Unit 4 Reading and Thinking-1课件 -高中英语新教材必修第三册大单元整体教学设计+拼图式阅读（视频+课件+教案）

梁士红 河北省唐山市第一中学 1 Unit 4 SPACE EXPLORATION Reading and thinking (I) 人教版（2019）必修三 1 2 Learning objectives: By the end of the class, students will be able to: learn about the development and some essential events of space exploration by reading Space: The Final Frontier; 2. practise some reading skills, such as: prediction, summarizing the main idea, skimming and scanning; 3. identify the features of popular science article; 4. infer the author’s attitude and compare one’s own choice before and after this class. 3 Revision Read the short passage : 1. fill in the blanks with the missing information according to the Chinese. 2. What are the meanings of the italicized expressions? Yang Liwei, an ________ (有智慧的) man, who was eager to be an ________ (宇航员), received a lot of _______________ （身心训练). Although becoming China’s first one was a difficult thing ________ (实现), he was __________(意志坚定的). During the selection procedure, he performed excellently. After becoming an ________ (有经验的飞行员), he was chosen for the space programme. intelligent astronaut physical and mental training to achieve determined experienced pilot 挑选过程 太空计划 3 Enjoy a video and brainstorm: What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration? 4 5 To find out the secrets of the universe 6 To discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life 7 To communicate with possible creatures on other planet… 8 “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” ---from “Star Trek” 《星际迷航》 The Final Frontier What do you expect to read about in this text? 9 10 I. Read for the structure: Task: Read the text and choose the correct sentence to fill in the blanks. A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can