Unit 4 Space Exploration 课外阅读学案 -2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

B3U4 Space Exploration – 课外素材 I. Listening Task (no more than 3 words for each blank) Chinese scientists have discovered 1._______________ types of glass material in lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-5 mission, including natural fiberglass, which has been found for the 2._____________ and could provide important support for future lunar base 3._______________, according to the Institute of Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The material, which includes spherical(adj.球形的), ellipsoidal(adj.椭圆体的) and dumbbell-shaped(adj.哑铃形的) glass beads(n.珠子), as well as colloidal(adj.胶状的) 4.____________ with a porous(adj.有气孔的) structure and sputtering(adj.溅射的) material in fluid form, have also been found. Researchers 5._____________________ and formation of a particular material, which originated from mineral melting and rapid cooling 6.__________________ meteorite(n.陨石) impacts on the lunar 7.____________. Through comprehensive analysis of the material's morphology(n.形态学), composition, microstructure, and formation, they discovered multiple mechanisms 8.________________ it was formed. The glass with a higher length-to-diameter ratio(长径比) was formed under 9.______________________ and speed when a meteorite impacted the lunar surface, reflecting 10.________________ events compared with the formation of glass beads which have a lower length-to-diameter ratio. Word Bank 1. 载人飞船 manned spacecraft 2. 着陆区 landing area 3. 月球车 lunar rover 4. 交会对接 rendezvous and docking 5. 出舱活动 extravehicular activities (EVAs); spacewalk 6. 货运飞船 cargo spacecraft 7. 登月舱 lunar module 8. 失重 Loss of gravity 9. 中国航天日 Space Day of China（每年4月24日） 10. 我们的征途是星辰大海：Our Conquest is the Sea of Stars. 真题链接·2020全国卷I China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Chang’e-4 probe (探测器) - the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess -   61       (touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moon’s far side is