内容正文:
Listening and Talking
Space Exploration
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Learning Objectives
to know about the astronauts’ life in space from an interview;
to express their curiosity and raise their interest in conversation;
to make use of the related sentence patterns to talk about their curiosity.
By the end of this class, we will be able
Before you listen, look at the pictures below and guess whether they would be useful for astronauts in space.
Consider the following questions regarding each item in the picture.
1. Can it be easily carried to space?
2. Can it be easily used in space?
3. Are there other alternatives to these items which might be more practical?
If so, what are they?
Are they useful for astronauts in space?
Astronauts need soaps and towels to keep themselves clean.
It is useful for the astronaut who likes playing the guitar.
It is not useful because water cannot be used in the weightless environment of space.
A microwave oven is useful but heavy. It cannot be easily carried to space. However, the microwave oven has been installed in Shenzhou 9.
Pens are useful but the pens astronauts use in space are specially-made.
Tapes and tissue are light and do not take up much space. Neither of them can cause a mess which is difficult to clean up.
Are they useful for astronauts in space?
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 the food and enjoyed it.
He used a soapy towel to wash.
He was often busy doing different experiments.
He played the guitar and chess when he got time off.
He looked forward to having a weekly video call with his family most.
1. I’ve gotten used to floating around just _____________________.
2. We don’t have to _____ in space. We choose what we _________ before
we go to space, and then the food is ________________for us. We just
have to___________________ it.
3. I know astronauts ____________ in space since the water would
_________, so I’d love to know how you _________________.
4. We use__________________. And we brush our teeth ______________
we do on Earth. But astronauts usually ___________________.
5. I was there for __________________. I was usually busy
______________________.
6. When I was free, I ______________. I also __________. My favourite
thing to do, though, was to ____________________ with my family.
prepared and stored
Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
wearing shorts and a T-shirt
cook
want to eat
heat the food and enjoy
cannot shower
float away
keep yourselves clean
a soapy towel to wash
the same way as
swallow their toothpaste
more than five months
doing different experiments
played the guitar
played chess
have my weekly video call
Interviewer: Hello, Captain Brown. You’re back on Earth now. Are you happy to be back?
Captain Brown: Well, yes and no. It’s great to see my family again, but I also miss the International Space Station. I’ve gotten used to floating around just wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
Interviewer: So let me ask about the space station. Was eating in space difficult?
Captain Brown: Not really. We don’t have to cook in space. We choose what we want to eat before we go to space, and then the food is prepared and stored for us. We just have to heat the food and enjoy it.
Interviewer: Cool. Well, I know astronauts cannot shower in space since the water would float away, so I’d love to know how you keep yourselves clean.
Captain Brown: Oh, we use a soapy towel to wash. And we brush our teeth the same way as we do on Earth. But astronauts usually swallow their toothpaste.
Interviewer: Gosh, I hope it tasted good! So how long did you stay in space during your last mission?
Captain Brown: I was there for more than five months.
Interviewer: Wow! So what kind of work did you do up there?
Captain Brown: I was usually busy doing different experiments.
Interviewer: Did you have any free time? Do astronauts get time off?
Captain Brown: Yes. When I was free, I played the guitar. That’s right-I took my guitar with me. I also played chess. My favourite thing to do, though, was to have my weekly video call with my family.
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.
EXAMPLE
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 facilities 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?
Expressing curiosity
● I’d love to know … ● I wonder how/what/why/…
● Well, I’d really like to find out… ● I’d particularly like to know…
● I’m most curious about … ● I’m most interested to discover…
● I’m very keen to know… ● I wish to know…
● I hope you won’t mind me asking about ..
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 facilities 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?
A: I wonder how they get exercise on space---it’s not like they can go out jogging.
C: I’d never thought of that. But then, after they exercise, I’m very keen to find out how they wash their clothes.
B: Never mind that. I’d really like to find out how women astronauts wash their hair.
A: But we’re forgetting the most important question of all, aren’t we?
C: And what’s that?
A: Well, I’d really like to find out what they do when they meet aliens.
The astronauts’ life in space
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32 2 Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space.
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普通高中教科书 英语 必修 第三册
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