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Unit 4 SPACE EXPLORATION
Reading and Thinking
Learning objectives
At the end of this class, I will be able to:
1. summarize the main idea for each paragraph based on topic sentences.
2. use some reading strategies 阅读策略.
3. have a better understanding of the title, and the spirits of space exploration.
“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of starship Enterprise (进取号星舰), its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life forms and civilsations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
——James Kirk
Star Trek星际迷航
rocket
gravity
frontier
vehicle
universe
determined
determine
satellite
launch
orbit
giant
n. 重力;引力
n. 边境;国界;边远地区
n. 交通工具;车辆
n. 宇宙;天地万物
adj. 有决心的;意志坚定的
vt. 查明;确定;决定
n. 人造卫星;卫星
vt.&n. 发射;发起;上市
n. (环绕地球、太阳等运行的)轨道;势力范围
vt.&vi. 沿轨道运行;环绕……运行
adj. 巨大的;伟大的
n. 巨人;巨兽;伟人
Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately.
n. 火箭,火箭弹
leap
mankind
agency
transmit
data
disappointed
desire
carry out
ongoing
n. 跳跃;剧增;剧变
(leapt, leapt or leaped, leaped)
vt.&vi. 跳过;跃过
n. 人类
n. (政府的)专门机构;服务机构;代理处
vt.&vi. 传输;发送
[pl.] n. 资料;数据
adj. 失望的;沮丧的
n. 渴望;欲望
vt. 渴望;期望
n. 继续做,坚持干
adj. 持续存在的;仍在进行的;不断发展的
on board
independently
independent
spacecraft
spacewalk
jade
dock
signal
in the hope of doing sth.
在宇宙飞船上;在船上;飞机上
adv. 独立地;自立地
adj. 独立的;自立的
n. 航天器;宇宙飞船
n. 太空行走;太空行走的时间
n. 玉;翡翠;玉器
vt.&vi (两架航天器)对接;使……进港
n. 码头;船坞
vt. & vi. 标志着;标明;发信号
n. 信号;标志
抱着……的希望
Read the text on page 40-41.
While-reading
SPACE:THE FINAL FRONTIER
1.
Look at the title and the pictures, answer the following questions.
1. What kind of passage is it?
A. a piece of News B. a popular science article
C. a travel journal D. a fiction novel
2. Where can you find this kind of passage?
A. newspaper B. novel
C. advertisement D. science book
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
It mainly tells about the ________________ of space exploration.
development
科普文章
Match the main ide