Unit4SpaceExplorationReadingandThinking课件高中英语人教版高中英语

ReadingandThinkingexplorationWiththehelpof_____________,suchas_______,__________,mankindisexploringspace.Somespacecraftare_________,whichhavecarried_________intospace.Theywillbe________byrockets,afterwhichtheywill________aroundtheearthalongthe_________.spacevehiclessatellitesspacecraftmannedastronautslaunchedorbitorbits1.Whatkindofpassageisit?A.Apieceofnews.

B.Apopularsciencearticle.

C.Atraveljournal.

D.Anovel.ReadthetextSeveralsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence[A-D]tofilleachgap.阅读课文中删除的几个句子。选择正确的句子[A-D]填空。A.Althoughscientisttrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.尽管科学家们努力确保一切正常，但事故仍有可能发生B.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.他们还真的希望发现其他足以支持生命的行星。C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.太空探索的前景依然光明。D.Aftermanyexperimens,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.经过多次试验，他们成功地制造出了能够逃脱地球引力的火箭。SPACE:THEFINALFRONTIER"Arewealone?What'soutthere?"Lookingupatthestars.peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse._______________________Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream.However,somescientistweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.______________________________________________________________________________________Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1989，AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontoThemoonfamouslysaying,“that’sonesmallslepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankind.”

Followingthis,manymoregoalswereachieved,Forexample,America'sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1on5September1977tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatoday.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.AlltheastronautsontheUSSR’sSoyuz11andAmerica’sChallengerdiedduringtheirmissions.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappointed,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.尽管科学家努力确保万无一失，但是意外还是可能发生。苏联“联盟11号”和美国“挑战者”号航天飞机上的所有宇航员都在执行任务时死亡。这些灾难让每个人都感到悲伤和失望，但是探索宇宙的渴望却从未停止过。Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.AnexampleofthisongoingworkistheInternationalSpaceStation.ItorbitsEarthandhasastronautsfromdifferentcountriesonboard,providingacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace.是因为人们坚信太空探索的重要性，哪怕面临巨大的风险。仍在工作的一个例子是国际空间站。它绕地球运转，并有来自不同国家的宇航员在宇宙飞船上，为太空提供了持续的人类存在。China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.中国的太空计划起步晚于俄罗斯和美国，但中国在短时间内取得了巨大进展。2003年，杨利伟乘坐神舟五号成功绕地球飞行，中国成为世界上第三个实现载人航天的国家。ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.此后，神舟六号和七号分别完成了第二次载人飞行以及中国人的第一次太空行走，随后，“玉兔”月球车被送上月球研究其表面。之后，中国将天宫二号空间实验室送入太空，天舟一号与其交会对接。ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.这标志着中国在未来建立空间站的计划又向前迈进了一步。最近，中国发射嫦娥四号探测月球背面，以进行测量和观察。Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoverieswillnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.太空探索的未来依然光明。欧洲、美国和中国都计划进一步研究和探索火星和木星等行星。尽管困难重重，科学家们希望未来的发现不仅能让我们了解宇宙的起源，而且还能帮助我们更好地在未来生存。“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”Lookingupatthestars,peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.__________________________________________________________________________________________

Para.1curiosityofpeopleaboutspacemakevehiclesto…wishtodiscover…

Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Itisthecuriosityof…that…Para.2.Sep5,1977TheSputnikorbitedaround..YuriGagarinfirstpersontospaceNeilArmstrongsteppedtothemoonfirstlyVoyager1tostudydeepspaceandstilltransmits…That’sonesmallstepfor（a）man,agiantleapformankind.arealityBeforethemid-20thcenturyanimpossibledreamTheUSATheUSSR?determination…VSOct4,1957Apr12,1961Jul20,1969Sep5,1977Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.Para.3Disasters…diedneverdiede.g.:TheInternationalSpaceStationDespitethe…,humans’…forspaceexplorationneverdied.Forexample,….Thus,greaterachievementsaremade.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Desirewhy?China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.Shenzhou5…YangLiwei…orbitedtheearth…Para.4Thisparagraphdevelopsintheorderof___________.Time

Spacecraft/Vehicle;

Astronauts;MissionsIn2003Thenfollowedby…Afterthat,/AfterwardsMorerecentlyShenzhou6&7…completed…and…JadeRabbit…besenttothemoontostudythesurfaceTiangong2spacelabwaslaunchedintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithitSentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomake…timeremarkableachievements

China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.Para.4China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.remarkableachievements

…lead(s)tothe

Para.5Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Scientists’hope:enableustounderstandhowtheuniversebeganhelpussurvivewellintofutureYourhope?Thereareendlesseffortsforfurtherstudyandexplorationfromcountries.3.Useyourownwordstosummarisethemainideaforeachparagraph.Paragraph1:Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Paragraph4:Paragraph5:4.Whatdoesthetitle"Space:TheFinalFrontier"meantoyou?Shareyourideaswiththewholeclass.5.Completethepassagewithwordsfromthetext.M_________isexploringspaceinthehopeoffindingoutmoreabouttheu________.However,exploringspaceisbothdangerousandchallenging.OneofthemostdangerouspartsofspaceexplorationishelpingpeopletoescapeEarth'sg________.Ifthereisamistakeduringthel___________itcanleadtoanaccidentthatkillseveryoneonb_________Gettingoutofo_________andbacktoEarth'ssurfaceisalsoverydangerous.Despitethehugerisksthough,peoplewillalwayscontinuetoexplorethisfinalf_________soastolearnitssecrets.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappoited,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.AnexampleofthisongoingworkistheInternationalSpaceStation.ltorbitsEarthandhasastronautsfromdifferentcountriesonboard,providingacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace.China'sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.AfterthatChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit,ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina'splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang'e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.____