牛津高中英語M2U1-Word-Power-Space-exploration

Unit1TalesoftheunexplainedWordpower

Whoisshe?AbeautynamedChang’eonthemoon.ThestoryaboutChang’etoldusthatwehumanbeingshadbeendreamingoftravelingtospaceforthousandsofyears!DiscussionHaveyoueverthoughtaboutexploringspaceoneday?Whatwouldyoudoinspace?2.Whowasthefirstmantotraveltothemoonandwhatdoyouknowabouthim?Neil

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Thisisasmallstepforaman,butagiantleapformankind

這是一個人的的一小步，卻是人類的一大步。Questions:1.Whendidspaceexplorationbeginintheworld?2.WhenwasthefirstmannedspaceshiplaunchedinChina?Nowthereisascientistwhowilltellyousomethingaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.

In1957Oct.15,20033.Whatachievementshavehumansmadesofarinspaceexploration?

Readthefirstpartofthespeechandcompletethetimelineofthemaineventsmentioned.TimeEvent1957

19591961

thelaunchofthefirstartificialsatelliteunmannedspaceship…launchintospaceorbittheEarth2005astronautsspacesuitastronaut1969.7.20

spacewalk

spacestationspaceshuttlespaceshipspaceship:

spaceshuttle:

avehicleforcarryingpeoplethroughspaceavehiclethatisdesignedtocarrypeopleintospaceandbacktotheEarthseveraltimestodoexperimentsWhat’sthis?Alaunchtower.launchpadaplatformfromwhichaspaceshuttleissentintospaceWhatliftsthespaceshuttleintospace?Tworockets.Whathappenstothetworocketsaftertheyseparatefromthespaceshuttle?Fallintotheseaandashipwillpickthemup.trackingshipspaceshuttlelaunchpadspacestationspacewalktrackingshiprocketastronautspacesuitlaunchtowerWordpowerLookatyourtextbooksandfillintheblanksofpartCusingwordsfrompage6Iguesssomeofyouaredreamingofbecomingan____________andtravellingto_______tocarryout_____________________.Ifthiscomestrue,you’llprobablytravelby______________,aspaceshipthatlookslikeanaeroplane.Two________supportedbyalaunchtowerwillliftthespaceshuttleintospace.Sometimeaftertherocketsandthespaceshuttleare____________,therocketswillseparatefromthespaceshuttleandfallintothesea.Thenashipwillpickthemup.Astronautswilldotheirresearchinabaseinouterspacecalled_________________.Sometimestheygooutoftheirspaceshuttletotakea___________.Inouterspaceastronautscannottakeofftheir____________,whichprotectthemandprovideoxygen.In1965,AlexeiLeonovfromtheformerSovietUnionbecamethefirsthumanbeingtotakeawalkinspace.astronautspacespaceexplorationspaceshuttle

rocketslaunchedspacestationspacewalkspacesuitsConsolidationspaceship/spacecraftspaceshuttlespacestationspacespacesuitspacewalkastronaut(spaceman/spacewoman)spaceexplorationA.PersonwhotravelsinouterspaceB.Largemannedartificialsatelliteusedasabaseforoperationsinspace,e.g.forscientificresearch…C.VehiclemannedorunmannedfortravelinginspaceD.Sealedsuitcoveringthewholebodyandsuppliedwithair,allowingthewearertomoveaboutinspaceE.Mannedspaceshipdesignedforrepeateduse,e.g.betweenEarthandaspacestationorthemoon…F.Theexplorationofspace,travelingintospaceinordertolearnaboutitG.ActionofmovingaboutinspaceoutsideaspacecraftExplanationH.UniversebeyondtheEarth’satmosphereinwhichallotherplanetsandstarsexistSunMercuryJupiterUranusVenusEarthMarsSaturnNeptune5148267EarthJupiterMercuryMarsNeptuneVenusSaturnUranus123456783GuessThisplanetisthesecondinorderofthesun,nexttotheEarth.ItisnamedafteraRomangoddess.It’sknownasanearly‘morningstar’.Venus金星Itisthefifthplanetfromthesun.Itisthelargestoneinthesolarsystem.Jupiter木星Itisthesmallestplanetinthesolarsystemandthenearesttothesun.Whenitappearsinthemorning,it’sknowas‘Apollo’inhonoroftheRomanGodofthesun.Mercury水星Thisplanetcalledablueplanetbecauseabout70%ofitssurfaceiscoveredbysea.Thisiswherewelive.EarthThisplanethasastriking(顯著的）redappearance.Itisadustycoldworldandcoveredbyanatmospheretoothintobreathe.Mars火星Thisplanethaslargerings,whichmakeitoneofthemostvisually(視覺上）remarkable(顯著的）objectsinthesolarsystem.Itisalsotheonlyoneoftheplanetslessdense(密集的）thanwater.Saturn土星Thisplanet,whichistheseventhinorderfromthesun,was