内容正文:
SPACE EXPLORATION
Part1 Listening and Speaking
---Talk about how to
become an astronaut
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What message does the video convey?
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
--- Neil Armstrong
What is your understanding of the quote?
Open page P37
神秘感激发好奇心, 而好奇心则是人们探索未知事物的前提。
1 be pleased to do…
2 be curious about
3 dream of
4 come true
5 mental and physical training
很高兴做某事
对……好奇
梦想;渴望
实现,成真
心理及身体素质训练
Pre-listening
Can you name some famous astronauts from abroad and China?
The first man to travel into space:
Yuri Gagarin, Soviet astronaut in 1961 (前苏联宇航员:尤里·加加林)
The first man to walk on the moon: Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, Apollo 11 in 1967
That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.
对于一个人来说,这只是一小步;但对于整个人类,这却是一次巨大的飞跃。
China’s first astronaut: Yang Liwei, Shenzhou-5 in 2003
The first Chinese woman to reach space: Liu Yang, Shenzhou-9 in 2012
The astronauts of Shenzhou-12
Shenzhou-13 in 2021.
2. How can a person become an astronaut?
requirements要求
height
weight
Educational background
age
Health condition
(not above 1.75m)
(not above 75kg)
bachelor’s学士 /master’s 硕士 / doctor’s博士
(20 ~ 45 years old)
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Pre-listening
Watch and think
1. What special exercise do the astronauts need?
2. What qualities do they need to become an astronaut?
3. What requirements do they need to be an astronaut?
Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts?
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Dizzy(眩晕)
Dash(冲刺)
Spin(旋转) around for 20 seconds, and then walk in a straight line. (走直线)
Let’s play a game
Use chopsticks to pick up捡起 10 beans with thick gloves.
Fingertip Clash
If you have a chance to ask Mr Yang questions, what do you want to know?
Listen to an interview with Yang Liwei to learn how he became China’s first astronaut.
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 about ____ 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.
centimetre
kilogram
age
time
number
height/weight
age
22
10
14
70
172
38
1. Listen and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
Attention:
Pay special attention to big numbers as well as those that sound quite similar such as thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc.
1. What kind of education background is required ?
A. A high-school diploma(文凭).
B. A college degree.
C. A master’s degree.
2. How many hours of flight experience did Yang Liwei have, which was helpful for him to be chosen for the space program?
A. 1,000 hours of flight.
B. 1,200 hours of flight.
C. 1,350 hours of flight.
3. What health condition is essential for an astronaut?
A. Just being free from serious diseases.
B. Being in perfect health and shape.
C. Having a poor immune(免疫) system.
Task 2. Listen to the text again and choose the best answers.
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4. Which courses are required for an astronaut in training?
A. English, science and astronomy.
B. Math, history and art.
C. Biology, geography and music.
5. What kind of special training do astronauts need to do?
A. Doing physical training.
B. Doing gravity training.
C. Doing mental and physical training.
Task 2. Listen to the text again and choose the best answers.
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Interviewer: Today we are very pleased高兴 to chat with与...交流 Mr. Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut. Welcome to the show, Mr. Yang.
Mr Yang: Thank you.
Interviewer: Mr. Yang, our audience观众 is very curious about好奇 how you succeeded in成功 becoming China’s first astronaut. It must have been a very difficult thing to achieve. Did you always want to be an astronaut?
Mr Yang: Yes, I dreamt of梦想着 it when I was young, but I never thought my wish would come true成真. It took a long time. First, I got my college degree when I was 22, and then I worked as a fighter pilot战斗机飞行员 for around 10 years. I finally became China's first astronaut when I was 38 years old.
听力原文
我们的观众对你是如何成功成为中国第一位宇航员非常好奇。这一定是一件非常困难的事情。 你一直都想成为宇航员吗?
首先,我在22岁时获得了大学学位,然后我作为战斗机飞行员工作了大约10年。我终于在38岁时成为了中国的第一位宇航员。
Interviewer: Oh, so you must be a really experienced有经验的 pilot. Do you think that was one of the reasons why you were chosen for the space programme项目?
Mr Yang: Sure, I had 1, 350 hours of flight experience, which I think really helped me.
Interviewer: So how difficult困难的 was it to join the space programme?
Mr Yang:There was a lot of competition竞争. Altogether, 14 of us were chosen from among 1,500 pilots to train for space flights.
Interviewer: That sounds really difficult. Did you also have to be a certain size and weight?
你认为那是你被选入太空项目的原因之一吗?
我有1350小时的飞行经验,我认为这真的帮了我很多。
总共有14名我们从1500名飞行员中被选中进行太空飞行训练。
你也必须有一定的身高和体重吗?
Mr Yang:Yes, at the time, you had to be shorter than不高于 172 centimetres in height身高 and weigh体重 less than少于 70 kilograms.
You also had to be in perfect health and perfect shape.
Interviewer: So you were the perfect choice! As we all know, an astronaut needs to be healthy and calm冷静的 in order to为了 work in space. But you also had to study a lot, too, right?
Mr Yang:Yes, I had to learn English, science, and astronomy天文学. I also had to practise using space equipment空间设备, and do a lot of mental and physical training. It was very tiring令人疲惫地, but I was so proud to自豪 have the opportunity.
你还必须拥有完美的健康和完美的体形。
What kind of people are they:
strong-willed
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