UnitNineIsThereLifeonEarth.ppt

Unit NineIs There Life on Earth? Designed by Shi Yuan Listening and Speaking Group discussion Background information Listening Practice Oral Practice Assignments News China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday, first step into its three-stage moon mission, marking a new milestone in the countrys space exploration history. The Change I blasted off at about 6:05 pm on a Long March 3A carrier rocket from the No. 3 launching tower in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest Chinas Sichuan Province. The circumlunar satellite, named after a legendary Chinese fairy who is said to have flown to the moon, is expected to enter the Earth-moon transfer orbit on October 31 and arrive in the moons orbit on November 5. 词语解释： launch: 发动、开始 lunar probe: 月球探索 milestone: 里程碑 blast off: 发射升空 carrier rocket: 运载火箭 launching tower: 发射塔 circumlunar satellite: 绕月卫星 a legendary Chinese fairy 一个传说中的中国仙女 transfer orbit 转换轨道 Related words 载人飞船 manned spaceship/ spacecraft 载人航天 manned space flight 载人航天计划 manned space program 航天飞机 space shuttle 无人飞船 unmanned spaceship / spacecraft 试验太空船 Experimental Spacecraft 神舟号 Shenzhou (Divine Vessel) 多级火箭 multistage rocket 太空舱 capsule 返回式卫星 recoverable satellite 通信卫星 communication satellite 遥感卫星 remote sensing satellite 长征二号F运载火箭 Long March II F carrier rocket 有效载荷能力 payload capability 近地轨道 low Earth orbit 气象卫星 weather satellite; meteorological satellite 太阳同步轨道卫星 satellite in Sun-synchronous orbit 同步轨道卫星 geosynchronous satellite 轨道舱 orbital module 返回舱 re-entry module 推进舱 propelling module 指令舱 command module 服务舱 service module 登月舱 lunar module 紧急供氧装置 emergency oxygen apparatus 空间物理探测 space physics exploration 国际空间站 International Space Station 太阳能电池板 solar panel 太空升降舱 space elevator 哈勃太空望远镜 Hubble Space Telescope 月球车 lunar rover 外太空 outer space; deep space 银河系 Milky Way 阿波罗号宇宙飞船 Apollo 美国航空航天管理局 NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Background information Planets in the Solar System Manhattan Light Year Arthur Buc