A visit to the moon 语言点.pptVIP

A quiz 1 What country first sent people into space? A China B America C England D Soviet Union 2 How many countries have succeeded in sending people into space? A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 3 Who first landed on the moon? A Hawking B Newton C Einstein D Armstrong 4 Who is the first Chinese astronaut to go into space? A Wu Jie B Nie Hai sheng C Li Yan ping D Yang Li wei Listen carefully and think about these statements .Decide whether they are true or false. 1 The author made his trip to the moon. 2 While the rocket tried to escape the pull of the earth , the author and his friend were talking happily. 3 The spaceship didn’t fall back to the earth because it was too far from the moon. 4 When a person is on the moon,he is lighter than he is on the earth. 5 The author wants to explore other natural satellites like the moon. Language points 1 Last month I was lucky enough to have a chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li Yanping, an astronomer.上个月我有幸得到一个机会和我的一位宇航员朋友——李彦平，一起进入太空旅行。 make a trip 旅行 My father will make a trip to New York next week. 2 Then we were off.然后我们出发了。 be off﹦set off 出发；动身 I am off today. 3. When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us but it will not be as strong a pull as the earth’s. 当我们更接近月球时，就会感到月球的引力在拉我们。但是，月球的引力不像地球的引力那么大。 1)get close to 接近，靠近 He seized every chance to get close to her. 2)be close to 距……近，接近（指状态） Our school is close to Yang Mei Primary School. 3)as+形容词+a/an+可数名词单数+as 像……一样；与……一样 She is as beautiful a girl as Mary. 4 I cheered up immediately and floated weightlessly around in our spaceship cabin watching the earth become smaller and the moon larger.我立刻高兴起来，由于失重我在太空舱里飘来飘去，我望着地球越来越小，而月亮则变得越来越大。 cheer up 高兴起来，振作起来 cheer sb. up 使某人高兴起来/振作起来 1)Cheer up ! It’s not the end of the world. 2)When I feel sad,my mother tells me jokes to cheer me up. cheer……on 为……助威；为……加油 Let’s cheer our Chinese Team on. 5 But when I tried to step forward, I foun