M5TheConquestoftheUniverseIntroductionReading&Vocabulary(1)---盛灵艳Introduction:Brainstorm•Vocabularytheuniversetheuniverseconquestspaceconquestspacespaceshipspaceshipspaceprobespaceprobelaunchlaunchbeautifulimagebeautifulimageastronautastronomyastronautastronomy((天文学）天文学）杨利伟ShenzhouV-2003.10费俊龙/聂海胜ShenzhouVI-2005.10翟志刚刘伯明景海鹏ShenzhouVII—2008.9Introduction（Activity1onp57)Matchtheeventswiththedates.19611969197319751986200120032005a.YangLiweibecomesthefirstChineseastronaut.Hedescribestheexperienceasmarvelous.______2003b.AmericanNeilArmstrongbecomesthefirstmantosetfootonthemoon.Hedescribesthemomentas“Onesmallstepforman,onegiantleapformankind”.______1969c.A60-year-oldAmerican,DenisTito,becomesthefirstspacetourist.HespendseightdaysonboardtheRussianpartofajointUSA-Russiaspacemission(太空飞行任务）.______2001d.SevenAmericanastronautsarekilledjustoveraminuteaftertakingoffinChallenger.Itisthebiggestspacedisastersofar,andslowsdowntheAmericanspaceprogramme._______1986e.RussianYuriGagarinbecomesthefirstmaninspace.Ittakeshimjust108minutestogoroundtheworld.______1961f.TheAmericanViking1missionlandsonMarsandsendsbackgoodqualityphotos.______1976g.Pioneer10becomesthefirstspaceshiptoflypastJupiter.ItisheadedfortheredstarAldebaran,whichitwillreachintwomillionyears’time.______1973h.Nearlysevenyearsafterbeinglaunched,theCassinispaceprobereachesSaturn.ItsendsbeautifulimagesofSaturn’sringsbacktoEarth._____2005Findoutthemainideaofeachpart.•Part1:•Para1:•Para2:•Para3:•Part2:thefirstMoonlandingthefirstshuttleflightintospacetheexplosionoftheChallengerThewriter’switnessoftheexplosionoftheChallenger.2.Decidewhetherthestatementsbelowaretrueorfalse:•(1)Armstrongisthefirstonetosetfootonthemoonbackin1969.•(2)Spaceshuttlecouldonlybeusedforonce.•(3)TheaimoftheColumbiawastotestthenewshuttlesystem.•(4)TheChallengertookoffon12thApril,1981.•(5)ChristaMcAuliffenevercamebacktoherclassroom.TTFFTTFFTTReadPart1ofthepassageandanswerthequestions.(Activity1onp59)1.WhydoesthewritercallthepassageSpace:theFinalFrontier?BecausetherearenonewplacesleftonEarthforhumanstodiscoverbutwehavenotyetexploredspace.2.Howdidpeoplefeelwhentheywatchedthefirstmoonlanding?Excitedbutnervous.(Their(Theirheartsheartsareintheirmouthsareintheirmouths,awareofhow,awareofhowdifficultanddangerousanadventuredifficultanddangerousanadventureitwas,andwhatriskshadtobeitwas,andwhatriskshadtobetaken)taken)heartinone’smouth提心吊胆，胆战心惊Withmyheartinmymouth,Iwentforaninterview.Theygotusedtoitandthoughtitwassafeandnormal.3.Howdidpeoplefeelaboutspacetravelafewyearslater?4.Whatwasdifferentaboutthespaceshuttle?Thespaceshuttlecouldbeusedmanytimes.(Thesinglespaceshipcould(Thesinglespaceshipcouldnottakeoffmorethanoncewhileanottakeoffmorethanoncewhileaspaceshuttlecouldbeusedforseveralspaceshuttlecouldbeusedforseveraljourneys)journeys)Spaceflightwasstilldangerous.5.WhatdidtheChallengerdisasterteachtheworld?6.WhydidpeoplewanttowatchtheChallengertakeoff?Becauseitwasanewspacecraftandithadateacheronboardaswellasastronauts.ReadPart2ofthepassage.Workinpairsanddescribe:（Activity2)1.howtheboyfeltbeforethetake-offHewasveryexcitedanddidn’tanddidn’thavemuchpatiencewaitingforthehavemuchpatiencewaitingforthelaunchlaunch.AstrangeredandorangelightAstrangeredandorangelightappearedinthesky,followedbyaappearedinthesky,followedby...
