Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and Thinking 导学案-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 4 SPACE EXPLORATION Listening and talking Learning objectives By the end of the class, students will be able to: predict about the content of the listening; practise taking notes while listening;show curiosity about astronauts’ life in space in English properly. Lead in What are they doing? Are there any differences from our life? Can they use the household items just like we use in daily life? Before-listening Can you name any famous astronauts from China or abroad? The first man going into the space: Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Union, in 1961. The first man landing on the moon: Neil Armstrong, America, in 1967. The first Chinese going into space: Yang Liwei, in 2003. China's first female astronaut: Liu Yang, in 2012. While-listening Listen to an interview with Yang Liwei to learn how he became China’s first astronaut. 4.How did he spend most of his time in space? 5. What did he do during his free time? 6. What did he look forward to most during his stay in space? Hello, Captain Brown. You’re back on Earth now. Are you happy to be back? Well, yes and no. It’s great to see my family again, but I also miss the International Space Station. I’ve gotten used to floating around just wearing shorts and a T-shirt. So let me ask about the space station. Was eating in space difficult? Not really. We don’t have to cook in space. We choose what we want to eat before we go to space, and then the food is prepared and stored for us. We just have to heat the food and enjoy it. Cool. Well, I know astronauts cannot shower in space since the water would float away, so I’d love to know how you keep yourselves clean. Oh, we use a soapy towel to wash. And we brush our teeth the same way as we do on Earth. But astronauts usually swallow their toothpaste. Gosh, I hope it tasted good! So how long did you stay in space during your last mission? I was there for more than five months. Wow! So what kind of work did you do up there? I was usually busy doing different experiments. Did you have