Unit 4 Space Exploration Listening and Speaking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

UNIT 4 SPACE EXPLORATION Period I Listening and Speaking 1 Step I 学习理解 Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions. 3 Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions. • To explore space, who will be sent to do some specific work in the universe? • Can you name any famous astronauts from China or abroad? • What do you want to know about them? Astronauts. Yes. Yang Liwei, Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin, ... To know the selection procedure for astronauts or requirements for becoming an astronaut. 4 Before you listen, discuss the question in groups and predict the content of the interview. • Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts? Make a list of the possible requirements? In America, preference for selecting astronauts was originally for test pilots or military pilots, because they were among the most elite pilots the nation had, and because they were in excellent physical shape. While it is no longer a requirement for astronauts to be pilots, generally they must be the very elite in their scientific fields and must still be in very good physical shape. 5 Listen to the interview and choose the best answers. 1. Which of the requirements are mentioned? Age.　　　　 B. Mental training.　　　 C. Eyesight. D. Height and weight. E. Flight experience. F. Courses. 2. What’s the main idea of the interview? A. Yang Liwei’s experience in space. B. Yang’s pilot training and flying experience. C. How Yang Liwei succeeded in becoming China’s first astronaut. 6 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 flyi