Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 4 SPACE EXPLORATION Period 2 Reading and Thinking PEP Book 3 Senior School English (2019) The 2nd lesson of Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading Space: The Final Frontier Integrate 6 components of the curriculum into the class by adopting activity-based approach to English learning which advocates ss learn English through a series of theme-based activities where they go through the learning processes of learning and understanding, applying and practicing, and transferring and creating. How can we achieve the goal？ Create an English learning environment Design diversified language activities Whole-unit Overall Teaching Design Theoretical basis PART 1 1. What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration? The main reasons for space exploration are to further human exploration and to gather knowledge of the universe. 2. What do you expect to read about in this text? The he future of space travel. 1. What kind of passage is it? A. A piece of news. B. A popular science article. C. A travel journal. D. A novel. 2. Where can you find this kind of passage? A.Newspaper B. Novel C.Magazine D.Science book 科普文 科普文又称大众科学或普及科学，是以浅显、通俗易懂的文字让公众了解科技领域的知识的一种文章。 Newspaper or magazine. 科普文的特点 标题简洁且引人注目； 文章开头会针对主题内容提供简要的背景信息； 对科学方法和步骤的描述较为精练简单，重点落在对科学 结论的阐释上； 4) 语言准确但通俗，尽量避免使用学术词汇 5) 为吸引读者，常使用各种修辞手法，如比喻、拟人等，写作 风格因人而异。 B D A A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. B. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. C. The future of space exploration remains bright. D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth's gravity. 标题文字添加 this is a sample text. insert your desired text here. Again. this is a dummy text. 标题文字添加 this is a sample text. insert your desired text here. Again. this is a dummy text. 标题文字添加 this is a sample text. insert your desired text here. Again. this is a dummy text. Read the text, then choose the correct sentence A-D to fill each gap. A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. B. Space exploration has come a long way, and we now hope to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. C. The future of space exploration remains bright. D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. 太空探索已经取得了长足的进步，我们现在希望能发现其他适合生命生存的行星。 无数次实验后，他们成功研制出能够摆脱地心引力的火箭。 太空探索的未来依旧光明。 虽然科学家们极力确保万无一失，但事故仍时有发生。 While-reading 9 "Are we alone? What's out there?" People have always looked up at the stars and wondered about space. Today, scientists design vehicles to carry astronauts into space to make important discoveries. _______________________________________. B 逻辑线索：同范畴词复现 Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. Space exploration has come a long way, and we now hope to discover other plants that are suitable enough to support life. The future of space exploration remains bright. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. Para. 1 10 Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. Space exploration has come a long way, and we now hope to discover other plants that are suitable enough to support life. The future of space exploration remains bright. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. Before the mid-20th century, most people felt travelling into space was only a dream that could never come true. However, scientists were determined to realise that dream. _____________. On 4 October 1957,... and on 12 April 1961, ... Over eight years later, on 20 July 1969,... Para. 2 D 逻辑线索：时间；语义：概括 11 Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. Space exploration has come a long way, and we now hope to discover other plants that are suitable enough to support life. The future of space exploration remains bright. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. _________. For example, all the astronauts on the Soyuz 11, Challenger, and Columbia spacecrafts died during their missions. However, while such disasters brought much sadness and disappointment, the desire to explore the universe did not die. This is because people believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration despite the huge risks. Para. 3 A 逻辑线索：同一语义反复出现，加以概括 died disasters despite the huge risks. 12 _________. Many countries have plans to further study planets like Mars and Jupiter. Despite the difficulties, scientists hope to make more valuable discoveries that will enable the human race to survive well into the future. C 逻辑线索：关键词复现 Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. Space exploration has come a long way, and we now hope to discover other plants that are suitable enough to support life. The future of space exploration remains bright. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. Para. 5 13 Step 2 Prediction look at the headlines and pictures before reading, and discuss the following two questions. 1. What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration?2. If you are the author, what will you write in each paragraph? Activity 2: pairwork&discussion Purpose: 1.to activate existing cognition 2.to arouse students’ reading expectation Step 3 Complete the passage Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from it. Choose the correct sentence to fill each gap. Purpose：Guide students to roughly judge the context of sentences in the article by observing sentences, and complete the full text by means of cohesion and coherence. Step 4 Summarize the main idea Use your own words to summarise the main idea for each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: Purpose: Guide students to extract and summarize the general idea of the paragraph through topic sentences and repeated meanings to learn how to summarize the main idea. Step 5 Reading for details Purpose: 1. to help students understand the course of human exploration of the universe through intensive reading; 2. to help students build up national pride and self-confidence by combing China’s achievements. By reading paragraph 2 and 4 carefully, sort out the achievements made in space exploration at home and abroad. Ask students to talk about the following two questions. 1. Who might be the potential readers of the passage? Scientists or ordinary readers?2. What is the type of the text? Summarize the characteristics of a popular science article according to the notes on the blackboard. Step 6 Reading for writing styles Purpose: to help students understand the writing characteristics of popular science articles through a series of questions. Post-reading What does the title “Space: The Final Frontier” mean to you? Share your ideas with the whole class. While I support space exploration, I don’t think space is the final frontier just yet. There is still much to learn about the Earth, and we are only at the very beginning of new technological breakthroughs involving information technology and AI. There are many scientific and technological frontiers all around us. 19 我们生在红旗下，长在春风里，目光所至皆为华夏，五星闪耀皆为信仰，人民有信仰，国家有力量，民族有希望。欣逢盛世，当不负盛世，愿吾辈之青春，捍卫这盛世之中华! We were born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. Our people have faith, and our country has power. As far as we can see, It’s China. And the five stars on red flags shine because of our belief. 20 Post-reading Complete the passage with words from the text M______ is exploring space in the hope of finding out more about the u_______. However, exploring space is both dangerous and challenging. One of the most dangerous parts of space exploration is helping people to escape Earth’s g______. If there is a mistake during the l______, it can lead to an accident that kills everyone on b_____. Getting out of o____ and back to Earth’s surface is also very dangerous. Despite the huge risks though, people will always continue to explore this final f______ so as to learn its secrets. ankind niverse ravity aunch oard rbit rontier 21 Thank You $$