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Unit 4 Space Exploration
Listening and Talking
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
——Neil Armstrong
神秘感激发好奇心,而这种好奇心则是人们探索未知事物的前提。
——尼尔·阿姆斯特朗
Let’s start our learning journey!
Talk about life in space
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
Learning objectives
1. learn about the astronaut’s life in space.
2. learn different ways to express curiosity.
3. improve the ability of cooperation and oral skills.
Lead-in
Guess whether the followings would be useful for astronauts in space.
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Lead-in
Video about astronaut’s life in space
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Listening
Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space. Listen to the interview and answer the questions.
1. What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station?
2. How did he prepare his food in space?
3. How did he keep himself clean in space?
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?
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Listening
Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space. Listen to the interview and answer the questions.
1. What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station?
2. How did he prepare his food in space?
3. How did he keep himself clean in space?
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?
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Listening
1.What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station ?
2. How did he prepare his food in space?
3. How did he keep himself clean in space?
He wore shorts and a T-shirt.
Chose what they want to eat before they go to space and heat them.
He used a soapy towel to wash.
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Listening
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?
He was usually busy with different experiments.
He played the guitar and chess.
He looked forward to having a weekly video call with his family.
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听力原文
Interviewer: Hello, Captain Brown. You’re back on Earth now. Are you happy to be back?
Captain Brown: 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.
Interviewer: So let me ask about the space station. Was eating in space difficult?
Captain Brown: 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.
Interviewer: 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.
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听力原文
Captain Brown: 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.
Interviewer: Gosh, I hope it tasted good! So how long did you stay in space during your last mission?
Captain Brown: I was there for more than five months.
Interviewer: Wow! So what kind of work did you do up there?
Captain Brown: I was usually busy doing different experiments.
Interviewer: Did you have any free time? Do astronauts get time off?
Captain Brown: Yes. When I was free, I played the guitar. That’s right-I took my guitar with me. I also played chess. My favorite thing to do, though, was to have my weekly video call with my family.
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Speaking
The questions can include all aspects of an astronaut’s work and life in space, such as eating, dressing, living, work, research, differences between life in space and on Earth, feelings during the journey to space, special training before being an astronaut and so on.
Imagine you are going to a space camp and Captain Brown has been invited to give a talk. Discuss the questions you would like to ask him and then make a list.
Some tips
EXAMPLE
A: Hey, guys. We’re going to meet a real astronaut. Isn’t it exciting?
B: Yeah. I can’t wait to see Captain Brown! I’m really curious about his life in space. I have plenty of questions to ask him.
C: Such as?
B: Oh, such as what facilities do they have in space to support their daily life?
C: That sounds like a good question. But I’d also like to know about how astronauts sleep.
What do they do so as not to float around while they sleep?
Imagine you are going to a space camp and Captain Brown has been invited to give a talk. Discuss the questions you would like to ask him and then make a list.
Speaking
Further thinking(work in groups)
Reference sentence pattern
1. I wonder how/what/why
2. I’m very interested in ...
3. I’m curious about...
4. I can’t wait to know
5. I’d love to know...
6. I’m very keen to know /meet /learn...
7. I have plenty of questions to ask
Speaking
Homework
Search the information online. Make a poster of your favorite astronaut with your group members.
Thank you!
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