Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and Thinking 学案-2022-2023学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 4 Reading and Thinking 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To learn about the development and significant historical events of space exploration and learn about China’s achievements in space and contributions to space exploration. 2 To analyse the structure of the article and writing techniques and express your opinions on space exploration 3 To use the words and phrases from the passage correctly 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一：To learn about the development and significant historical events of space exploration and learn about China’s achievements in space and contributions to space exploration. Activity 1: Look at the title and the photos. Discuss these questions in pairs. SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER 1.What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration? 2.What do you expect to read about in this text? Answers: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 2: Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from the text. Choose the correct sentence(A-D) to fill each gap. A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. B. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. C. The future of space exploration remains bright. D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. Answers: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 3: Use your own words to summarise the main idea for each paragraph. Summarise the main idea When the main idea is not clearly, stated in a topic sentence, you should read the full paragraph or passage carefully and find the words or ideas that repeat themselves. They are likely evidence of the author’s main idea. Paragraph 1: People are ______________________ and scientists ___________________. Paragraph 2: In the 20th century, __________________________ Paragra