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

Learning Objectives By the end of this class, you will be able to: • Predict the main idea of a popular science article based on the title and illustrations . • Work out the organization of the text and complete the missing information with the given sentences . • Learn to use your own words to summarize the main idea for each paragraph and draw a mind map. Learn to admire the achievements of space exploration and take pride in China’s space exploration achievements. Pre-reading PA RT 1 Look, think and predict: Space: The Final Frontier What will you read in this text? While-reading PA RT 3 Read the text quickly and choose the sentence A-D to fill each gap. Pay attention to their roles. 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. Which two sentences are general statements? Topic Read the text quickly and choose the sentence A-D to fill each gap. Pay attention to their key words/phrases. 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. Is there a linking word? Is there a sequence word? A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. B. They also really wish make sure planets that are wrong, enough to still life. C. The future of space exploration remains bright. D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’s gravity. Read each paragraph one by one and use your own words to summarize the main idea. Read paragraph 1 and use your own words to summarize the main idea. Para.1: People are ____________________ and scientists___________________________. B. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life. curious about space work hard to find answers summarize the main idea. Para. 2: Space travel ______ 20th century, with ________ ______ space missions. became a realityin the Americanand the USSR A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. Read paragraph 3 and use your own words to summarize the main idea. Para. 3: Humans __________ explore space in spite of the ___________. great risks continue to made great _______________ _____. Read paragraph 4 and use your own words to summarize the main idea. Para. 4: China’s space programme______ _______________ ________, becoming________ has progress the third country in the world _______________ _______________ to independently send humans into space Read paragraph 5 and use your own words to summarize the main idea. C. The future of space exploration remains bright. _____ exploration ___________. Para. 5: Thefutureof space looks bright Detailed Information SECTION 2 Read the passage again and work out the following questions. 1. What happened to the USSR’s Soyuz 11 and America’s Challenger? 2.Why don’t human stop exploring space despite the huge risks? 3.What are the scientists’ good qualities that support their desire to explore space ? Write them down on your card. 4. Draw a timeline chart according to the Para.2 and Para.4 to summarize mankind’s achievements in space exploration. 1. What happened to the USSR’s Soyuz 11 and America’s Challenger? All the astronauts died. 2. Why don’t human stop exploring space despite the huge risks? This is because people believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration. the International Space Station 3. What are the scientists’ good qualities that support their desire to explore space ? Write them down on your card. They are… 4. Draw a timelieline chart according to the Para.2 and Para.4 to summarize mankind’s achievements in space exploration. Summary of this text. Space: The Final Frontier Future:Bright Challenges & Risks Reality Dream Good Qualities Curiosity Star Trek 1960s 星际迷航 What does the title mean to you? Space: The Final Frontier Final? Frontier? Post-reading PA RT 4 Wanhu, the first man attempting to fly into the sky the Goddess Chang’e Muyuan(木鸢), the flying to the moon prototype(原型) of kite, is the first aircraft in the world made by Mozi. What do you know about the ancient Chinese space dreams? 万户飞天 Watching and thinking. 1. What impress you most in the video? 2. Connect with your real life, what can you do to contribute to the space industry of China？ Summary 1. Learn to analyse the explicit cohesion and coherence means in the text. 2. Learn to make a summary. 3. Learn the spirit of space exploration. 4. Learn to connect the passage to your real life. 1 Researcher Thinker 3 Reader 2 Doer Homework Suppose you have been to Taishan Science Museum with your classmates and teachers. Write a diary to describe your experience there. The diary should include mankind’s space exploration achievements and your feelings. Lavf58.12.100 Lavf58.12.100 $$