内容正文:
Listening and Speaking
Unit 4 Space Exploration
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Teaching objectives:
1.Talk about the latest space exploration in China;
2.Discuss the requirements of becoming a astronaut;
3. Listen to a interview with Yang Liwei and get to know more requirements of being an astronaut;
4.Look at a video to learn about astronauts’ life in space and listen to a interview to learn more information about their life in space;
5.Talk about astronauts’ life in space.
China Aerospace 2023
Pre-reading
vehicles
frontier
launch
satellite
orbits
signals
independently
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The first person to land on the moon
Neil Armstrong
神秘感激发好奇心, 而好奇心则是人们探索未知事物的前提。
Who can you see in the video and what happened
to this person?
Do you know any other famous people like the one in the video ?
Lead-in
Activity 1: Watch and answer
Who can you see in the video and what happened
to this person?
Do you know any other famous people like the one in the video ?
Lead-in
Activity 1: Watch and answer
Name: Wang Yaping
Birth Date: January 1980
Deeds:
In August 1997, Wang Yaping joined the PLA Air Force.
In March 2012, she was part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou IX mission.
In June 2013, she took part in the Shenzhou X mission, which lasted nearly 15 days. During the mission, Wang gave China’ s first space-based lesson to Chinese students. In December 2019, Wang was selected for Shenzhou XIII.
In November 2021, Wang took part in the Shenzhou -13 mission, which lasted 183 days.
文化知识——国内知名宇航员介绍
Lead-in
Personal profile
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Who can you see in the video and what happened
to this person?
Do you know any other famous people like the one in the video ?
Lead-in
Activity 1: Watch and answer
Some astronauts from China and abroad
Lead-in
The first Chinese woman to reach space:
The first Chinese to carry out a spacewalk:
The first man to travel into space:
The first person to walk on the moon:
The first woman to go into space:
China’s first astronaut:
Yang Liwei
Liu Yang
Zhai Zhigang
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Valentina Tereshkova
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Pre-listening
Look at the picture and the title, and then try to predict what will be talked about in the listening part.
Activity 2: Look and predict
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Listen for the first time and get the main idea of
the conversation.
To introduce the requirements for becoming
an astronaut.
1. Who are the speakers?
The interviewer and Yang Liwei.
2. What are the speakers talking about?
They are talking about how to become an astronaut.
3. Why do they have the conversation?
Activity 3: Listen for gist
While-listening
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Listen for the third time and fill in the blanks with the correct NUMBERS.
Activity 4: Listen and fill
1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of _____.
2. Before he joined China’s space programme, Mr. Yang trained as a fighter pilot for _____ years.
3. Mr. Yang was one of the _____ pilots who were chosen to train for space flights.
4. At the time when Mr. Yang entered the space programme, astronauts had to be shorter than _____cm in height and less than _____kg in weight.
5. Mr. Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was _____ years old.
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10
14
172
70
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While-listening
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1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
2. Mr. Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
3. Mr. Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot
of mental and physical training.
Listen for the second time and tick the correct statement(s).
Activity 5: Listen and tick
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✔
✔
While-listening
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While-listening
Activity 6:
Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
Education background:
Experience:
Health condition:
Courses:
Special training:
college
fighter
1,000
prefect
English science
space
mental physical
degree, trained to be a pilot
more than hours of fight experience
must be in health and shape
, , and astronomy
practise using equipment, and do
a lot of and training
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Post-listening
Activity 7: Reading
Work in pairs and read the listening material with your partner.
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Post-listening
Activity 8:
Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons. Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.
EXAMPLE
A: You know, I think being an astronaut would be cool.
B: Do you want to work in space in the future?
A: I’m not sure, but I think it might be too difficult for me. There are so many requirements. First of all, you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree. Then you have to ...
B: So what might be the most difficult part for you?
A: I guess it might be the ...
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Write a speech
Suppose you are an astronaut from CNSA, and you are invited to a school to make a speech about the requirements for becoming an astronaut.Please write a speech for that.You may do it like this:
Dear teachers and students,
I'm greatly honored to give a speech here today. Though it is amazing to admire our earth from the outer space, being an astronaut is no easy ride. You have to meet many requirements.
First, you need to do…Second, it is necessary for an astronaut to do...
Thank you for your listening!
Assignment
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Thank you!
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27 2 Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
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28 3 Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
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29 4 Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
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