美国历史文化概况（英文版）UNIT_11_Science_and_Technology教材教学课件.ppt

Unit 11 Science and Technology CONTENTS Teaching Aims Text A Text B Supplementing Reading TEACHING AIMS After studying this unit, you are required to: 1. Have a general idea of Science and Technology. 2. Understand the importance of Science and Technology. 3. Master the difficult words and expressions. Text A Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center TEXT A Preview 建立于1961年的约翰逊航天中心，即林顿?约翰逊太空中心，坐落于美国得克萨斯州的克利尔湖西畔，距休斯敦市区约40千米，占地4.38×107平方米。它是美国国家航空航天局属下的一个机构，担负着美国载人航天飞行的设计、研制和试验工作。它还是实施“水星”“双子星”“阿波罗”计划和天空实验室、国际空间站等载人航天计划的主战场。现在，该中心是NASA的月球标本库、航天飞行科学研究和医学研究的大本营，并在天体岩石研究上处于世界领先地位。 TEXT A Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whether they are true（T) or false（F)． 1.The centers Mission Control Center has not been the operational center of every American human space mission since Gemini V. （ ） 2.In addition to housing NASAs astronaut operations, JSC is also the site of the former Lunar Receiving Laboratory, where the first astronauts returning from the moon were quarantined, and where the majority of lunar samples are stored.( ) 3.In the wake of the January 28th, 1986 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, then-President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy traveled to JSC on January 31 to speak at a memorial service honoring the astronauts.( ) TEXT A Reading Comprehension 4.The Apollo Mission Control Center, a National Historic Landmark can be found in building 300. ( ) 5.Astronauts begin their training in the SMS using training software until they are assigned to a particular mission. Astronauts also train with the flight controllers in the Mission Control Center. ( ) TEXT A Notes The Apollo program: was the American spaceflight endeavor which landed the first humans on Earths Moon. Conceived during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and conducted by NASA, Apollo began in earnest after President John F. Kennedys May 25, 1961 special address to a joint session of Congress declaring