Word Power -- outer space & space exploration space exploration Space exploration

-- (outer) space & [ 7eksplC :5reiFEn ] n. 探险 space exploration

Task one - Learn words about outer space

sun earth moon star 恒 星 planet 行星 satellite [ 5sAtEla it ] 卫星 orbit [ 5C:bit ] v./ n.

sun earth moon Who was the first to know that the earth moves around the sun? Who proved Copernicus’ theory by using a telescope ? A polish scientist : Copernicus 哥白尼 An Italian scientist: Galileo 伽利略

How many planets does the sun have ? solar system

SunMercury Pluto JupiterUranus Venus Earth Mars Saturn Neptune

1. 水 星 --Mercury 2. 金星 -- Venus 3. 地球 -- Earth 4. 火星 -- Mars 5. 木星 -- Jupiter 6. 土星 -- Saturn 7. 天王星 -Uranus 8. 海王星 - Neptune 9. 冥王星 -- Pluto solar system

Group Work Learn the planets by heart in the right order A game!

Task two - Learn words about space exploration

If only you were a bird, but you couldn’t fly too high, What would you like to be?

astronaut [ 5AstrEnC:t ] spacemen

1.Who was the 1st man to go into space? Gagarin, former Soviet Union 2.Who was 1st man to walk on the moon ? Armstrong, USA A small step for man and a giant leap for mankind. 3.Clothes ? Walk ? spacesuit spacewalk

---- Working base / sky lab for astronauts in outer space space station

space shuttle manned spaceship artificial satellite [ 7B:ti5fiFEl ] 1.space shuttle ( 往返于地球和太空站之间 运载人和物资的 ) 航天飞机 Shenzhou VI 2. spaceship 太空船 unmanned spaceship / manned spaceship China, 1970 ? 3. artificial (man-made) satellite – orbit the planets

ShengzhouVI is being launched at the launch tower [ lC:ntF ] send up 发射

launch pad rocket launch tower How is a space shuttle launched ?

tracking ship How is a space shuttle followed ?

Group Work List the following names A challenge!

astronautspacesuit spacewalk space station space shuttle launch tower launch pad rocket tracking ship

Task three - Learn key events about space exploration

Listen & tell out the key events: ---- A scientist is making a speech to a group of high school students. In 1957: Since 1959: By 1961: _________________ began with the launch of ______________________. Space exploration the first artificial satellite. ___________________ have been launched into space. Unmanned spaceship People _______________________. were orbiting the earth

Brief history of the world’s space exploration More events!

1957 : 1st artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) was launched into orbit around Earth : the former Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin became 1st man to orbit Earth : Armstrong became 1st man to walk on the moon. 1973: Skylab, America's 1st space station was launched into space : Columbia, 1st space shuttle, was launched. 1986: The shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. All seven crew members were killed including the 1st female teacher Christa McAuliffe. 1988: The space shuttle program began again with the takeoff of Discovery.

Task Four — Learn achievements made by Chinese in space exploration

1960 : 1st Chinese R2 Rocket was launched : 1st satellite was launched. 1999: 1st unmanned spaceship Shengzhou was launched and recovered successfully. 1999: 4 tracking ships were operational 2000: 3rd country to master technology of satellite recovery. 2003: launched 1st manned spaceship, sending 1 astronaut into orbit 2005: launched 2nd manned spaceship, sending 2 astronauts for a 5-day journey in space ( 运作的 ).

Group Work Compare Shengzhou VI with Shengzhou V

staying time man module [5mCdju:l] 舱 I food launch time 1 day5 days 1 man 2 men 1(return) 2(orbital) (return) easy to open 50 (4main) Oct.2003Oct.2005

Task Five -- Brainstorm China’s future space exploration As we all know, space exploration is full of mysteries and adventures, successes and failures. We man have been carrying out Space Exploration

Questions : 1. Will Shengzhou Ⅶ, Shengzhou Ⅷ (...) be launched in the future ? 2. Do you believe China will become a global space power ?

Group Work-4 Discussion – choose any of the topics as you like 1. Do you want to be an astronaut? Why ? why not? 2. What do you prepare to do for China’s or the world’s space exploration ?

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