牛津高中英语M2U1-Word-Power--Space-exploration.ppt

Homework P86.A2; p87 B2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Word power Who is she ? A beauty named Chang’e on the moon. The story about Chang’e told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years! Discussion Have you ever thought about exploring space one day? What would you do in space? 2. Who was the first man to travel to the moon and what do you know about him? Neil Armstrong This is a small step for a man , but a giant leap for mankind 这是一个人的 的一小步，却是 人类的一大步。 Questions: 1.When did space exploration begin in the world? 2.When was the first manned spaceship launched in China? Now there is a scientist who will tell you something about outer space and space exploration. In 1957 Oct.15,2003 3. What achievements have humans made so far in space exploration? Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned. Time Event 1957 1959 1961 the launch of the first artificial satellite unmanned spaceship… launch into space orbit the Earth 2005 astronauts spacesuit astronaut 1969.7.20 spacewalk space station space shuttle spaceship spaceship: space shuttle: a vehicle for carrying people through space a vehicle that is designed to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experiments What’s this? A launch tower. launch pad a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into space What lifts the space shuttle into space? Two rockets. What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle? Fall into the sea and a ship w