Unit4SpaceExplorationReading:Space:TheFinalFrontier必修第三冊(cè)Unit4SPACEEXPLORATIONLearningObjectives1.Reflectonthedevelopmentandvalueofspaceexploration;2.Analysetheorganizationandlanguagefeaturesofapopularsciencearticles;3.Expressyouropinionsonvaluesofspaceexploration.1.Howmanyplanetsarethereinthesolarsystem?Thereareeight.

2.Footprintsleftbyastronautson

thelunarsurface(月球表面)would

disappear.3.ThehottestplanetinthesolarsystemisVenus(金星).

462℃TSpace:TheFinalFrontierChinesemeaning:_________________Frontier:_________,whichmightmean__________________________________Space:thefinalfrontier太空：最后的邊境orexplorationedge.theborderhuman’srecognitionedgeSpace:TheFinalFrontier1.Whatkindofpassageisit?A.Apieceofnews.B.Apopularsciencearticle.

C.Atraveljournal.D.Anovel.2.Wherecanyoufindthiskindofpassage?

A.NewspaperB.NovelC.MagazineD.Sciencebook科普文又稱(chēng)大眾科學(xué)或普及科學(xué)，是以淺顯、通俗易懂的文字讓公眾了解科技領(lǐng)域的知識(shí)的一種文章。其特點(diǎn)：短小性、知識(shí)性和準(zhǔn)確性、文學(xué)性、思想性。閱讀時(shí)，可看作是科技說(shuō)明文。Prediction:Lookatthetitleandthephotos,wecaninferthatPre-readingman’sfirstsuccessmoonspacewalkAmerica’sChallengerexplodedChinaJadeRabbitonthemoonachievementsaccidents/challengesChina’sprogressFromthetitleandthepictures,wecanknowthatthearticlemightbeabout________________________________thedevelopmentofspaceexploration.Predicting.

1.Whatkindofpassageisit?2.Wherecanyoufindthiskindofpassage?

Apopularsciencearticle(科譜說(shuō)明文).Inasciencemagazine/website.Reading.

ReadthepassagecarefullyandfinishActivity2-3onyourbook.(41)Haveadisscussionaboutyouranswers.

Mainideaofeachparagraph:Para1:Peoplearecuriousaboutspace.

Para5.Thefutureofspaceexploration.Para2.AchievementsofAmericanandSoviet.Para3.Spaceexplorationcontinuesinspiteofgreatrisks.Para4.China’sspaceprogramme.FastreadingSeveralsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentencetofilleachgap.LearnaboutthedevelopmentofspaceexplorationReadthetext.Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence(A-D)tofilleachgap.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.makesure:確保goeswrong：出故障；出問(wèn)題besuitablefor適應(yīng)besuitabletodosth適宜做某事succeededindoingsth.成功做某事

太空探索已經(jīng)取得長(zhǎng)足的發(fā)展，而現(xiàn)在，我們希望發(fā)現(xiàn)能夠維持生命存在的其他行星。盡管科學(xué)家們?cè)噲D確保一切正常，事故仍然可能發(fā)生。太空探索的未來(lái)是光明的。經(jīng)過(guò)多次試驗(yàn)，他們成功地制造出了能逃脫地球引力的火箭1.2.Abilityaims空在段首:通常是段落主題句。根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找同義詞或相關(guān)的詞，推斷出主題空在段中:空在段尾:通常是段落主題句。根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找同義詞或相關(guān)的詞，推斷出主題句，段落主題句。一致性原則，查找同義詞或相關(guān)的通常是段落主題句。根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找同義詞或相關(guān)的詞，推斷出主題句詞，推斷出主題句通常是段落主題句。根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找同義詞或相關(guān)通常是段落主題句。根據(jù)段落一致性原則，查找同義詞或相關(guān)的詞，推斷出主題句的詞，推斷出主題句看段落主題句，分析該空與空前、空后之間的邏輯關(guān)系。注意同詞復(fù)現(xiàn)，同范疇詞復(fù)現(xiàn)、替代詞通常是結(jié)論、概括性語(yǔ)句，或起呈上的作用。注意在選項(xiàng)中查找表示結(jié)果、結(jié)論、總結(jié)的句子。A.

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothing

goeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanets

thataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.

Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededin

makingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.AnalyzetheoptionsWhatshouldwepayattentionto?keyinformation:subject,object...pronouns,linkingwordsexpressionstotellorderoftime,space...

ReadtofillgapsChoosethecorrectsentencesA--Dtofilleachgapinthetext.A.

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.

Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.

Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”Lookingupatthestars,peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse._____.遞進(jìn)BBeforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream.However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace._______.

On4October1957,...andon12April1961,...Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,...D承上啟下A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.關(guān)鍵詞_____.AlltheastronautsontheUSSR’sSoyuz11andAmerica’sChallengerdiedduringtheirmissions.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappointed,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks…AA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.關(guān)鍵詞A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.____Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoveries

willnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewell

intothefuture.CWhatdopeoplewanttodowhenlookingupatthestars?Theywanttolearnmoreaboutspace.Whydoscientistsdesignvehicles?Tocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.Para1“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”P(pán)eoplehavealwayslookedupatthestarsandwonderedaboutspace.Today,scientistsdesignvehiclestocarryastronautsintospacetomakeimportantdiscoveries.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.

Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream.However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,“That’sonesmallstepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankind.”Followingthis,manymoregoalswereachieved.Forexample,America’sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1on5September1977tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatoday.AndtheInternationalSpaceStation(1998)hasprovidedacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace,withastronautsfrommanydifferentcountriesonboard.Para.2What’sthetopicsentenceinPara.2?However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.AlltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesiretoexploretheuniversedidnotdie.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.Para.3Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappenWhat’sthetopicsentenceinPara.3?

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.AlltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesiretoexploretheuniversedidnotdie.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.Para.3mainidea:Spacetravelhasalwaysinvolved_________,butdespite_____exploration_________.greatrisksriskscontinuesPara.4

China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.On23July2020,ChinasentTianwen1toexplorethesurfaceofMars.ItarrivedinFebruary2021andthensentbacklotsofvaluableinformation.Andfrom2021to2022,Chinacompletedanumberofrocketmissionstoestablishitsownspacestation.In2022,thelaunchoftheMengtianmodulesignaledthebasiccompletionoftheTiangongSpaceStation.Thismodernspacestationwillallowastronautstoconductmanyimportantexperiments,greatlyfurtheringourunderstandingoftheuniverse.What’sthetopicsentenceinPara.4?WhatprogressdidChinamake?China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttimePara.4Para.4In2003

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