9B Unit 1 Life on Mars

Reading (1)

Earth Mars

a better world …

crowdedpolluted

1 Color:

2 Size:

3 Location( 位置 ):

4 Moons( 卫星 ):

5 Surface （表面） :

6 Temperature:

Task Two

Sharing my research on Mars

red

Mercury Venus

Earth

Mars

One-half the diametre of Earth

Pluto

Jupiter

Uranus Neptune

Earth

Venus

MarsSaturnMercury

Eight planets in our solar system

two moons

Phobos( 火卫一 )

Deimos( 火卫二 )

The surface( 表面 ) of Mars is a little like the surface of Earth.

-133 ℃ ～ 27 ℃Temperature:

1 Color: _________

2 Size: ________ the diametre of _____

3 Location: ______________and Jupiter

4 Moons: _________ and ________

5 Surface:______ like the surface of ______

6 Temperature:_______ to ________

My research on Mars

red

one-half Earth

between Earth

Phobos Deimos

a little Earth

-133 27 ℃ ℃

Task One look at the pictures and learn some new words.

Pre-reading

crowded adj. 拥挤的

pollution n. 污染 polluted adj. 被污染的

b

imagine v. 想像 ; 设想

imaginative adj. 有想象力的

planet (s)

n. 行星

star n. 恒星

oxygen n. 氧气

tank n. （盛气体或液体的）箱，罐

gravity n. 重力

float v.漂浮

dome n. 穹状建筑物

space home

。

vehicle n. 交通工具

various

adj. 各种各样的

enjoyable adj. 令人愉快的

fashionableadj. 流行的，时髦的

Task One

Listening first and then completing Exercise C1

on Page 11 of the Students’ Book.

While-reading

Task Two Skimming

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Para 5

Para 6

Para 7

Crowded, polluted

Transport

Food, water and air

Gravity

Home

School

Food

Task Three Scanninga.Read Paragraph 1, and then decide Tor F.

1. By 2100, people might live on Mars.

2. Mars is becoming more crowded and polluted. crowded

polluted

T

FEarth

b. Read Paragraphs 2-6, and then answer questions 1-10

1. What vehicle do people use to go to Mars at present? And how long does it take?

2. What vehicle may people use to go to Mars in the future? And how long will it take?

3.What will scientists do to solve the problems of food, water and air?

4. Are you sure that these plants can produce enough water?

5. Is gravity on Mars a big problem? Why?

6. What may happen then?

7. What kind of shoes should people wear?

8. What kind of house may people live in?

9. Who will do most of our work?

10. What kind of school will students study at? And what do they call their teachers?

transport

Spacecraft.

Space shuttles.

Only a very short time.

1 What vehicle do people use to go to Mars at present? And how long does it take?

Months.

2 What vehicle may people use to go to Mars in the future? And how long will it take?

Food, water and air

3 What will scientists do to solve the problems of food, water and air?

Scientists will develop plants that can grow on Mars and produce food, water and oxygen.4 Are you sure that these plants can produce enough water?

No, nobody is sure if these plants can produce enough water .

Yes, it is. Because the gravity

on Mars is three-eighths of the gravity on Earth.

People may jump high easily and float away into space.

People should wear special boots to make themselves heavier.

5 Is gravity on Mars a big problem? Why?

6 What may happen then?

7 What shoes should people wear?

gravity

home

8 What kind of house may people live in?

9 Who will do most of our work?

A special dome with 10 bedrooms is highly possible.

Robots.

school

10 What kind of school will students

study in? And what do they call their

teachers?Students can study in online

schools and they call their teachers

‘e-teachers’.

Life on Mars may be _______than ______

on Earth today. Food will be in the form of ________and won’t be_______. And space travel will make many people feel________.

c. Read Paragraph 7, and then fill in the blanks.

worse life/that

pills tasty

ill/sick/uncomfortable

Disadvantages

Task One Discussion about Task One Discussion about life on Earth

• 1 Food is t______and f_______.

• 2 Travel is c___________.

• 3 We can breathe the a_____.

• 4 We can go to theatres, c______,

• etc.

asty resh

omfortable

oncerts

• 1.Crowded and p _______.

• 2. Not much s_________.

• 3. Too much n_______.

• 4. Not very exciting

• or u_______.

• 5. W ___.

Advantages

ir

olluted

pace

oise

ars

After-reading

※

※

※

※

nusual

Disadvantages

Task Two Discussion about Task Two Discussion about life on Mars

• 1 It’s not ________ or ________.

• 2. The ________ is more convenient.

• ( 方便的 )

• 3 People will wear special _____.

• 4 People will have ______ space.

• 5 ______ will do most of our work.

• 6 We’ll have more time for_______.

• 7. Students will study in

• ______ schools.

crowded pollutedtransport

bootsmore

Robots

hobbies

online

1.Low _______ will be dangerous. 2. Food does not taste _____. 3.Space travel makes people feel ______. 4. It’s too ____ to stay outside. 5.It’s too ___ away from friends on Earth.

Advantages

gravity

good

ill/sickcold

far

.Earth today Mars in 2100It is polluted and crowded.

Spacecraft are slow.

Gravity is not a problem for us .

People can wear many types of shoes.

People do not have much space.

We take exams at school.

We have many different kinds of food.

It is clean and has lots of space.

Space shuttles travel at half the speed of light.

Only about three-eighths ot the gravity we have here on Earth.

We must wear special boots.

People live in domes with ten bedrooms.

In online schools.

Meals are just the pills.

Task Three Filling in the form below

..

• Task Four Retelling the textTask Four Retelling the text

believe; live on Marscrowed; pollutedlife ; be like

1

spacecraft; too slow to

months; space shuttles

a very short time

half the speed of

2

3

develop; produce

nobody is sure if

4

a big problem for

three-eighths of that

dangerous; easily

wear; various designs

5

more; a dome with

robots; most of

have more time

6

e-teachers

study

do the homework

take exams

7food; meals

travel; ill

the space shuttles;

the journey

Rewriting the text.

Fill in the blanks with proper words It’s difficult to imagine that we’ll live on Mars now. But _______ is getting more and more ________ and ________. What will life be ________?

First , ________ will be better . Space shuttles might ________ a short time to get to Mars. Also scientists should be able to ________ plants which will _______ the food and oxygen . But , it’s not sure if these plants could produce ___________.

There is a big problem: _________. People on Mars will be _________ because we can ________ jump high and ________ away into space. To prevent this, we’d better wear _______ boots. And the boots will be very _________ for us to choose from.

Earth crowded pollutedlike

transport

takedevelop produce

enough water

gravity

dangerous easilyfloat

special fashionable

Think of the future life on Mars. Maybe we live in a ______ with ten bedrooms. We’ll have more time for ________ because robots will do the most work. Students will study in ________ schools . They have ____________. In some ways , life on Mars may be ___________ than life on Earth . For example , food will be in the form of _______. And the space travel will be uncomfortable.

domehobbies

onlinee-teachers

worse

pills

Homework

1 Read the passage aloud.

2 Finish off the additional

exercises.