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Module 3
Unit 1
初中英语外研版八年级下册
Has it arrived yet?
earth n.地球
moon n.
月亮;月球
New words
news n.
新闻;消息
planet n.行星
model n.模型
spaceship n.
航天器
astronaut n.宇航员
space travel
航天旅行
1. Listen and number the words as you hear them.
earth land message
moon news planet
reach scientist
Listening and vocabulary
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2. Listen again and complete the notes.
● news about the trip to (1) _________
● journey of (2) _________ months
● has not sent back any (3) _________ yet
● hope to find (4) _______ on Mars
Mars
eight
messages
life
Listen and read
Pay attention to the following sentences.
I’ve just made a model spaceship for our school project.
Scientists have sent spaceship to Mars. The journey has taken several months.
—Are there any astronauts in the
spaceship?
—No, there aren’t.
Astronauts have already been to the moon.
No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon.
Lots of scientists are working hard in order to send astronauts to Mars one day.
You can go online to search for information.
Everyday English
What are you up to?
Sure, no problem.
3. Now answer the questions.
1. What school project have Daming and Tony got?
2. How does Daming feel about the school project?
They have got a project on spaceships.
He’s not sure how to make the model.
3. What news has Tony heard?
4. Has anyone been to Mars? Why?
The spaceship to Mars has reached there.
No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon.
4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
Arrive, discover, planet, send, yet
On today’s news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1)________ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2)________ on the (3) _______ after a journey of several months from the earth.
sent
arrived
planet
Scientists have not (4)__________ life on Mars (5)_________. And no astronaut has ever been to Mars