1. Word power

2. Brainstorming 1. Are you interested in making discoveries in space? 2. What achievements have humans made so far in space exploration? 3. What can you think of when we talk about space?

3. Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned.

4. the first man-made satellite went around the Earth spaceships have been sent up into space the first person travelled in space examine important planets in the solar system, take photos and sent back In 1957 Since1959By 1961 Today By 1969 the first person landed on the Moon

5. the process of space exploration The first man-made satellite went around the Earth in 1957. The first person travelled in space in 1961. Today, most of the important planets in the solar system have been examined.

6. spaceship: a vehicle for carrying people through space Words explanation

7. space shuttle: a vehicle that is designed to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experiments space shuttle rocket

8. spacesuit: suit covering the whole body and supplied with air

9. spacewalk: act or time of moving about in space outside a spacecraft

10. spaceship space shuttle launch A vehicle that is designed to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experiment. A vehicle for carrying people through space. To send something into space or into the sky. Match the definitions with the right words

11. Look at the pictures and try to answer the following questions: 1. How can a space shuttle be sent into space? 2. Can it fly into space by itself?

12. At 6 p.m. October 1, 2010

13. What’s this? A launch tower. launch pad a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into space.

14. launch pad Launch tower

15. What lifts the space shuttle into space? Two rockets.

16. astronauts

17. space station

18. space walk spacesuit

19. Fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up. tracking ship What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle?

20. Practice C 1 astronaut 2 outer space 3 space shuttle 4 rockets 5 tracking ship 6 space station 7 spacewalk 8 spacesuits

21. The universe

22. The galaxy

23. The solar system 12 9 38 7 6 5 4

25. star ( 恒星 ) planet ( 行星 )

26. satellite ( 卫星 )

27. 能自己发光发热的是恒星 围绕恒星运行的是行星 围绕行星的是卫星 恒星是像太阳那样不动的星体（太阳） 行星是绕着恒星转的星体。（地球 or 金木水火土星） 卫星是绕着行星转的星体。（月亮）

28. Answers of Part D the Sun the Milky Way the Moon the Earth 5 42 6

29. Homework 1. Try to remember these new words about space and space exploration. 2. Do the exercises in the workbook.

30. Language Points 1. dream of doing… 渴望做 …… 2. carry out a plan / an order 实施计划 / 执行命令 3. Two rockets supported by a launch tower lifted it into space. …which are supported by…

31. 4. separate from 分开，区别 5. in outer space 在外太空 6. protect them from/ against 保护，防卫 7. provide sth for sb/ provide sb with sth 为某人提供某物

32. Read his speech and fill in the blanks. On 27 September 2008, the Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang took a walk in space. I guess some of you are dreaming of an _________ and travelling to _________ to carry out scientific research. I once went to space. I travelled by ___________, astronautout space space shuttle

33. a spaceship that looks like a plane. Two ________ supported by a launch tower lifted it into space. At a certain distance from the Earth, the rockets separated from the space shuttle and fell into the sea. Then a ____________ picked them up. tracking ship rockets

34. I did research in a base in outer space called _____________. Sometimes I went out of it to take a ___________. In outer space astronauts cannot take off their ___________, which protect them and provide oxygen. spacewalk spacesuits space station