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M3 Unit 4 Space Exploration
Using Language
Motto: Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. ---Neil Armstrong
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。---尼尔 阿姆斯特朗
I. Learning aims:
1. Talk about how to become an astronaut ;
2. Summarize how Yang Liwei was chosen to be an astronaut and how astronauts are selected.
II. Self- learning guidance and test
Learning guidance
Tests
1. Lead in
Firstly, show some astronauts on PPT, then ask
1) Who are they? What are their jobs?
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2) Do you know any other astronauts from China or abroad? List a few
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3) Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts?
Make a list of possible requirements.
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2. Listening
Task1 Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
2. Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
3. Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
Task2 Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of ______.
2. Before he joined China’s space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for ______ years.
3. Mr Yang was one of the ______ pilots who were chosen to train for space flights.
4. At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programme, astronauts had to be shorter than ______ cm in height and less than ______ kg in weight.
5. Mr Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was ______ years old.
Task3 Listen to the interview