1. Unit2 Great people
Reading Neil Armstrong

2. Part One Pre-reading Do you know him? Yes. He is called Yang Liwei.
What’s his job?
He is an astronaut.
Has he been to the moon?
(此时出镜)
T: Hello, everyone! Nice to see you. I’m from Wuxi Foreign Language School. Today, I’m going to introduce a famous person to you.
（点击）
T: Do you know him? （点击） Yes. He is called Yang Liwei. （点击）
T: What’s his job? （点击） He is an astronaut. （点击）
T: Has he been to the moon? （点击） No, he hasn’t.
No, he hasn’t. 2

3. Do you know who is the first man to walk on the moon?
Yes, he is Neil Armstrong.

4. Neil Armstrong
As Armstrong became the first person to touch the Moon's surface, he spoke the unforgettable phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind".

5. Word matching a small amount of something for testing licence
a long or high jump
a piece of paper showing that you are allowed to do something
chosen from a group of people or things
a person who belongs to a particular country
turn round and round
licence
leap
sample
spin
citizen
selected
（点击）
T: Now, try your best to match these words with their meanings.
T: Have you worked them out? Let’s check the answers now. （点击）
T: A license is a piece of paper showing that you are allowed to do something. （点击）
A leap is a long jump or high jump. （点击）
A sample is a small amount of something for testing. （点击）
Spin means turn round and round. （点击）
A citizen is a person who belongs to a particular country. （点击）
Selected means chosen from a group of people or things.
T: Now, read the new words after me. 5

6. New words successfully 成功地 pilot 飞行员 truly 真正地 engineering 工程
giant 巨大的
huge 巨大的
manage 完成(困难的事)
land 降落
pride 骄傲
pilot 飞行员
engineering 工程
navy 海军
commander 指挥官
wind tunnel 风洞
mankind 人类
exploration 探索

7. Part Two While-reading
Listen to the tape and judge the following statements F
Neil Armstrong was born in the 1940s.
He flew in a plane when he was six.
The Gemini 8 mission is all about star signs.
Gemini 8 landed in the USA.
in the 1930s. T F
was a space mission. F
in the western Pacific
Ocean.

8. F
Three men from Apollo 11 walked on the moon together.
The astronauts took some moon plants back to Earth.
The US government has never said that the reports about the alien spacecraft are true.
Neil Armstrong was awarded the Medal of Freedom.
Two men F
took some rock samples T T

9. Read after the tape and answer the following questions
What did Neil Armstrong receive when he was 16?
What did Neil Armstrong do when Gemini 8 was out of control?
Which was the first spacecraft to land on the moon?
What did Armstrong and Aldrin do on the moon?
What do people think the aliens tried to do?
What was the highest award that Neil Armstrong received?

10. 1 What did Neil Armstrong receive when he was 16?
2 What did Neil Armstrong do when Gemini 8 was out of control?
3 Which was the first spacecraft to land on the moon?
He received his student pilot’s licence.
He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.
T: Now, let’s check the answers.
T: What did Neil Armstrong receive when he was 16? （点击） He received his student pilot’s licence.
T: What did Neil Armstrong do when Gemini 8 was out of control? （点击） He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean.
T: Which was the first spacecraft to land on the moon? （点击） Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon. 10

11. 4 What did Armstrong and Aldrin do on the moon?
5 What do people think the aliens tried to do?
6 What was the highest award that Neil
Armstrong received?
They walked on the moon and collected rock samples.
They think the aliens tried to warn Armstrong and Aldrin to stay away.
The Medal of Freedom was the highest award Neil Armstrong received.

12. Read the text again and finish the table
Time
Major events
In 1930
In 1946
In 1949
In 1962
In 1966
In 1969
He was born in Ohio.
He received his pilot’s licence.
He joined the navy.
He was selected to be an astronaut.
He went into space in Gemini 8.
He walked on the moon.

13. Read the passage together and fill in the blanks with right words
Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. He took his first _______ at six and received his pilot’s ________ at 16. In 1949, Neil _______ the navy and worked as a _______. He was _______ to be an astronaut in Four years later, he __________ to join two spacecrafts together in space.
flight
licence
joined
pilot
selected
managed

14. Then the big day came. On 20th July 1969, he _______ Apollo 11 on the moon together with Aldrin. Neil said the famous words ‘one small step for man, one _______ leap for ________’ on the moon. They became ________ after they returned with many rock _________.
landed
giant
mankind
heroes
samples

15. However, there are reports that say he and Aldrin saw _______ on the moon. These reports still haven’t been proved. Armstrong got the highest ________that a US ________can receive. He is the _______ of the world.
aliens
award
citizen
pride

16. Discussion
If you are an astronaut, what do you want to do on the moon?
Do you think there are aliens in space?
Would you like to go to the moon? Why?
T: From this passage, we have learnt that Neil Armstrong is a great astronaut in the world. Do you want to an astronaut like him? (从文章中，我们可以看出Neil Armstrong 是一位伟大的宇航员。你想和他一样成为一位宇航员吗？
(PPT)
T: If you are an astronaut, what do you want to do on the moon? Talk about it with your partners. 16

17. Part Three Post-reading
Language points
In 1962, he was selected to become an astronaut.
select 选择，挑选
他让儿子自己选择圣诞礼物。
He_______ his son _______ his own Christmas present.
lets
select

18. select…from … 从……选择……
We have to _____ the best one _____ these samples.
A select, to B selected, in
C select, from D selected, to c

19. On that mission, he and David R
On that mission, he and David R. Scott managed to join two spacecrafts together for the first time in space.
manage to do… 设法成功做……
try to do… 设法做……
Lily __________ get the driving licence and she was very happy.
Jack ________ pass the Maths exam, but he failed in it yesterday.
managed to
tried to

20. He is the pride of the whole world.
他是全世界的骄傲。
be the pride of … ……的骄傲
刘翔是全中国人的骄傲。
Liu Xiang is the ______ of all Chinese people.
pride

21. be proud of … = take pride in…　　
以……为骄傲
他的父母以他为骄傲。
His parents are proud of him.
=His parents take pride in him.
I am very _____ of Yang Liwei and he is also the ____ of China.
proud
pride

22. Finishing Exercises B1 and B2
P60 B1
1 c 2 b 3 a
4 b 6 c 7 a B2
1 f 2 d 3 e

23. Homework
1 Read the text several times and remember all the expressions.
2 Find out more information about Chinese astronauts.