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Unit 4 Space exploration
Part 2 Reading and Thinking
1.Activate students’ own knowledge about space exploration.
2.Practice analyzing and adding text to a passage about space exploration.
3.Practice reading to summarize main ideas .
4.Master some new words and expressions.
Teaching aims
Who are they?
2. What are they doing ?
3. Where are they?
4. Do you know the name of the experiment ?
Lead in
Watch a video
1. Who are they?
They are Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng, Wang Yaping and Zhang Xiaoguang.
2. What are they doing ?
They are doing space experiments.
3. Where are they?
They are in Tian Gong 1 in space.
4. Do you know the name of the experiment ?
Space experiment of water drop water ball
Answers
The first man going into the space: Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut in 1961
The first Chinese going into the space: Yang Liwei, Chinese astronaut, in 2003
The first man landing on the moon: Neil Alden Armstrong, American astronaut, Apollo 11 in 1967
Can you name any famous ast