐全的２１世纪教育网 Module 4 Great Scientists Cultural Corner 1. Learn some information about rockets. 2. Improve the students’ listening and reading ability. 3.Master some language points in the passage. Learning aims ROCKETS Leading-in Today rockets are only used to send astronauts into space. Rockets were invented by Chinese about 2,000 years ago. It was in the Song Dynasty that rockets were first used in wars. It is believed that Europeans learned how to make rockets from the Mongols. Wan Hu succeeded in sending himself into space with the help of rockets. Listen to the passage and do True or False. F T T F F Today rockets are used to send astronauts into space or celebrate great events. Rockets were probably invented by Chinese about 2,000 years ago. First rockets were used in battles in China and then it was spread to Europe. Some people use rockets in other ways. Match the topic sentences with each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Fast reading 1. How were rockets invented? 2. What are they used for today? By accident — when people threw bamboo tubes with gunpowder inside into fire to make explosions and saw that some of them flew into the air. They are used to send astronauts into space and in firework displays. Careful reading Read the passage and answer the questions. Language Points send ...into ... 把……送入到…… Today rockets are very advanced machines which we can use to send astronauts into space. 当今，火箭是非常先进的器械，我们可以用来向太空派送宇航员。 【知识拓展】 send up 发射 send ...to ... 派……去…… ；送……去…… send sth. out 发出；放出；寄出某物 send for 派人去请 send sb./sth. doing 使……猛然或迅速地移动 They send their daughter to the best school in the country. 他们把女儿送进全国最好的学校。 The explosion sent us running in all directions. 爆炸让我们向各个方向迅速跑开。 2. explode vt. 爆炸; 勃然大怒，突然爆发 Bombs were exploding all around the city. 炸弹正在整个城市爆炸。 They had planned to blow up the bridge but their bombs failed to explode. 他们原本计划炸掉这座桥，但炸弹没有爆炸。 We all exploded into wild