unit4AstronomyUsingLanguage—AVisittotheMoon

1、Who is the first Chinese astronaut to go into space?What is the earths natural satellite?Which country first sent people up to space?1Yang Liwei (Oct.16th 2003)The moon.A. USA B.the Soviet Union C. China23When was Change I launched successfully? A. October 24th,2007 B. November 5th, 2007Who is the f

2、irst man landing on the moon?Armstrong (America, 1969)45Chinas first astronaut-Yang LiweiOct.16th 2003spacewalkLook at the pictures! floatzero gravity/ weightlessTask 2. Skimming1. Who do I have a chance to travel to the moon with ?2. How did we travel to the moon?3. What is the writing form ?4.What

3、s the writing order in this text?5. How many times would the force of gravity change on our journey? Li Yan Pin , an astronomerBy spaceshipThree times , the first timeA travel journal Time orderTime order Before going While visiting After visitingwhenwherewhowhat howNow, lets set out for the moon!Sk

4、im the 4 paragraphs quickly, and summarize the main idea of each paragraph:Para 1:Para 2:Para 3:Para 4:on the moon.return to the earth. Last month, we visited the moon.leave the earth1.Where did I go last month? (To the moon.)2.Who did I go to the moon with? (Li Yanping)3.How did we travel to the mo

5、on?(By spaceship)4.How many times would the force of gravity change?( Three times)5.Which change would be the most powerful?(The first change)1. The force of gravity would change four times on their journey . ( )2. When they were on the moon, they would not feel the gravity because there was no grav

6、ity on the moon. ( )3. Since the gravity has changed, their walk didnt need a lot of practice. ( )4. “A visit to the moon” was not a real story but science fiction .( )5. Their returning to the earth was frightening. ( )FFFTTthree wouldas if did( Para3, L8 ) ( Para2, L9 ) ( Para2, Line1 ) ( Para4, L

7、2 )Detailed reading: The way gravity changedLeft the earthIn spaceon the moonThe weight changedstrongdisappearvery lightWeight lesslessenheavyReturning to the earthWhat was my feeling while returning? Use some adjectives (形容词）形容词）to describe it.frightenedamazedexhaustedexcitedI feltThe problems:How

8、to breathe?How to eat? How to move around? 1. When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us, but it will not be as strong a pull as the earths. get close to 靠近，接近，指动态变化靠近，接近，指动态变化 be close to 距距.近，指状态近，指状态 The school is close to the post office.家长应该阻止孩子接近火。家长应该阻止孩子接近火。_Parents

9、 should prevent children from getting close to fire. 1) . A + be + 倍数倍数n+ as +形容词原级形容词原级 + as +B2. But when I tried to step forward, I found I was carried twice as far as on the earth and fell over. 3). A + be + 倍数倍数(n-1) +形容词比较级形容词比较级 + than + B A比比B大大(长、高、宽等长、高、宽等)n-1倍倍2). A + be + 倍数倍数n + the +名词

10、名词 (size, length, width, height, depth, weight, amount) + of + B A是是B的的n倍倍倍数表达法：倍数表达法：A=nBA=nB 考例：考例：Our new library is _ the old one. A. four times as large as B. four times the size C. four times larger D. four times larger than that这条河是那条河的五倍宽。这条河是那条河的五倍宽。1._2._3._这块石头的重量是那块石头的三倍。这块石头的重量是那块石头的三倍。

11、1._2._3._ This river is five times as wide as that one.This river is four times wider than that one.This river is five times the width of that one. This stone is three times as heavy as that one.This stone is twice heavier than that one.This stone is three times the weight of that one. 3. . “walking

12、 does need a bit of practice now that gravity has changed.now that同同since相似，语气较弱，强调人相似，语气较弱，强调人们已知的事实。后跟句子。们已知的事实。后跟句子。Translation: 既然你已经得到这个机会，就应该充分利用它。既然你已经得到这个机会，就应该充分利用它。Now that youve got the chance, you should make full use of it. My car _ (抛锚抛锚) so I had to walk there. The famous band _ (解散解散) in the end. Thieves _ (闯入