Unit 4 Space exploration Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 4 Space Exploration (Reading and thinking) 1 1.To learn the history of space exploration; 2.To learn how to summarize the main idea; 3.To appreciate the astronauts’ devotion for space exploration. Learning aims Lead in Do you know any famous astronauts in the world? Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong Yang Liwei Liu Yang Wang Yaping Pre-reading Predict the content of the text. Space: The Final Frontier Frontier 边界 What kind of passage is it? A. A piece of news. B. A popular science article. C. A travel journal. D. A novel. B Skimming Find the time mentioned in the passage. Before the mid-20th century 4 October 1957 12 April 1961 20 July 1969 5 September 1977 15 October 2003 More recently Future Time Detailed information Before the mid-20th century *Most people felt travelling into space was 1._____________.  On 4 October 1957 *The Sputnik 1 satellite was launched by the 2._____________ and successfully orbited around Earth.  On 12 April 1961 * Yuri Gagarin became the 3. _____________ person in the world to go into space. impossible USSR　 first Careful reading Read and find the information. Time Detailed information On 20 July 1969 *American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the 4._____________.  On 5 September 1977 *America’s NASA space agency launched Voyager 1 to study 5. _____________ space. In 2003 *China became the 6._____________ country in the world to independently send humans into space.  moon deep third　 Time Detailed information After that *Shenzhou 6 and 7 completed a second manned orbit and the first Chinese 7._____________.  *Jade Rabbit was sent to the moon to study its 8._____________.  *The Tiangong 2 space 9._________ was launched into space.  *Chang’e 4 was sent to explore the surface of the 10._____________ side of the moon.  spacewalk　 surface lab far A Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. B They also really wish to discover other planets that ar