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UNIT 4 SPACE EXPLORATION
Listening and Speaking
01
PART
Listening and Speaking
1. Can you decribe the picture?
the moon
the Jade Rabbit 2 rover
tracks
China's Chang'e 4 made a soft landing on the far side of the moon on 3 January 2019. The Jade Rabbit 2 rover was deployed twelve hours after Chang'e 4 landed.
Yesterday
,
The day saw/witnessed the successful launch of the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The first man
to land on the moon.
神秘感激发好奇心, 而好奇心
则是人们探索未知事物的前提。
这是我个人的一小步,却是全人类的一大步。
Talk about how to become an astronaut
You are going to listen to an interview with an astronaut. Before you listen, discuss the questions in groups.
China’s first astronaut:
the first Chinese woman to reach space:
the first Chinese to carry out a spacewalk:
the first man to travel into space:
the first person to walk on the moon:
the first woman to go into space:
Yang Liwei
Liu Yang
Zhai Zhigang
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Valentina Tereshkova
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What do you think of their job?
Do you want to be an astronaut?
NOT everyone can
become an astronaut.
Do you know about the selection procedure for astronauts?
requirements
height
weight
Educational background
?
Health condition
Listen to an interview with Yang Liwei to learn how he became China’s first astronaut.
interviewer
interviewee
Listening
Listen for the basic information
1. The conversation happened in a stadium.
2. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
3. Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
4. Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
5. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
6. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical