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梁士红
河北省唐山市第一中学
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Unit 4 SPACE EXPLORATION
Reading for writing-1 (workbook)
人教版(2019)必修第三册
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Learning objectives
By the end of the class, students will be able to:
prastise reading skills such as scanning and making inferences;
broaden horizons by reading about the possibility of future human settlements on Mars;
identify language features of argumentative essays.
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Revision
Complete the dialogue:
A: Hi, I __________________(很想知道) who was the first
woman selected to make a trip into space.
B: Oh, yes. I __________________(也很好奇) it, too.
C. Sir, I hope you won’t __________________.
(介意我们问这个问题).
D. Not at all. I ‘d like to share
the information with you.
It was Tereshkova.
am very keen to know
am curious about
mind us asking about it
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moon
Mars
space station
life outside the Earth
Warming up
What are possible choices for us to live outside the Earth?
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What comes into your mind mentioning Mars?
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water
past exploration
possibility
location
within the solar system
not far from the Earth
arguments
living condition
weather, temperature, food…
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HOMES ON MARS?
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While-reading
Task 1. Scan the text and answer the following questions
1. What was Stephen Hawking’s viewpoint on sending humans to other planets to live?
2. What does “terraforming” mean?
3. According the test done in Hawaii, what might be one of the biggest problems for the first humans living on Mars? What might be the solution?
4. What is the writer’s conclusion about living on Mars?
Para.1 Line2 :He believed humans must move into space to survive.
Para.2 Line1-2:Terraforming means changing the environment on a planet so that it is similar to Earth’s.
Para.3 Line5-6: One of the biggest issues was feeling bored. Humans on Mars would always need to keep themselves busy with various activities.
Para.4 the last line: It seems that humans living on Mars may well happen a lot sooner than most people believe.
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While-rea