摘要:
该初中英语课件围绕“空间站生活”核心主题,涵盖weightless、movement等词汇及How does it feel...等句型。课堂以太空课堂情境导入,教师穿宇航服、黑板展示Space Q&A主题并配地球星空插图,通过2a自主提问、2b-2c听力结合思维导图梳理运动、饮食等细节,搭建从输入到输出的学习支架。
其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质,借助听力获取关键信息、思维导图整理生活细节(如运动“fun, turn around easily”)培养信息处理能力,2e头脑风暴创编采访对话提升表达与创造。小结通过Summary梳理词汇句型、自我检测巩固,助力学生用英语探讨太空话题,教师可借助结构化活动提升教学效率。
内容正文:
Unit 6
Beyond Earth
人教版2024版九年级上册
Section A (2a-2e ) 听说课
Learning Objectives
1.能够围绕空间站生活自主提出相关问题,通过听太空课堂对话获取关键信息,梳理太空工作、行动、饮食、睡眠、观景等生活细节;识别谈论太空生活的常用疑问句型。
2.能够借助思维导图复述听力内容,运用目标句型和同伴开展角色扮演,互相询问、解答空间站生活相关问题,并在班级展示交流。
3.能够和同伴头脑风暴更多关于太空生活的疑问,合作创编一段采访宇航员的简短对话,提升运用英语探讨太空探索话题、表达想象与好奇的意识。
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Section A
Why do we explore space?
—Where is she?
—She is in the space station.
...in the Tiangong space station.
—What is she doing?
—She is having a class in space.
Ms Wang
Look at this picture carefully, everyone. What can you see in the classroom?
Yes! Our teacher Ms Wang wears an astronaut spacesuit, and many students put up their hands to ask questions. On the blackboard, we can see the theme Space Q&A. Outside the window is our beautiful Earth and starry space.
Today we will learn a dialogue about talking about life in the space station.
rocket launch (发射)
rover 探测器
telescope 望远镜
New Words
beyond /bɪˈjɒnd/ 超出
mission /ˈmɪʃn/n. 任务;使命
manned /mænd/adj. 需人操作的;载人的
weightless /ˈweɪtləs/adj. 失重的;无重量的
movement /ˈmuːvmənt/n. 运动;活动
asleep /əˈsliːp/adj. 睡着(的)
tie /taɪ/ v. 系上;束紧 n. 领带
New Words
2a What questions do you have about life in a space station? Write down two questions and share them with a partner.
1._________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________
Which is harder to get used to: floating all the time, or having no real day and night?
What is the hardest thing to do – eating, drinking, showering, or sleeping?
2b Listen to the conversation from a live class in space and number these questions in the order you hear them.
______ A. How does it feel to be weightless?
______ B. Will you be visited by other astronauts?
______ C. What does Earth look like from space?
______ D. What’s difficult about living in space?
______ E. How do you eat up there?
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/ˈweɪtləs/ adj. 失重的;无重量的
2c Listen again and take notes to complete the mind map.
prepared _________
kept _________
over _________ to choose from
turn around
Life in Space
Work
View
Sleep
Visitor
Food
Movement
fun
can ___________ easily
can move by pushing against _________
do some experiments
will be visited by ______________
Earth is beautiful and looks like ____________________________
__________ to fall asleep
have to be tied down
the wall
on Earth
in bags
120 dishes
a little hard
a huge shining
ball
two astronauts
2d Answer the questions in 2b. Use the mind map to help you.
1.How does it feel to be weightless?
It’s much fun.
2.Will you be visited by other astronauts?
Yes, we will.
3.What does Earth look like from space?
It looks like a huge shining ball.
4.What’s difficult about living in space?
It is hard to fall asleep.
5.How do you eat up there?
Their food is prepared on Earth and kept in bags.
They have over 120 dishes to choose from.
Work in pairs
Ms Wang: All right. So, we’ve done some experiments. Now it’s time for questions.
Anna: Hi, Ms Wang! I want to know how it feels to be weightless.
Ms Wang: Oh, it’s so much fun! I can turn around easily! You see, I can move everywhere by just pushing against the wall!
Mike: Ms Wang, what does Earth look like from the space station?
Ms Wang: It looks like a huge shining ball. It’s really beautiful.
Julie: Ms Wang, I want to know how you eat up there.
Ms Wang: Nice question. Well, all our food is prepared on Earth and kept in bags. We have over 120 dishes to choose from.
David: What’s difficult about living in space?
Ms Wang: Well, it’s a little hard to fall asleep. We have to be tied down so we don’t fly away!
Li Hua: Do you get bored? Will you be visited by other astronauts?
Ms Wang: It’s never boring in space. Actually, two astronauts will arrive next month. It’s very exciting.
Listen again and then role play the conversation.
1. How does it feel to be weightless? (教材P53 2b)
weightless /ˈweɪtləs/ adj. 失重的;无重量的
Astronauts work in weightless conditions.
航天员在失重的条件下工作。
She felt weightless as she jumped off the diving board.
她从跳板跃下时感到失重。
词形拓展 weightlessness [不可数名词]无重量;失重状态
Astronauts float in space because of weightlessness.
航天员在太空中飘浮是因为失重。
由“weight(n.重量)+-less(形容词后缀)”构成。
Language Points
Language points
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2. Movement (教材P53 2c)
movement /ˈmuːvmənt/ n.活动;运动
由move(v.移动)+-ment(名词后缀)”构成,作可数名词或不可数名词均可。
The balance of yin and yang is shown in each movement of taijiquan.
太极拳的每个动作都体现着阴阳平衡。
I had a broken leg, so movement was quite impossible.
我的腿骨折了,所以几乎没动。
Language points
14
3. a little hard to fall asleep (教材P53 2c)
asleep /əˈsliːp/ adj.睡着(的)
辨析asleep, sleep 与sleepy
asleep 形容词,意为“睡着(的)”,通常作表语,不用于名词前作定语。fall asleep“入睡;睡着”,不能与表示一段时间的状语连用
sleep 既可作动词,又可作名词,意为“睡觉”
sleepy 形容词,意为“困倦的;想睡的”,可作表语和定语
反义词:awake adj.醒着的
Language points
15
a little hard to fall asleep (教材P53 2c)
asleep /əˈsliːp/ adj.睡着(的)
反义词:awake adj.醒着的
语境串记
Jim didn’t sleep well last night. He is tired and feels sleepy now, so he falls asleep soon at his desk. 昨晚吉姆睡得不好。现在他很累,并且感觉很困倦,因此他趴在书桌上很快就睡着了。
练习 根据句意及首字母提示填写单词。
After working all day long, he lay down on the sofa and soon fell a .
sleep
Language points
16
4. have to be tied down (教材P53 2c)
tie /taɪ/ v. 系上;束紧 n. 领带
过去式和过去分词为tied,现在分词为tying。
(1)[动词]系上;束紧
I have tied a name tag on my baggage. 我在行李上系上了姓名标签。
She tied the rope tightly to a tree. 她把绳子牢牢地系在一棵树上。
(2)[名词]领带
He wears a shirt and tie at work. 他上班穿衬衫打领带。
n.领带
v.系;栓
Language points
2e Brainstorm more questions you would like to ask about life
in space.
If I want to become an astronaut, what would you suggest?
What do you do for fun in space?
What’s the coolest thing you’ve done in space?
① How do you communicate with your family and friends on Earth?
② What does a typical day look like on the space station?
Summary
New words
weightless, movement, asleep, tie
Expressions
fall asleep
Sentences
① It is hoped that a manned mission to the moon will
follow around 2030.
② It has been used to do research on biology, medicine,
and materials.
③ Well, it’s a little hard to fall asleep.
一、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空
1.More than 5,000 exoplanets have been ______ (discover) so far.
2.The food for astronauts ______ (prepare) on Earth and kept in
special bags.
3.It is hoped that a manned mission to Mars __________ (carry out)
in the next decade.
4.New technologies ______ (develop) for space exploration will
benefit people on Earth.
discovered
is prepared
will be carried out
developed
自我检测
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二、将下列主动语态句子改为被动语态
1.Scientists will position more satellites in space.
→ More satellites ________________________ in space.
2.The school will hold a lecture about space travel next week.
→ A lecture about space travel ________________________ by the school next week.
3.They will cancel the rocket launch because of the storm.
→ The rocket launch ________________________ because of the storm.
will be positioned
will be held
will be cancelled
自我检测
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1. 和同学讨论未来的火星旅行,使用 manned, launch, beyond, weightless, be tied down 等词汇,编写一段不少于 6 句的对话。内容需包含:
对载人火星任务的期待或担心
太空生活中的一个困难
一个问句和相应的回答
2. 将本课所学内容形成重点笔记。
Homework
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