Unit 6 Reading Club 1课件-高一英语北师大版(2019)必修第二册

Unit6Unit6TheADMIRABLESPACEHEROESToreadandtalkaboutspaceheroesToreadforinformationandunderstandingToreadforcriticalthinkingTosummariseinformation1.InNovember,1999,Chinalaunchedthefirstunmannedspaceshipsuccessfully,whichwasnamed______bytheformerPresidentJiangZeming.A.Tian’gongB.Chang’sC.ShenzhouCAquiz2.______wasthefirsttotravelinspaceinhumanhistory.A.YangLiweiB.UriGagarinC.ArmstrongB3.TherearethreefamoussatellitelaunchcentersinChina.Theyare_______,Taiyuanand_______.A.Jiuquan;Xi’anB.Jiuquan;Xichang

C.Xi’an;XichangB4.In21stcentury,besideslandingonthemoonagainforexploration,ourhumanbeingsaremostinterestedin___________.A.MercuryB.VenusC.MarsC5.On27thSeptember2008,aChineseastronauttookawalkinspace,whosenameis___________.

A.YangLiweiB.NieHaisheng

C.JingHaipengAFrom

Shenzhou-1toShenzhou-11,

China

hasmadehistoricbreakthroughsinitsmannedspaceprogram.Let’senjoyavideo.Shareyourfeelingswithyourpartner.DuringOctober15-16,2003,YangLiweibecamethefirstChineseastronautinspace.Themissionwasagreatsuccessandfulfilled

（实现）

theChinesepeople’sthousand-yeardreamofflyinginspace.ShenzhouVTheflightlastedfromOctober12-17,2005andAstronautsFeiJunlongandNieHaishengbecamethefirsttowearthenewlightweightspacesuits.Thesuitsgavethemgreaterfreedomtomoveinthespacecraftandenabledthemtoconductmanyscientificexperiments.ShenzhouVIChina’sfirstthree-manmissionwascarriedoutfromSeptember25-28,2008.ThemissionwasthefirsttoincludeanEVA(ExtraVehicularActivity)andZhaiZhigangbecamethefirstChinesemantowalkinspace.ShenzhouVIIChinalaunchedShenzhouIXmannedspacecraft

onJune16,2012,sendingthecountry'sfirstfemaleastronautintospace.

Threeastronauts,JingHaipeng,LiuWangandLiuYangboardedthespacecraft.

Allofthecrewmembersstayed13daysinspace.ShenzhouIXChinalauncheditsfifthmannedspacecraftonJune11,2013.

Threeastronauts,NieHaisheng,ZhangXiaoguangandWangYaping,areaboardthespacecraft.ShenzhouXChinalaunchedtheShenzhouXImannedspacecraftonOctober17,2016.Twoastronauts,JingHaipengandChenDongboardedthespacecraft.ChinaisthethirdcountryintheworldthathasindependentlyfulfilledmannedspaceflightfollowingtheformerSovietUnionandtheUnitedStates.ShenzhouXI

Lookatthetitles.Howdoyouunderstand“spaceheroes?Whoarespaceheroesinyouropinion?Why?SpaceHeroes1WhydidtheUSPresidentmakeaspeechaboutChallengerdisaster?2WhatwerethepurposesoftheShenzhouVmission?GENERALUNDERSTANDINGReadthetext.Answerthequestions.TheNASAspaceshuttle

Challenger

explodedonJanuary28,1986,just73secondsafterliftofffromCapeCanaveral,Florida,bringingaterribleendtothespacecraft’s10thmission.Thedisasterclaimedthelivesofallsevenastronautsaboard,includingChristaMcAuliffe,ateacherfromNewHampshirewhowasonherwaytobecomingthefirstU.S.civilian(平民)totravelintospaceonanon-scientificmission.Millionsmorewatchedthetragedy(悲剧)onlivetelevision.Apresidentialcommissionappointed(委派)tolookintotheaccidentdeterminedthattheexplosionwascausedbythefailureofanO-ringsealinoneofthetwosolid-fuelrockets.TheO-ringdidnotrespondasexpectedbecauseofthecoldtemperatureatlaunchtime,whichbeganachainofeventsthatledtothemassiveexplosion.Asaresultofthetragedy,NASAdidnotsendastronautsintospaceformorethantwoyearsasitredesignedanumberoffeaturesofthespaceshuttle.1WhydidtheUSPresidentmakeaspeechaboutChallengerdisaster?BecausesevenAmericanastronautsdiedwhentheChallengerexplodedandhefelttheirfamilies’loss.2WhatwerethepurposesoftheShenzhouVmission?CarryingthefirstChineseastronautintospace,forscientificgatheringofinformationandtoexpressthewishesofChinesepeopletoexploreandusespacepeacefully.Whatspecialexercisedoestheastronautsdo?What

qualities

do

theyneedtobecome

an

astronaut?Whydoesworkinginspacecallforaspecialblendofskill,talentandbraveryaswellasphysicalandmentalstrength?Explaininyourownwordsandincludeevidence.Spacemissionsrequireextremelyhardphysicaltraining,advancedscientificskillsandveryhigheducationalqualifications.Theyalso