Unit 4 Space Exploration Listening and Speaking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit4 Space Exploration Period1 Listeng and Speaking Learning Objectives By the end of this class, you will be able to: 1. talk about astronauts’ life in space. 2. learn to listen for specific numbers by listening practice. 3. know the basic requirements of being an astronaut. Warming- up PART 1 Y Ye Guangfu Zhai Zhigang Wang Yaping Pre-listening PART 2 Can you name any other famous astronauts from China or abroad? China’s first astronaut: Yang Liwei The first Chinese woman to reach space: Liu Yang The first Chinese to carry out a spacewalk: Zhai Zhigang The first man to travel into space: Yuri Gagarin The first person to walk on the moon: Neil Armstrong Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts? Meake a list of the possible requirements. be a fighter pilot have rich flight experience use space equipment do a lot of mental and physical training ... study a lot While-listening PART 3 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 to the interview and tick the correct statements. √ √ √ 2. Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day. Mr Yang:Yes, I dreamt of it when I was young, but I never thought my wish would come true. 4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience. Mr Yang: Sure, I had 1,350 hours of flight experience, which I think really helped me. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers. 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. 22 38 172 70 14 10 1.Time, telephone numbers, addresses, prices, weights, distances, etc. 10 years 38years old kg=kilogram cm=centimetre 2.Big numbers as well as those that sound quite similar. thirteen---thirty, fourteen---forty Listen for numbers Listen to the interview again and choose the right answer of the requirements for becoming an astronaut. 1. What degree should an astronaut get? A. high school degree B. college degree C. master degree 2. What experience should an astranaut have? A. 1,350 hours of flying experience B. be a master C. rich experience of fighter 3. To be an astronaut, the following health condition shoule be contained ? A. physical health B. mental health C. proper body shape D.perfect health and shape 4. How many courses should an astronaut learn? A. 2 B.3 C.4 5. What special training should an astronaut experience? A. using space equipment B. physical and mental training C. both A and B Make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ·Education background: ·Experience: ·Health condition: ·Courses: ·Special training: college degree, trained to be a fighter pilot more than 1,000 hours of flight experience must be in perfect health and shape English, science, and astronomy practise using space equipment, and do a lot of mental and physical training Post-listening PART 4 Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be as an astronaut. 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 ... Requriements: get a college degree be in perfect health and perfect shape learn English, science, and astronomy practise using space equipment do a lot of mental and physical training Being an astronaut is one of the most difficult jobs you could take. But for those who might not be able to become astronauts, I want to say, as long as you have a dream and you really make efforts, your life will also be successful. Homework Write a short passage about how to become an astronaut. Thank you 27 2 Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements. 人民教育电子音像出版社 普通高中教科书 英语 必修 第三册 157212.42 28 3 Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers. 人民教育电子音像出版社 普通高中教科书 英语 必修 第三册 141014.92 29 4 Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut. 人民教育电子音像出版社 普通高中教科书 英语 必修 第三册 142242.8 $$