高一英语《Tales of the unexplained》课件5.ppt

* Space exploration A scientist is making a speech to a group of high school students. Below is the first part of his speech. Read the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned. the first man-made satellite went around the Earth spaceships have been sent up into space the first person travelled in space examine important planets in the solar system, take photos and sent back In 1957 Since1959 By 1961 Today By 1969 the first person landed on the Moon the process of space exploration The first man-made satellite went around the Earth in 1957. The first person travelled in space in 1961. Today, most of the important planets in the solar system have been examined. spaceship: a vehicle for carrying people through space Words explanation space shuttle: a vehicle that is designed to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experiments space shuttle rocket spacesuit: suit covering the whole body and supplied with air spacewalk: act or time of moving about in space outside a spacecraft spaceship space shuttle launch A vehicle that is designed to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experiment. A vehicle for carrying people through space. To send something into space or into the sky. Match the definitions with the right words. Look at the pictures and try to answer the following questions: 1. How can a space shuttle be sent into space? 2. Can it fly into space by itself? At 4 p.m. June 13, 2013 What’s this? A launch tower. a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into space launch pad launchtower What lifts the space shuttle into space? Two rockets. astronauts space station space walk spacesuit Fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up. tracking ship What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle? If you have a chance to travel in space, which planet do you want to go? Why? How would you like to go there? If you