Unit1TalesoftheunexplainedPeriod4WordPowerTheanalysisofthispart:Inthewordpower,Ssarerequiredtoexpandtheirvocabularyaboutspaceandspaceexploration.Ssaregivenagoodchancetolearnmorevocabularyrelatedtospaceexploration.Ssarerequiredtounderstandthefirstpartofaspeechgivenbyascientistandidentifytherelevantvocabulary.Thesecondpartofthespeechisdesignedforstudentstoutilizethevocabularybyfillinginsomemissingwords.SsareexpectedtofamiliarizethemselveswithknowledgeofspaceTeachingaims:1.HelpSslearnmoreaboutspaceandspaceexploration2.HelpSsincreasemorevocabularyrelatedtothetopic.Teachingmethods:1.Reading2.WritingTeachingprocedures:Stepone:Lead-inDoyouknowsomethingaboutspaceandspaceexploration?Whowasthefirstmantotravelinspace?Whatachievementshavehumansmadesofaceinspaceexploration?Whendidthefirstmanlandonthemoon?Andhow?Steptwo:Vocabularylearning&Reading1.AskSstoreadthefirstpartofthespeechandcompletethetimelineofthemaineventsmentioned.TimeEventDiscovery1957195919611969Today2.AskSstoguessthemeaningsoftheunknownwordsfromthecontext.3.AskSstocontinuewiththeirdiscussionbyraisingthefollowingquestions:1)Howcanaspaceshuttlebesentintospace?2)Canitflyintospacebyitself?3)Whatdoesspaceshipandspaceshuttlerefertoseparately?Aspaceshipisavehicleforcarryingpeoplethroughspace.AspaceshuttleisavehiclethatisdesignedtocarrypeopleintospaceandbacktotheEarthseveraltimestodoexperiments.3.AskSstoreadthesecondpartofthescientist’sspeechandcompletePartCindividuallyaccordingtotheinstructions.Stepthree:SummaryRightnowwe’vegotsomeknowledgeaboutspaceandspaceexploration,andlearntsomerelevantwordsandexpressions.Space:innerspace(内宇宙空间)&outerspace（太空，外层空间）Theprocessofspaceexploration:Thefirstman-madesatellitewentaroundtheEarthin1957.Thefirstpersonwhotravelledinspacein1961.ThefirstpersonlandedontheMoonin1969.Today,mostoftheimportantplanetsinthesolarsystemhavebeenexamined.PhotoshavebeentakenandsentbacktotheEarth.Achievementsofspaceexploration:Manyastronautshavetraveledinspaceandsomeofthemhavewalkedinspace.Mostplanetshavebeenexamined.Photoshavebeentakenansampleshavebeencollected.Stepfour:PracticeAskSstofinishPartDandknowmoreabouttheuniverse.1.universe(宇宙)2.galaxy(银河系)3.solarsystem(太阳系)4.star(恒星)5.planet(行星)6.satellite(卫星)7.comet(彗星)Stepfive:HomeworkGooverwhatyouhavelearntinthispart.
