高中英语_李雪霞教学课件设计.ppt

* Unit2 Space Exploration (Reading and thinking) 工作单位： 山东省广饶县第一中学 2019人教版高一英语必修三 讲课教师： Our aims today: 1.Learn the history of humans’ space exploration 2.Grasp the logical relationship between sentences and paragraphs. 3.Set up the ambition to make contributions to space exploration Space Exploration What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration? Space: the final frontier 1. What do you expect to read about in this text? 2.What kind of passage is it? Where can you find this kind of passage? Read for the main idea 1.Skim the passage to check whether your prediction is right or not. 2 .Get the main idea of each paragraph. Para1. Humans always have a strong desire to explore space. Para2. Space travel became a reality in the 20th century, with American and the USSR’s missions. Para3. Despite the huge risks of space travel, space exploration continues. Para4. China has made great progress in space exploration in the early 21st century. Para5. The future of space exploration looks bright, as many countries are planning further missions. The passage is mainly about the history… A skill to summarize the main idea When there is no topic sentence, we should read through the full paragraph and find the words or ideas that repeat themselves. It’s likely that they are evidence of the authors main idea Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. C. The future of space exploration remains bright. B. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. The correct sentence to fill each gap B. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. A. A