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Unit 4
Space Exploration
Listening
&
Speaking
&
Talking
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
---Neil Armstrong
神秘创造奇迹,而奇迹是人类渴望理解的基础。
Learning Aims:
1. Know about the detailed information about how Yang Liwei became an astronaut.
2. Summarize the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
3. Obtain the information related to numbers accurately in terms of proper listening strategy.
4. Talk with their peers about whether they would like to be an astronaut.
Do you know the selection procedure?
Step I Lead in
Do you know these astronauts?
Yuri Gagarin
加加林
the Soviet Union
Neil Armstrong
阿姆斯特朗
the USA
刘洋
杨利伟
Step II While Reading
Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.
Listen to an interview with Yang Liwei to learn how he became China’s first astronaut.
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.
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Step II While Reading
Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks.
Interviewer: Today _________________________________________, the first Chinese astronaut. Welcome to the show, Mr Yang.
Mr Yang: Thank you.
Interviewer: Mr Yang, our audience is very __________ about how you ____________________ China's first astronaut. ____________________________________________. Did you always want to be an astronaut?
we are very pleased to chat with Mr. Yang Liwei
curious
succeeded in becoming
It must have been a very difficult thing to achieve
Step II While Reading
Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks.
Mr Yang: Yes, I __________ it when I was young, but I never thought my wish would __________. It took a long time. _____, I got my college degree when I was 22, __________ I worked as a ___________ for around 10 years. I finally became China's first astronaut when I was 38 years old.
Interviewer: Oh, so you must be a really ____________ pilot. Do you think that was ________________ why you were chosen for the space programme?
Mr Yang: Sure, I had 1, 350 hours of flight experience, _____________________________.
Interviewer: So how difficult was it to join the space programme?
dreamt of
come true
First
and then
fight pilot
experienced
one of the reasons
which I think really helped me
Step II While Reading
Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks.
Mr Yang: There was _________________. Altogether, 14 of us were chosen from among 1, 500 pilots to train for _____________.
Interviewer: _________________________. Did you also have to be a certain _______________?
Mr Yang: Yes, at the time, you had to be ____________ 172 centimetres __________ and weigh __________ 70 kilograms. You also had to be in perfect _______ and perfect ______.
a lot of competition
space flights
That sounds really difficult
size and weight
shorter than
in height
less than
health
shape
Interviewer: So you were the perfect choice! _______________, an astronaut needs to be _______________ in order to work in space. But you also had to _____ a lot, too, right?
Mr Yang: Yes, I had to learn English, science, and astronomy. I also had to ______________ space equipment, and do a lot of _________________________. It was very tiring, but I was so _______ to have the ___________.
Step II While Reading
Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks.
As we all know
healthy and calm
study
practice using
mental and phsical training
proud
opportunity
Step II While Reading
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 programe , 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 programes,astronauts had to 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
10
14
172
70
38
Step II While Reading
Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronant.
Education background:____________________________________
Experience:______________________________________________
Health condition:__________________________________________
_________________________________________
Courses:_________________________________________________
Special training:__________________________________________
college degree
rich experience of fighter
perfect physical and mental health and body shape; proper height and weight
English, science and astronomy
using space equipment; physical and mental training
Step III Speaking
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.
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 ...
Step IV Listeing and Talking
Before you listen, look at the pictures below and guess whether they would be useful for astronauts in space.
Step IV Listeing and Talking
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?
_________________________________________________
He wore shorts and a T-shirt.
The food was prepared and stored for him. He just had to heat and enjoy it.
He used a soapy towel to wash.
He was often busy doing difficult experiments.
He played the guitar and chess.
He looked forward to having a weekly video all with his family most.
Step IV Listeing and Talking
Work in groups. 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.
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 facilitis 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?
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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32 2 Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space.
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