牛津译林版高中英语必修二unit 1《tales of the unexplained》课件4.ppt

* Word power Places of interest on earth tourists into space Who is she ? Chang’e The story about Chang’e told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years! Space exploration began in 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite. Unmanned spaceships have been launched into space since 1959. By 1961, people were orbiting the Earth. Yuri Gagarin from the former Soviet Union become the first human being to travel in space. Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned. 1961 1959 1957 Event Time the launch of the first artificial satellite unmanned spaceship… launch into space orbit the Earth The Launch of Shenzhou VI A launch tower. launch pad space shuttle Two rockets. tracking ship space station spaceship spacesuit astronaut 1969.7.20 spacewalk space space exploration launch space shuttle launch tower launch pad rocket tracking ship astronaut spacesuit spacewalk space station I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an________ and traveling to ______ to carry out _________________. If this comes true, you’ll probably travel by ____________, a spaceship that looks like an aeroplane. Two ______ supported by a launch tower will lift the space shuttle into space. Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are ________, the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the sea. Then a ship will pick them up. Astronauts will do their research in a base in outer space called ___________. Sometimes they go out of their space shuttle to take a _________. In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _________, which protect them and provide oxygen. In 1965, Alexei Leonov from the former Soviet Union became the first human being to take a walk in space. astronaut space space exploration space shuttle rockets l