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!

                                            

                                              

the first man in China to travel in spacethe first man in China to travel in space

Yang LiweiYang Liwei

Gagarin from the former Soviet Union

the first man to travel in space in the world

Armstrong from the USA Armstrong from the USA

the first man to land on the moonthe first man to land on the moon

What do these people do in

outer space?

Space exploration

Good afternoon, everyone. I’m so glad to be here to tell you something about outer space and space exploration. Space explor -ation 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 became 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.

Time Event

1957

1959

1961

the launch of the first artificial satellite

unmanned spaceship… launch into space

orbit the Earth

Today, most important planets have been examined. Photos have been taken and samples have been collected from the planets, but no evidence of life has been discovered on any of the planets so far. Scientific research still continues.

Today’s space exploration

Do you know the Do you know the following equipment following equipment

about space exploration?about space exploration?

launch padlaunch pad

发射台发射台

rocketrocket

launch towerlaunch tower

发射塔发射塔

space shuttle

航天飞机

spaceship

space station

astronaut

spacesuit

spacewalk

tracking ship tracking ship 跟踪测量船跟踪测量船

launch tower

launch pad

rocket

space shuttle

astronaut

spacesuit

spacewalk

space station

tracking ship

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.

astronautspace space exploration

space shuttlerockets

launched

space station spacewalk

spacesuits

words related to exploration:

unmanned spaceship tracking ship

artificial satellite man-made satellite

space station space shuttle

space exploration spacewalk

spacesuit sample

launch tower launch pad

orbit rocket

astronaut

Sun Mercury PlutoJupiter Uranus

VenusEarth Mars Saturn Neptune

write the name of each planet in the solar systemwrite the name of each planet in the solar system

Mercury

Venus

EarthMars

Jupiter

Saturn

Neptune

Uranus Plut

o

Part D on P7EarthJupiterMercuryMarsNeptunePlutoVenusSaturnUranus

9267

3514

89267

words related to space:universe star solar system 太阳系galaxy 星系 , 银河 ,outer space planet (Mercury 水星 Uranus 天王星 Venus 金星 Neptune 海王星 Earth Pluto 冥王星 ) Mars 火星 Jupiter 木星 Saturn 土星

1.make a speech to sb2. orbit the earth 3. collect samples from the planets4. discover no evidence of life5. dream of becoming 6. carry out space exploration7. come true8. separate from9.take a spacewalk an astronaut10. provide oxygen

1. 给某人作演说2.绕地球飞行3. 从星球上收集样品

4.没有发现生命的迹象

5.梦想成为宇航员6.执行太空探测计划

7.变为现实 /实现8. 从 --- 分离9. 进行太空行走10. 提供氧气

carry outcarry out

1. I was chosen _____________the experiment.

2. I expect the famous doctor _____________________

this operation.

3.---What are you busy with?

----______________ my study plan.

4.Nothing can prevent this order from ________________.

执行，开展，实行，进行

To

to carry outto carry out/will carry out

Carrying out

being carried out

come truecome true =

1.I hope my dream ____________ some day.

2.He dreamt of becoming a lawyer and at last it ____________.

will come true

came true

be realized

1. Soldiers have been sent to protect people against attack.2. She wore dark glasses to protect her eyes from the sun.protect: make sure sb/ sth is not harmed, damaged. 保护，防护

pr

protect … from/ against sth. 保护，防护prevent … (from) doing sth. 防止， 阻止某人做1. What _________you from carrying out the plan?2. ________them, astronauts can’t take off their spacesuits.3. Put on more clothes ________yourself from the cold.4. The heavy rain __________us attending the party.5. Nothing can _________him from looking into his son’s disappearance.改错：1. Use your umbrella to prevent yourself from the rain.2. We’ll try to prevent the similar accident happen again.

preventedTo protect

to protect

prevented

prevent

1.A spacesuit is used to_______oxygen.2.Although samples ______________from the planets, no evidence of life __________on any of the planets.3. Yang Liwei is the first in China __________space.4. He is always dreaming of _________to space and _________space exploration and this __________ lately.5. Do you know who became the first _________a spacewalk?

provide, collect, explore, look into, make up, travel, come true, discover, shout, search, explore, carry out, take,

provide have been collected

has been discovered

to explore travelling

carrying out has come true

to take

6. Do you mind __________your seat to an old man?7. He was heard _________when the lights came.8. He is looking forward to __________the cause of his wife’s death.9.She was last seen _________herself before she went to the party.10. There are about 300 young teachers in the school, __________one third of teachers there.11. Every one of you, ______the room carefully for the book.

provide, collect, explore, look into, make up, travel, come true, discover, shout, search, take, carry out, give up

giving up shouting

looking into

making up

making up

search

Fill in the blanks with proper words from the picture on P6

Today we had an unforgettable experience in the Space Museum in the centre of our city.First, the narrator （讲解员） introduced the first successful moon-landing mission （登月飞行） in the world.We saw some photos of those famous _________ like Neil Armstrong. Then, we were shown around a ____________ and a____________which are used to lift the _____________into space. The most exciting moment came when we were allowed to wear_________ to experience the simulated （模拟的）______________.

astronauts

launch towerlaunch pad

space shuttle

spacesuitsspacewalk

I struggled （费力的） into the 50kg spacesuit.

When I went into the ___________ for the

first time, I couldn’t help feeling excited and

proud. When the spaceship was launched and

separated （分离） from the _______, I

suddenly got a feeling of flying to the sky.At

the moment the spaceship touched down to

the ground, I felt my body was very heavy.I

can’t wait to share my wonderful experience

with my friends.

space ship

rocket

space:

e.g. spaceman space station

spacesuit space shuttle

spaceship outer space

spacewalk

n. 空间 , 空地；

这张桌子占据了太多的空间。

n. 地球大气以外；

e.g. The desk takes up too much space.

exploration: n. 勘探，勘查，探索； e.g. space exploration oil exploration

e.g. organize

organization realizationrealize

explore: v. 勘探，勘查，探索 ; e.g. Upon arriving on the island, we were eager to explore. ( 我们一到岛上就急不可耐地考察起来 .)

launch: n. ( 航天器的 ) 发射 ;( 产品的 ) 上市…

e.g. the successful launch of …

a product launch

v. 发射 ; 把 ( 航天器等 ) 发射上天…e.g. Does everyone know how to

launch a spaceship?

orbit: v. 绕轨道运行 ; 围绕…运动 ; e.g. The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.

n. ( 天体等运行的 ) 轨道e.g. the earth’s orbit around the sun

A new satellite has been put into orbit

around the earth. ( 一颗新的人造卫星被

送上了环绕地球的轨道 .)

a space station in orbit round the moon