Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Word Power

Who is she ?A beauty named Chang’e

on the moon.

The story about Chang’e told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years!

spacesuit astronaut

1969.7.20

spacewalk

space station

space shuttle

spaceship

space:

e.g. spaceman space station

spacesuit space shuttle

spaceship outer space

spacewalk

n. 空间 , 空地；

这张桌子占据了太多的空间。

n. 地球大气以外；

e.g. The desk takes up too much space.

Space exploration

exploration: n. 勘探，勘查，探索； e.g. space exploration oil exploration

e.g. organize

organization realizationrealize

explore: v. 勘探，勘查，探索 ; e.g. Upon arriving on the island, we were eager to explore. ( 我们一到岛上就急不可耐地考察起来 .)

Good afternoon, everyone. I’m so glad to be here to tell you something about outer space and space exploration. Space explor -ation began in 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite. Unmanned spaceships have been launched into space since 1959. By 1961, people were orbiting the Earth. Yuri Gagarin from the former Soviet Union become the first human being to travel in space.

Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned.

Time Event

1957

1959

1961

the launch of the first artificial satellite

unmanned spaceship… launch into space

orbit the Earth

launch: n. ( 航天器的 ) 发射 ;( 产品的 ) 上市…

e.g. the successful launch of …

a product launch

v. 发射 ; 把 ( 航天器等 ) 发射上天…e.g. Does everyone know how to

launch a spaceship?

orbit: v. 绕轨道运行 ; 围绕…运动 ; e.g. The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.

n. ( 天体等运行的 ) 轨道e.g. the earth’s orbit around the sun

A new satellite has been put into orbit

around the earth. ( 一颗新的人造卫星被

送上了环绕地球的轨道 .)

a space station in orbit round the moon

What’s this?

A launch tower.

launch pad

a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into space

What lifts the space shuttle into space?

Two rockets.

What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle? Fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up.

tracking ship

Read the speech and fill in the blanks using words we learnt before.

I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an _____ and traveling to _____ to carry out _______. If this comes true, you’ll probably travel by ____, a spaceship that looks like an aeroplane. Two _____ supposed by a launch tower will lift the space shuttle into space. Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are ______, the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the sea. Then a ship will pick them up. Astronauts will do their research in a base in outer space shuttle called _______. Sometimes they go out of their space shuttle to take a _______. In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _____, which protect them and provide oxygen. In 1965, Alexei Leonov from the former Soviet Union became the first human being to take a walk in space.

space space exploration

launch space shuttle

launch tower rocket

launch pad astronaut

tracking ship spacesuit

spacewalk space station

I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an________ and traveling to ______ to carry out _________________. If this comes true, you’ll probably travel by ____________, a spaceship that looks like an aeroplane. Two ______ supported by a launch tower will lift the space shuttle into space. Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are ________, the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the sea. Then a ship will pick them up. Astronauts will do their research in a base in outer space called ___________. Sometimes they go out of their space shuttle to take a _________. In outer space astronauts cannot take off their _________, which protect them and provide oxygen. In 1965, Alexei Leonov from the former Soviet Union became the first human being to take a walk in space.

astronautspace space exploration

space shuttlerockets

launched

space station spacewalk

spacesuits

Today, most important planets have been examined. Photos have been taken and samples have been collected from the planets, but no evidence of life has been discovered on any of the planets so far. Scientific research still continues.

Today’s space exploration

nine planets in the solar system:Earth 地球 Jupiter 木星

Mercury 水星

Mars 火星

Neptune 海王星 Pluto 冥王星

Venus 金星 Saturn 土星

Uranus 天王星

5 1 4 8

9 2 6 7

Earth Jupiter Mercury Mars Neptune

Pluto Venus Saturn Uranus

1

2 3

4

5

67

8

9

3