Unit 4 Space Exploration-Reading and Thinking教学设计

The topic of the part is “Learn about the development ofspace exploration”.

The section is space exploration. The article mainlytells the readers about the development of space exploration. Because it needshigh technologies and overcome high risks and great difficulties, it has becomethe common career of humankind. As Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one step for aman, one giant leap for humankind.” In the Listening & Speaking &Talking, it talks about the the progress of China’s space exploration. Thispart will introduce the progress of Russia’s and America’s space exploration, andChina has also made great progress in space exploration and became the thirdcountry in the world to independently send humans to space in 2003, which helpsactivate students’ passion for their motherland.

课件教案

Concretely, the first paragraph is to lead in the topicby introducing the people’s interest in the space. The second paragraph mainlytells the achievement that USSR and America made. The third paragraph explainsthe desire alive although there has been some big disasters of spaceexploration. The fourth paragraph about China’s progress. The last one aboutthe future is still bright. The article introduces the development of spaceexploration, so it is organised by timeline or time order, which is helpful forstudents to find the detailed information.

1. Fast reading to get detailedinformation according the timeline; careful reading to summarise the main idea.

2. Learn thereading skills--finding the timeline and summarizing the main idea by findingthe words or ideas.

3. Have a passionfor our country and be proud of the space exploration.

4. Critical thinkthe space exploration.

1.Fast reading toget detailed information according the timeline; careful reading to summarisethe main idea.

2. Learn thereading skills--finding the timeline and summarizing the main idea by findingthe words or ideas.

Step 1 Leadin---Small talk

Watch a videoSpace experiment of water drop water balland discuss:
1. Who are they? They are Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng,Wang Yaping and Zhang Xiaoguang.
2. What are they doing ? They aredoing space experiments.
3. Where are they? They are in TianGong 1 in space.
4. Do you know the name of theexperiment ? Space experiment of water drop water ball

Step 2 Before reading---Predict the content

Space:the final frontier

Chinese meaning: 太空：最后的边境

Frontier: the border, which might mean thehuman’s recognition edge or exploration edge.

From the title and the picturesand the title, we can know that the article might be about the development ofspace exploration. It broadens us human’s recognition edge or exploration edge.So it is an exposition.

Step 3 While reading ---Task 1

1. Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from it. Choose thecorrect sentences A--D to fill each gap in the text.

A.Althoughscientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen.

B.They also reallywish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life.

C.The future ofspace exploration remains bright.

D.After manyexperiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’sgravity.

Answers：BDAC

2. Scan the text and match the main idea.

Para 1 A．China has madegreat progress in exploring space.

Para 2 B．The future ofspace exploration remains bright.

Para 3 C．The achievementsthat the USSR and America made.

Para 4 D．People have alwayswanted to explore space.

Para 5 E．The desire of peopleto explore the universe never died.

Answers: DCEAB

3.The main idea ofthe passage is the space exploration of humankind.

Step 4 Whilereading --- Task 2

Read the text and fill in the table

time	events
On 4 October 1957	the Sputnik 1 satellite was 1.launched by the USSR and successfully 2.orbited around Earth.
On 12 April 1961	Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world 3.to go(go) into space.
On 20 July 4.1969	Armstrong stepped onto the moon，saying，“Thats one small step for a man，one giant 5.leap for mankind.”
On 5 September 1977	America launched Voyager 1 to study 6.deep space，and it still 7.transmits data today.
In 8.2003	China became the third country in the world to 9.independently send humans into space and Yang Liwei successfully orbited Earth in the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft.