Unit 2 Out of this world Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第三册

Welcome to the unit & Reading —Reading comprehension Unit 2　Out of this world By the end of this class, students will be able to: 1.discuss China’s achievements in space exploration and learn about other major space breakthroughs； 2.summarize the main points of the lecture transcript about an astronaut’s life on a space station; 3. appreciate the good qualities of great astronauts. CONTENTS Welcome to the unit Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV V 3 In _____, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to journey into outer space. In ______, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. In _____, David Scott and James Irwin became the first men to travel in a wheeled vehicle on the Moon. In ______, the first astronauts moved into the ISS. Welcome to the unit 1961 1969 1971 2000 1.What do you know about the achievements China has made in space exploration? Shenzhou-5 2003 Chang’e-1 2007 Zhurong 2021 Think and Talk 2.What other major breakthroughs in space exploration do you know about? The first image of a black hole that was released in April 2019. No Yes experience weightlessness fun a very uncomfortable journey danger 3.If you had the chance, would you like to go into space? Why or why not? … … Let’s find out the answer from the lecture given by an astronaut about her daily life in space. (P16-17) Far above the Earth, astronauts are living on a space station. What do you think astronauts on a space station do every day? eating? sleeping? working? playing ? ? Reading Prediction:What should be included in “life”? Pre-reading Activity 1　Fast-reading for basic information. While-reading 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. The importance of space exploration. B. How the writer became an astronaut. C. An astronaut’s daily life in space. D. The differences and similarities between life on the Earth and in space. √ Life on a space station Sleeping Performing tasks inside the space station. (1)_______ (2)____________