高二英语外研版选修8课件：Module5Introductionreadingvocabulary1.pptVIP

Introduction—3 Work in pairs. Discuss your answers and think of other events which will happen in space in the future. Reading and vocabulary 1 1. Who is the first man in space? 2.Who is the first man to set foot on the Moon? 3. Who is the first Chinese astronaut? Russian Yuri Gagarin. American Neil Armstrong. Yang Liwei. Reading and vocabulary (1)-1 Pre-reading Prediction Reading and vocabulary (1)-2 Tick the subjects that are mentioned in the text: (1) the first landing on the Moon (2) the first shuttle flight into space (3) the first landing on Mars (4) the explosion of the challenger (5) China’s first taikonaut Yang Liwei Keys: 1. 2. 4 Reading and vocabulary (1)-3 Find out the main idea of each part. Part 1: Para 1: the first Moon landing. Para 2: the first shuttle flight into space. Para 3: the explosion of the Challenger. Part 2: The writer’s witness of the explosion of the Challenger. Reading and vocabulary (1)--4 Read part 1 of the passage and answer the questions. 1.Why does the writer call the passage Space: the Frontier? Because there are no new places left on earth for human to discover but we have not yet explored space. 2. How did people feel when they watched the first moon landing? Excited but nervous. 3. How did people feel about space travel a few years later? They got used to it and thought it was safe and normal. 4.What was different about the space shuttle? The space shuttle could be used many times. 5. Why did people want to watch the Challenger take off? Because it was a new spacecraft and it had a teacher on board as well as astronauts. 6. What did the Challenger disaster teach the world? Space flight was still dangerous. 1. how the boy felt before the take-off He was very excited. 2. what happened when the Challenger exploded. They all started screaming. Reading and vocabulary (1)--5 Read Part 2 of the passage. Work in pairs and describe: 3.?how he felt after witnessing the accident on TV. He was in a state of