新核心大學英语读写教程第二册答案Unit1.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 Unit 1 Space Exploration Part I 》Task 3 2. Answer the questions in the following table according to what you heard in the HYPERLINK file:///H:\\读写%202-1\\PI_T3.wmv \t _parent video clip. 1.About six astronauts.Dave Scott, John Yong, Mike Collins, Alan Bean, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan. 2. Urban pollution. Big cities all have their own unique atmospheres, i.e., polluted air. 3. Because they only worry about their personal gains and loss without realizing the fact that earth atmosphere becomes worse and worse. 4. He no longer complained about weather on the earth and traffic ever since. He has realized that it is lucky for him to have so many people around and that the earth is the Garden of Eden. 5. Why should Americans fake the moon landing nine times? It is not very likely for two people to keep such a national secret, not to say so many astronauts and people involved to keep the moon landing secret for so many years. Truth needs no defense. No one can take astronauts’ footsteps on the moon away from them. Part II 》Main Reading Task 2 1. Answer the following questions. 1) How did the world react to the lunar landing? The US newscaster Walter Cronkite wiped away his tears; people gathered around televisions from China to Brazil; pavements outside TV shops crammed as people watched in awe. What did Aldrin say to Armstrong after they saw how the world reacted Aldrin said, “Neil, we missed the whole thing.” Because Aldrin thought that they were the only ones who never had the chance to see themselves carrying out the moon-landing mission. What really awed the astronauts when they were orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve of 1968? Their real wonder was at the vibrant blue earth in the distance, not at the dead gray planet beneath them. 4) What does it mean to be human? To be human means to be restless. Curiosity is never satisfied. It merely finds new targets. What did astronaut Al Bean do when he sat in shopping malls after he had returned to t