1. M2 U3 Amazing People
Project
Interviewing an expert
Welcome!

2. Teaching aims and demands:
Get some detailed information about Yang
Liwei.
2. Improve students' ability of speaking
by practicing interviewing Yang Liwei.
3. Write a story about the expert Yang Liwei.

3. Chang‘e flies to the moon

4. What does the flash mean?
a fairy tale (神话故事)
It is a beautiful Chinese ancient fairy tales, from which we can also know that ancient Chinese people once dreamt of flying to the moon.
a dream

5. But now the dream has come true

6. China has sent up the manned spacecraft Shenzhou VII into space and the astronaut Zhaizhigang has successfully walked into space.

7. Do you know who is the first astronaut of space exploration in China?
Yang Liwei

8. Yang Liwei: the first Chinese astronaut who travels to outer space!

9. Project Interview an expert
He is the hero of the Chinese people!

10. Explorer

11. Fast Reading Answer the following questions
1.When did Yang Liwei travel to the space?
2.What was he interested in when he was young?
3.What subjects did he study when he was trained to be an astronaut?
On 15 October 2003.
He loved science and technology.
a. All the subjects required to be an astronaut
b. survival skills
c. all about how spaceships and rockets are built

12. Careful reading Find out the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1:
Introduction
_________ to Yang Liwei’s voyage in space
Paragraph 2:
Yang Liwei’s __________.
childhood

13. √ Which is the main idea of Para 3? A. Yang Liwei joined the army.
B. Yang Liwei began his training as a
Chinese astronaut.
C. Yang Liwei graduated and became
a piolt.
D. Yang Liwei was among the best in
every test. √

14. Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 5:
Yang Liwei was chosen to be ____ ____ _______ for the Chinese space adventure.
the first astronaut
C_________ of Yang Liwei’s space exploration.
Conclusion

15. Structure analysis Para.1 Divide the passage into parts:
1. Introduction —
2. Body—
3 . Conclusion—
three
Para.
2 3 4
Para.5

16. How many kilometers does his journey take?
Listening
Paragraph 1
How many kilometers does his journey take?
It took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.

17. Paragraph 2 ① Yang was born in _______, in _______ Province.
1965
① Yang was born in _______, in
_______ Province.
② He loved ______ and __________
from a young age and had a strong
_______ to learn how to _______.
③ His dream was encouraged by ___
______ as well as his ______
_______ and younger brother.
Liaoning
science
technology
desire
fly
his
parents
older
sister

18. Paragraph 3 F F T T or F ① The team spent 3 years being trained. 5
② They studied only all the
subjects required to be an
astronaut.
They not only studied all the subjects required to be an astronaut, but also learnt survival skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built. F
③ Yang scored among the very
top in everything the group
studied. T

19. Paragraph 4
(1) How many candidates were picked for the Chinese space adventure?
(2) Was Yang Liwei one of them?
Only three out of the14 candidates.
Yes.

20. Paragraph 5 (1)The main idea of the last paragraph?
Yang’s space exploration is very successful and his name will go down in history.
All the Chinese
people are proud
of him!

21. Task-based reading ________ time
Introduction
1 to Yang Liwei
Birth 2
________
time
In 1965, Suizhong County, Liaoning Province
Education
Became a __________ in 1983
___________ from the flight school in 1987.
Working ________
Became a____________
1998 Chosen as a ________of Project 921
Trained to be an ____________
China’s first astronaut flying in ___
Personality
Hard working; Always in ______ of himself
soldier 3 4
Graduated
pilot 5
experiences 9 6
member 7
astronaut 8
space
control 10

22. …… What do you think of Yang Liwei? qualities of Yang Liwei
loving country
hard-working
strong-willed
in control of
himself
qualities of
Yang Liwei
keeping calm
brave
wise

23. Class Activity Interview:
The astronaut Yang Liwei successfully traveled into space in China! So a press conference(新闻发布会) was held. A lot of reporters attended the conference.
Suppose one of you is Yang Liwei, the others are reporters from all over the world. You have many questions to ask.

24. Interviewing “Yang Liwei”
You want to know about
family,
experience
his childhood
how he succeeded …
his education

25. You may begin with :
Hello, I’m…from….
I’d like to ask you few questions about your travelling into space….

26. Writing:
Write a story about the expert Yang Liwei!
(Use the information from the text or the interview)

27. Write a story like this. Introduction to the person
the person’s education
Body
working experience,etc
successful or not
Conclusion
his/her influence
Write a story like this.

28. Presentation:

29. Summary In this period we can know Yang Liwei’s
great a___________,his c________, studying
and training e__________ and his i________
on others.
chievements
hildhood
xperiences
nfluence

30. 当堂检测

31. Thank you! Bye!