Prom the title, can you predict what will be mentioned in the passage?manual space docking How to read a newspaper article1.Focus on the headline, the first paragraph2. Find out answers to some Wh-questions: When, where, who, what, how, why etc3. Pay attention to some detailed informationThe comments, facts, statistics etc. Skim the first paragraph and find out answers tothe following Wh-questions:• When? • Where? • Who?• What ?1’ • manual space docking• the automatic docking • space rendezvous and docking technologies • the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module• the manned submersible Jiaolong • psychological status • domestically-made • hitch 1. Go through the following paragraphs, underline some new words or phrases, and guess their meanings.Try to guess the meanings from the context or according to the contextRefer to me about words or phrases difficulty to understand 2. Try to draw a flow chart of the following paragraphs to show the structure.work out the main idea of each Para. first and then summarize 2. Try to draw a flow chart of the following paragraphs to show the structure.The process of the manual space docking and the preparationsComments and explanations ( 3 factors of success)Greeting of Oceanauts in the manned submersibleComments of the spokesman and designer and the plansMessages from the 3 astronauts 3. Reread the passage and answer the following questions.• How long is the whole manual space docking process?• What are the function of berth points?• Why do the astronauts congratulated the oceanauts of the country's manned submersible? Key words Should we spend so much money on mannedspace missions? Why or why not?(P2,6&17)Work in groups. One student is a report of a newspaper, who has a chance to interview the astronauts, designers, spokesman acted by other students. (refer to the passage) 1. Put what you have discussed and learned in the class down on your notebook, and form it into your own newspaper article about the manned space dock.2. Present your article in the next period.
