共案?jìng)€(gè)案Unit4SpaceExplorationPeriod2Readingandthinking一、教學(xué)目標(biāo)1.identifyandrememberthewordsandphrasesrelatedtospacestation;2.analyzeandsummarizethestructureofthetextandthelanguagefeatures;3.listthemajoreventsinthehistoryofspaceexplorationandChina’sachievementsinthisfield;4.formtheirownideaabouttheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexploration.二、教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)1.analyzeandsummarizethestructureofthetextandlanguagefeaturesofapopularsciencearticle2.payattentiontothecohesionandcoherenceofthetext3.summarizethemainideaofeachparagraphusingnewlylearnedwordsandexpressions三、教學(xué)過(guò)程Step1warmingupShowapicturefromthefilmTheWanderingEarthandaskstudentssomequestions:Haveyoueverseenthismovie?What’sthestoryabout?Doyoubelievethereareotherplanetsforpeopletoliveon?(somespaceexplorationcanhelpusanswerthisquestion)Doasmallquizetocheckwhatstudentsknowaboutspaceexploration:ShowsomepicturesrelatedtospaceexplorationandletstudentscompetetobethewinnerStep2BeforereadingAskstudentstoreadthetitleandandthreepicturesonpages40-41,predictwhatthetextismainlyaboutandanswerfourquestions.Who'stheastronaut?Whendidhesteponthemoon?Whatis“Challenger”?WhatisJadeRabbitusedfor？Step3WhilereadingTask1Readthetextquicklyandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Para.1A.China’sdevelopmentofspaceexploration.Para.2 B.Earlierachievementsofspaceexploration.Para.3 C.Brightfutureofspaceexploration.Para.4 D.Thedesiretoexploretheouterspace.Para.5 E.Continuouseffortinspiteofdisasters.Task2Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromthetext.Choosethecorrectsentences[A-D]tofilleachgap.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.Task3Readthetextagain,thencompletethechartbelow.Task4Putthefollowingsentencesintimeorder.AsecondmannedorbitandChinesespacewalkwascompleted.Astronautsobserveandmeasurethefarsideofthemoon.Tiangong2spacelabwaslaunchedintospace.YangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarth.Step4Postreading1.Dofourmultiplechoicesrelatedtothispassage(1).Whowasthefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace?(C)(2).WhowasthefirstmantoorbitEarthinShenzhou5spacecraft?(A)(3).Inwhichsatellitesalltheastronautsdiedduringtheirmissions?（A）(4).What’stheattitudetothespaceexplorationaccordingtotheauthor?(A)2.RetellCompletethepassageaccordingtothetext.Peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace.Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelt(1)_________(travel)intospacewasanimpossibledream.However,(2)____thehelpofscientists,peoplesucceededinrealizingtheirdream(3)_________(explore)space.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellite(4)____________(launch)bytheUSSR.(5)________________scientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Thesedisastersmadeeveryone(6)____________(disappoint),butpeoplestillbelieveintheimportanceof(7)________(carry)onspaceexploration.In2003,Chinabecamethethirdcountryto(8)_____________(independent)sendhumansintospace.ThenShenzhou6and7completed(9)__secondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk.Inspiteofthedifficulties,scientistshopefuture(10)__________(discovery)willnotonlyenableustounderstandtheuniversebutalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.

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