2013年12月2号报纸课件.pptVIP

21st Teens for Senior 3 for Senior 3 2013-2014学年度第14期总第506期 Many ways to be bored (P5) Space students (P3) Tips for dining (P6) Space students (P3) I. Fast reading Read the article quickly and answer the following questions: 1. What event drew the world’s attention to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US? ? 2. What is the size of the satellite? ? 3. How does the TJ3Sat send and receive data according to the article? I. Fast reading 1. What event drew the world’s attention to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US? 2. What is the size of the satellite? ? 3. How does the TJ3Sat send and receive data according to the article? On Nov 19,a satellite designed and built by students from this high school blasted into space. It is only 10x10x12 centimeters and weights just 0.89 kilograms. The small spacecraft is equipped with a voice synthesizer, which can convert text to voice and transmit those sounds back to Earth over radio frequencies. Read the article and choose the best answer for each of the following questions: 1. The underlined word “awed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. influenced B. amazed C. delighted D. inspired II. Specific reading 1. B。一群学生发射卫星成功，这令他们的同龄人当然是感到惊讶，所以答案为B。 2. Which of the following statements about TJ3Sat is TRUE according to the article? A. It took a group of students about a decade to build the satellite. B. Besides TJ3Sat, 28 other small satellites were built by the students. C. TJ3Sat can receive text messages that the students send into space, which it can convert to voice messages and broadcast back to Earth. D. TJ3Sat is expected to stay in orbit for the next year, sending out messages together with information about its position in space. II. Specific reading II. Specific reading 2. C。由第五段的“The small spacecraft is equipped with a voice synthesizer, which can convert text to voice and transmit those sounds back to Earth over radio