By Wang Ling

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By Wang Ling
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Lesson 46 The Universe and Man-made Satellites
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Question Whats the universe?
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spaceship
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Who is this?
He is Yang Liwei.
Whats he?
He is a spaceman.
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the sun
the earth
a spaceship
a spaceman
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spacesuit
a space-station
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The moon is our satellite.
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• Listen to the tape and answer
• Why do we say the world itself is becoming
  smaller and smaller?

Thanks to space satellites.
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man-made satellite
Man-made satellites can be used for sending and
receiving messages.
They have been sent up into space by many
countries.
Listen to the passage, and then tell T or
F.
1.The universe means the sun, the moon, the earth
and the stars.( ) 2.Many of the stars cannot
be seen because they are too small.( ) 3.The
moon is quite near us in space. Its only
390,000km away.( ) 4.The spaceship with people
has visited the moon and other parts of the
universe.( ) 5.Man-made satellites are used
for sending and receiving messages only.(
) 6.The earth is becoming smaller and smaller. So
people can visit each other easily.( )
F
F
F
F
F
F
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Skimming. Answer the two questions.
1.How far is the moon from the earth? 2.Why do
we say the world is becoming a much smaller
place?
380,000 kms
Because we have more space satellites.
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Read after the tape, try to understand the
passage, and then answer the
following questions.

• What do we mean the universe?
• 2. Why cant many stars be seen?
• What are the man-made satellites used for?
• 4. Why do people from different countries
  understand each
• other better?

We mean the sun, the moon, the earth, the stars
and the space between them.
Because they are too far away.
They help us to learn more about the earth, the
weather and the other things.
Because with the help of the man-made satellites,
the world itself is becoming much smaller.
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Find out what the main idea of each paragraph is
and collect as much information about the
universe and man-made satellites as possible from
the text.
Main idea
Paragraph
Details
Not only the earth, the sun , the moon ,and the
stars, but also all the things too far away to see
What is the universe?
Paragraph 1
Information about the moon.
Travel around the earth( our satellite) quite
near us(380,000 kms away), visited by man
Paragraph 2
Help us to learn more about the earth, the
weather and other things help to send and
receive messages (TV and radio programs make
telephone calls)help people understand each
other
Paragraph 3-4
The functions of the satellites
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Fill in the blanks. The universe means the
earth, the sun, the moon and the stars and the
space _______ them. Many of the stars are so
______ away that we _______ see them. The
moon, our _______, travels ______ the earth. It
has already been visited ______ man in space
ships. Man-made ________ have been sent up
_____ space by many countries. They go ______
the earth. They are used for helping us to learn
more ______ the earth, the weather and other
things. They are also used for sending and
__________ messages. It makes people ______
different countries understand each other
better. So people say the world itself is
becoming a much _______ place. People call the
small place the global village.
between
far
cant
round
satellite
by
satellites
into
round
about
receiving
from
smaller
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• Complete the sentences in English
• 1 ????????????????
• Man-made satellites have_______ _______
  ______ into space _____ many countries.
• 2 ?????????????
• Satellites are used for ________ and ________
  messages.
• 3 ?????????
• The moon _______ ______ _______ by man.

been
sent
up
by
sending
receiving
been
has
visited
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• 4 ??????????????
• Our knowledge of the universe ______
  ________ all the time.
• 5 ????,??????????
• ________ ______ the satellites, the world
  itself is __________ smaller and _______.
• 6 ??????????????
• The teacher told them the moon ______ ______
  the earth.

is
growing
Thanks
to
becoming
smaller
travels
round
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Look at the following sentences. Can you tell
what we are revising ? 1. Many of the stars
cannot be seen 2. It has been visited by man
already. 3. Man-made satellites have been sent up
into space by many countries. 4. Sweaters are
used for keeping warm. 5. The bridge was built
last year. 6. The work will be finished in two
weeks.