Unit6Space探析.ppt

Unit 6 Space Teaching objectives: Reading skill : Scanning To learn the history of probing the universe the promising and the disappointing aspects of the Space Program ;I. Reading Skill: Scanning;Practical steps for scanning;Mark your answer to the question either by circling the letter or by filling in the blank. Go on to the second question immediately, and repeat this process. But don’t read the text from the beginning, and continue to locate from your last stop. Complete all the questions on the text. ;Two options: 1. Try “Pure Scanning”- Read the questions and answers, then scan the text to find the answers, without reading the passage. Save time by skipping the parts you don’t need. 2. Survey and Skim , first to acquaint yourself with the passage so you can find the information quickly because of your understanding. ;Unit 6 Space;II. Astronomy and space basics;The 8 main planets in the solar systemobliquity?[?blikw?ti] n. 倾斜；倾斜度；不正直 ;Mercury[‘m??kj?r?]水星，汞 Venus?[‘vi:n?s]金星 Mother Earth大地，土地 Mars?[mɑ:z]火星 Jupiter?[d?u:pit?]木星 Saturn?[‘s?t?n]土星 Uranus ?[‘ju?r?n?s]天王星 Neptune?[‘neptju:n]海王星 Pluto?[plu:t?u]冥王星 etc. ;Sputnik, the world’s first artificial earth satellite, launched by the former Soviet in 1957. ?斯普特尼克 [sp?tnit; spu-] 前苏联人造地球卫星 ;Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12?April 1961, he became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around the world for his pioneering tour in space. ;The Moon Landing;NASA美国国家航空和宇宙航行局 /美国国家航空航天局 ;Space Shuttle Challenger disaster;Challenger flight 51-l crew;Is Outer Space Worth Exploring ? Almost everyday we may see something in the newspaper or on TV about the latest exciting developments in space exploration. There is an immense pride in our science and technology and a sense of its importance for the welfare of mankind. Not everyone , however, shares this feeling. Ever since space research beg