1、Module 3 Journey to spaceWe have not found lifeon any other planets yet.earth moonRevisionspaceshipastronautspace travelScientists have sent spaceship to Mars. The journey has taken several months. Astronauts have already been to the moon.No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, m

2、uch farther than the moon.Lots of scientists are working hard in order to send astronauts to Mars one day.Look at the picture and talk about what you know about Chinese spaceships.Shenzhou-9 is a manned spaceship.Work in pairsListen and readRead the passage and choose the best title for it. 1. Anyon

3、e out there? 2. Life on the earth 3. The sun and other stars 4. The stars at night 1. The earth is a star. 2. The sun is a star.3. There is more than one galaxy in the universe.Check () the true sentences. 4. The light from the stars in other galaxies has travelled for a long time to reach us.5. Sci

4、entists have received many messages from space.6. Spaceships have visited most of the universe. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the municate environment none solar system universeIs there life on other planets? There are seven other planets in our (1) _, but (2) _ of them has a

5、(n) (3) _ like that of the earth. solar systemnoneenvironmentSpaceships from the earth have done surveys of the other planets, but they have not found any life there. Why has no one from other planets tried to (4) _ with us? It is true that scientists have not discovered life on other planets in the

6、 (5) _ yet, but some scientists believe that they will find it some municateuniverse 1. Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. 科學(xué)家認(rèn)為地球上的生命已經(jīng)有億萬年 了。millions of 數(shù)百萬 hundreds of 數(shù)百thousands of 成千上萬 billions of 數(shù)十億Language pointse.g. There are billions

7、of stars in the Galaxy, and the sun is only one of them. 銀河系中有數(shù)十億顆恒星，太陽(yáng)只是其 中的一個(gè)。2. However, we have not found life on any other planets yet.然而，我們還沒有在任何其他行星上發(fā) 現(xiàn)生命。yet用于否定句和疑問句，意思是“還，尚”。not yet的意思是“還沒，尚未”，表示某事物在某一時(shí)間尚未發(fā)生，但未來也許會(huì)發(fā)生。例如：I havent learnt any farther information yet. 我還沒有得到進(jìn)一步的信息。Have you rec

8、eived her letter yet?你收到她的來信了嗎？3. The earth is a planet and it goes around the sun. Seven other planets also go around the sun.地球是顆行星，它圍繞著太陽(yáng)轉(zhuǎn)。此外還有七顆行星也圍繞著太陽(yáng)轉(zhuǎn)。 太陽(yáng)系的其他七顆行星：水星 (Mercury)、金星(Venus)、火星 (Mars)、木星(Jupiter)、土星(Saturn)、 天王星(Uranus)、海王星(Neptune)。4. None of them has an environment like that of

9、the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them.它們中沒有一個(gè)有像地球這樣的環(huán)境，因此科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為在它們上面找不到生命。none of 表示（三個(gè)以上）一個(gè)也沒 有。做主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞可用單數(shù)或復(fù) 數(shù)。e.g. None of us has/have been to the Mars. 我們中沒一個(gè)去過火星。5. our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or t

10、he Milky Way. 我們的太陽(yáng)系只是一個(gè)由恒星和行星組成的星系的一小部分，這個(gè)星系比太陽(yáng)系大得多，稱作銀河系或銀河。這里的the Galaxy專指“銀河系”，也可以稱作 the Milky Way。而galaxy則泛指“星系”。e.g. Scientists have discovered a distant galaxy. 科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的星系。6. So how large is the universe? Its impossible to imagine.所以宇宙有多大？我們無從想象。句型: It is + 形容詞 + to + 動(dòng)詞原形，意思是“做某事很”。e.g.

11、It is difficult to read these words. 讀這些單詞很難。7. With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? 宇宙中有這么多星球，我們是孤獨(dú)的嗎？或者太空中還有其他生命存在呢？with + 名詞 + 介詞短語(yǔ)，表示伴隨情況，意思是“帶著”。 e.g. Mr. Zhang is coming with a book in his hands.張老師手里帶著一書進(jìn)來了。alone在句中作形容詞，不作定語(yǔ)只做表語(yǔ)，也可作副詞。意思是“獨(dú)自地”

12、。e.g. She was alone in that dark room.她獨(dú)自一人呆在那黑屋子里。 WritingLook at the picture from a science story for children and answer the questions.What have the scientists just received?(a message from one of our spaceships)They have just received a message from one of our spaceships.1. Where has the spacesh

13、ip landed? (Mars)It has landed on Mars. 2. What has the spaceship discovered? (people on Mars)3. Why have the people on Mars not sent us a message? (do not know how to)It has discovered people on Mars.We do not know how to send us a message.4. Why have the people on Mars not visited us on the earth?

14、 (do not know how to)We do not know how to visit us on the earth. Write a passage to describe the picture. Use your answers to the questions in Activity 5 to help you.We have just received a message from our spaceship to Mars _中考鏈接1. Wheres Mr Green? He _ to Changsha. (2013湖南湘西) A. have been B. has gone C. has been2. Is Tom at home? No, he_ to town. (2013天津) A. has been B. has gone C. goes D. will go 3. He promised to pick me up at the school gate. However, he _ yet. (2011安徽) A. didnt arriveB. doesnt arrive C. isnt arrivingD. hasnt arrived4. What is the weather like this summ