Module 4 Great Scientists CULTURALPeriod 5 CULTURAL CORNER—Rockets■Goals● To read about rockets ■ProceduresStep 1: Before you readPlease go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.Step 2: While you readCut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.Step 3: After you readCopy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. You may make sentences with these expressions.Useful expressions from Rocketsadvanced machines, send astronauts into space, be used in firework displays, celebrate great events, the end of the Olympic Games, the beginning of the new millennium, by accident, make explosions, during festivals, jump out of the fire, escape from the tube, lift… into the air, the first military use of rockets, at war with…, during the battle of…, shot “arrows of flying fire”, be attached to a long stick, keep the rocket moving in a straight direction, make rockets, introduced…to Europe, between the 13th and 15th centuries, be used for military purposes, travel over the surface of water, hit an enemy ship, use rockets in battles, a Chinese government official, invent a flying chair, attach two big kites to the chair, a huge explosion, clouds of thick smoke, die in the explosion, be carried miles into space, become the world’s first astronautStep 4: Talking about rocketsA: Would tell me what a rocket is?B: A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. C: And often the term rocket is also used to mean...
