Unit 4 Astronomy :Unit 4 Astronomy : the science of the starsthe science of the stars AWarming up1. What is astronomy? 2. What do you know about it?Step 1 The Solar system水星地球金星火星木星土星海王星天王星冥王星 Step 21. Do you want to visit these planets? 2. If you do, which one would you like to go most? Why?Discuss the two questions with your partner and try to make a dialogue. (pair work) A: Which planet would you like to go most?B: I’d like to visit…most because… What about you?A: I want to travel to…very much, the reason is that…/I dream about flying to…Useful structures for your dialogue: (1)Who was the first person landing on the moon? A. Armstrong B. Yang liwei C. Tom Cruise D. Issac Newton Multiple choice(2)Which country is he from? A. China B. Russia C. the U.S.A D. England(3)When did he land on the moon? A.1921 B. 1969 C. 2003 D. 2010(4)What was the name of his spaceship? A. Apollo 11 B. Changzheng 3 C. Shenzhou 7 Step 1APre reading “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”. Neil Armstrong (1930 – ), USA. He landed on the moon in July 1969.“ 这是个人迈出的一小步，但却是人类迈出的一大步 。” True or false questions :FFTTStep 21.It takes the moon one day to move around the earth.2. There is atmosphere on the moon.3. There is no life on the moon.4.The moon is the natural satellite of the earth.5.The moon emits light itself.F Step 1Read the passage quickly and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph.AWhile reading We visited the moon in our spaceshipPara.2Before we left, Li Yanping explained to me… … the most powerful. Para.1But returning to the earth was very frightening.Para.4When we got there, I wanted to explore immediately.Para.3 1....
