M5TheConquestoftheUniverseIntroductionReading&Vocabulary(1)---盛靈艷Introduction:BrainstormVocabularytheuniverseconquestspacespaceshipspaceprobelaunchbeautifulimageastronautastronomy(天文學(xué)）楊利偉ShenzhouV-2003.10費(fèi)俊龍/聶海勝ShenzhouVI-2005.10翟志剛劉伯明景海鵬ShenzhouVII—2008.9Introduction（Activity1onp57)Matchtheeventswiththedates.19611969197319751986200120032005a.YangLiweibecomesthefirstChineseastronaut.Hedescribestheexperienceasmarvelous.______2003b.AmericanNeilArmstrongbecomesthefirstmantosetfootonthemoon.Hedescribesthemomentas“Onesmallstepforman,onegiantleapformankind”.______1969c.A60-year-oldAmerican,DenisTito,becomesthefirstspacetourist.HespendseightdaysonboardtheRussianpartofajointUSA-Russiaspacemission(太空飛行任務(wù)）.______2001d.SevenAmericanastronautsarekilledjustoveraminuteaftertakingoffinChallenger.Itisthebiggestspacedisastersofar,andslowsdowntheAmericanspaceprogramme._______1986e.RussianYuriGagarinbecomesthefirstmaninspace.Ittakeshimjust108minutestogoroundtheworld.______1961f.TheAmericanViking

1missionlandsonMarsandsendsbackgoodqualityphotos.______1976g.Pioneer10becomesthefirstspaceshiptoflypastJupiter.ItisheadedfortheredstarAldebaran,whichitwillreachintwomillionyears’time.______1973h.Nearlysevenyearsafterbeinglaunched,theCassini

spaceprobereachesSaturn.ItsendsbeautifulimagesofSaturn’sringsbacktoEarth._____2005Findoutthemainideaofeachpart.Part1:Para1:Para2:Para3:Part2:thefirstMoonlandingthefirstshuttleflightintospacetheexplosionoftheChallengerThewriter’switnessoftheexplosionoftheChallenger.2.Decidewhetherthestatementsbelowaretrueorfalse:(1)Armstrongisthefirstonetosetfootonthemoonbackin1969.(2)Spaceshuttlecouldonlybeusedforonce.(3)TheaimoftheColumbiawastotestthenewshuttlesystem.(4)TheChallengertookoffon12thApril,1981.(5)ChristaMcAuliffenevercamebacktoherclassroom.TFTFTReadPart1ofthepassageandanswerthequestions.(Activity1onp59)1.WhydoesthewritercallthepassageSpace:theFinalFrontier?BecausetherearenonewplacesleftonEarthforhumanstodiscoverbutwehavenotyetexploredspace.2.Howdidpeoplefeelwhentheywatchedthefirstmoonlanding?Excitedbutnervous.(Theirheartsareintheirmouths,awareofhowdifficultanddangerousanadventureitwas,andwhatriskshadtobetaken)heartinone’smouth提心吊膽，膽戰(zhàn)心驚Withmyheartinmymouth,Iwentforaninterview.Theygotusedtoitandthoughtitwassafeandnormal.3.Howdidpeoplefeelaboutspacetravelafewyearslater?4.Whatwasdifferentaboutthespaceshuttle?Thespaceshuttlecouldbeusedmanytimes.

(Thesinglespaceshipcouldnottakeoffmorethanoncewhileaspaceshuttlecouldbeusedforseveraljourneys)Spaceflightwasstilldangerous.5.WhatdidtheChallengerdisasterteachtheworld?6.WhydidpeoplewanttowatchtheChallengertakeoff?Becauseitwasanewspacecraftandithadateacheronboardaswellasastronauts.ReadPart2ofthepassage.Workinpairsanddescribe:（Activity2)1.howtheboyfeltbeforethetake-offHewasveryexcitedanddidn’thavemuchpatiencewaitingforthelaunch.Astrangeredandorangelightappearedinthesky,followedbyacloudofwhitesmokeandpeopleallstartedscreaming.2.whathappenedwhentheChallengerexploded3.howhefeltafterwitnessingtheaccidentonTVHewasinastateofshock.Hewasnotsureitwasworthexploringspaceifpeopleweregoingtodie.4.whathethoughtabutspacetravelafewweekslaterMatchthewordsintheboxwiththeirmeanings.(Activity3)1.toseesomethinghappen,forexampleanimportantevent,oracrime_______accustomedassumecivilianenthusiasticexplodemankindpatienceshuttlewitnesswitness2.tothinkthatsomethingistrue,evenifyouarenotsure_______3.avehiclethatgoestoaplaceandcomesback_______4.anordinarypersonwhoisnotinthearmedforcesorthepolice_______5.toburstwithalotofforceandloudnoise_______assumeshuttlecivilianexplode6.veryinterestedinsomethingorexcitedbyit__________7.theabilitytostaycalm,especiallywhenyouhavetowaitforsomething________8.allthepeopleintheworld________9.gettingusedtosomething__________enthusiasticpatiencemankindaccustomedThankyou!yy1.EversinceNeilArmstrongfirstsetfootontheMoonbackon21stJuly,1969,peoplehavebecomeaccustomedtotheideaofspacetravel.be/becomeaccustomedto習(xí)慣于OurforeignteachersoonbecomeaccustomedtoChinesefood.LanguagePoints2.Millionsofpeoplewatchedthatfirstmoonlandingontelevision,theirheartsintheirmouths,awareofhowdifficultanddangerousanadventureitwas…h(huán)eartinone’smouth提心吊膽，膽戰(zhàn)心驚

Withmyheartinmymouth,Iwentforaninterview.MyheartwasinmymouthasIwentintothehauntedhouse.2)beawareof意識到，明白Lostinthought,shewasnotawareof

thetime.Hewasnotawareofhavingdonewrong.ItwasseveralminutesbeforeIwasawareofwhatwashappening.3.Anordinaryteacher,ChristaMcAuliffe,37,whowasmarriedwithtwochildren,wastobethefirstcivilianinspace.beto表示安排意向或目的Mybrotheristobemarried.4.Theworldwasinshock---maybetheyassumedthisspaceflightwouldbenomoredangerousthangettingonanaeroplane.1)n.強(qiáng)烈的沖擊或震動:Theywerewhitewithshock.2)v.使(某人)震驚:Itshockedmetoseehowmyneighborstreatedtheirchildren.inshock處于極度震驚狀態(tài)5.Inspiteofallouradvancedtechnology,theworldisstillonlyattheverybeginningofitsvoyageintospace.inspiteof盡管，不顧She