单元：Unit1Talesoftheunexplained板块：WordpowerThoughtsonthedesign:1.Learntoreadapassageofsomethingaboutouterspaceexploration；2.Enlargethevocabularybylearningaboutsomewordsaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.Teachingobjectives:1.Understandthemeaningofthespeechmadebythescientist.2.Learnsomenewwordsaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inThinkaboutthefollowingquestions：1.WhetherUFOsreallyexisthaspuzzledUSforalongtime.Haveyoueverthoughtaboutexploringspaceoneday?2.Areyouinterestedinmakingdiscoveriesinspace?3.Whatachievementshavehumansmadesofarinspaceexploration?4.Whowasthefirstmantotravelinspace?5.Whendidthefirstmanlandonthemoon?Andhow?6.Whatdoyouknowabouthim?Whilefocusingonthequestionsabove,pleasepayattentiontosomeothernewwordsrelatedtospace,suchasastronaut,spaceship／spaceshuttle,etc.Givestudentsmoreinformationaboutthehistoryofspaceexplorationandthehistoryofthespaceshuttle.Step2Vocabularylearning1.ReadthespeechgivenbyascientistinPartAandtellthemainideasofthepassage.In1957launchofthefirstartificialsatelliteSince1959SpaceshipshavebeensentupintospaceIn1961YuriGagarintravelledinspaceforthefirsttime.In1969NeilArmstronglandedonthemoon.2.Askstudentstoguessthewordsfromsomepictures.(launchpad,launchtower,launchshuttle,rocket,astronaut,spacesuit,spacewalk,spacestation,trackingship)Thesewordsarenewtostudents,soaskthemtohaveadiscussionbyansweringthefollowingquestions:(1)Spaceexplorationbeganwiththelaunchofthefirstartificialsatellite.Whatdoes“launch”mean?Whatwordcanbeusedtoreplace“artificial”?Whatabouttheword“man-made”?(2)Howcanaspaceshuttlebesentintospace?Canitflyintospacebyitself?3.Readthesecondpartofthescientist’sspeechandcompletePartCindividuallyaccordingtotheinstructions.We’llthenchecktheanswers.Answers:1astronaut2Outerspace3spaceshuttle4rockets5trackingship6spacestation7spacewalk8spacesuitsTocheckstudents’readingcomprehensionbyraisingthefollowingquestions：1)Whatwillhappentotherocketsaftertheshuttlehasbeensenttospace?2)Wherewilltheastronautsdotheirresearch?3)Whycan’ttheyremovetheirspacesuits?Summaryoftheparagraph:askstudentstocompletetheprocessofspacewalk.Step3Vocabularyextension1.AskstudentstofocusonPartDandconsiderthequestionofwhatouruniverseismadeupofandthenaskstudentstocompleteitindividually.2.Askstudentstocompleteaparagraphbasedonthepicture.Answers:4:theSun2:theMilkyWay6:theMoon5:theEarthStep4Homework:1.Trytorememberthesenewwordsaboutspaceandspaceexploration.2.Readmoreaboutspaceexplorationafterclass.3.PreviewGrammar.
