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Unit 5 Off to space
Section 1 第2课时
Listening
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Learning objectives
1. Master listening skills for capturing key information such as names and numbers.
After learning this lesson, you can:
2. Describe a space hotel and what you can do in space.
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Review
I’m so happy! Tomorrow I’ll be one of the (1)__________ (one) student to travel into space. The spaceship will leave the Earth at 9:00 a.m. It'll take us to the Moon. I can’t wait!
The Moon is around 380,000 kilometres(2)_________the Earth, so it’ll take us about three days(3)__________ (get) there. The gravity in space is very weak, so we'll all be floating around in the spaceship. And we won’t sleep in beds—we'll sleep in sleeping bags. We need to tie the sleeping bag to the wall so that we won’t float away in our sleep! Because of the low gravity, our bodies may get weak, (4)__________ we'll have to do exercise every day.
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Review
When we arrive, I(5)________________ (walk) on the Moon. The Moon has much(6)________(weak) gravity than the Earth. A person(7)__________ (weigh) much less on the Moon, so we can jump very high. I'll have to wear a spacesuit to help me (8)__________ (breath) because there's no air on the Moon. That also means there is no sound there. We can only hear the sounds inside (9)__________ (we) spacesuits.
The Moon is a strange and mysterious place. I'm going to take as many (10)_________(photo) as I can. I'm sure that it'll be a wonderful trip!
am going to walk
weaker
weighs
breathe
our
photos
Complete the passage according to the text.
Welcome to the Starlight Hotel
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Lead in
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Lead in
When Li Jun arrives on the Moon, he will live in the space hotel. What can Li Jun do in the hotel?
Now, listen to a robot introducing the Space Hotel——the Starlight Hotel.
The Space Hotel
What do you think a hotel in space will be like? Discuss the questions in pairs.
1. What facilities do you think a space hotel will have? Why?
2. What do you think you can do there?
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Lead in
facility /fəˈsɪləti/ n.
buildings, services, equipment, etc. that are provided for a particular purpose
Listen to a robot talking about the Starlight Hotel. Which places are mentioned? Fill in the different parts of the hotel(a-g) in the note.
Read the notes and predict
what places to fill in
the blanks.
listening
skills
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Pre-listening
Moon Garden
Shops
Space Room
Sports Room
Science Room
Star Restaurant
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Pre-listening
adventure /ədˈventʃə(r)/ n.
an unusual, exciting or dangerous experience, journey or series of events
pass /pɑːs/ v.
to go or move in the direction mentioned
experiment n.
/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/
a scientific test
Listen again and complete the notes below.
Catch the key words. Focus on the sentences with blanks.
Don’t stay for one blank. If you miss one blank, just continue until the listening is over.
listening skills
Read the notes as soon as you can.
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Pre-listening
Tip 1:
Predict
place
activity
time
基本结构
num.
num.
n.(food)
n.
num.
n.
n.
adj.
n.(food)
n.(place)
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While-listening
Tip 2:
Listen with purpose
3:00
8:00
food
Moon rocks
11:00
the stars
China
fun games
interesting
a big meal
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While-listening
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Post-listening
Read the tapescript and underline some useful expressions to plan/introduce a trip and pay attention to the circled adjectives.
(A robot is talking about the Starlight Hotel.)
Welcome to the Starlight Hotel. There are 20 rooms in the hotel and many interesting places for you to explore. You can visit the following places:
Cinema. Tomorrow, the cinema is going to show the exciting film, Space Adventure at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Moon Garden. You’ll love this beautiful garden. We also grow food for our restaurant here. The garden is open from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Shops. You can buy great things, such as Moon rocks and space T-shirts. The shops are open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Post-listening
Space Room. Open all day, the Space Room is the best place to watch the stars and see the Earth. Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., we’ll pass over China for the first time after breakfast.
Sports Room. You’ll find many exercise machines and fun games for children here. The Sports Room is open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Science Room. You can do some interesting experiments in this room and find out how things work differently in space.
Star Restaurant. Enjoy a big meal at the best restaurant in space. It’s open from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
As you can see, there are lots of interesting things to do here. We hope you enjoy your stay!
exciting films; beautiful garden; great things;
the best place; good exercise machines;
fun games; a big meal
Use some positive adjectives to make your travel plan better!
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Post-listening
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Post-listening
Place: _____________
What we can do:_________________________
When we can do it: _______________________
Work in groups to design one more place in the Space Hotel.
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Group work
Discuss the questions below.
Which part of the Starlight Hotel would you most like to visit? Why?
You can refer to the notes→
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Post-listening
Thanks!
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