Word power

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Unit 1
Word power
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Who is she ?
A beauty named Change on the moon.
The story about Change tells us that we human
beings have been dreaming of traveling to space
for thousands of years!
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At 9p.m. September . 25, 2008
astronauts
A vedio clip
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Whats your feeling after you watched the vedio
clip ?
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Space exploration
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Read part A and complete the time line
of the main events mentioned.
Time Event
1957
1959
1961
1969
the launch of the first man-made satellite
unmanned spaceship launch into space
the launch of the first manned spaceship
the first landing on the Moon
with people aboard to operate the vehicle
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Man-made satellite
Moon
natural man-made
satellites
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antenna
the first man-made satellite in the world
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the first Chinese man-made satellite
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Change Two lunar probe
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atmosphere
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2
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solar system
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space spaceship space shuttle
spacewalk space station
spacesuit launch launch
tower launch pad rocket
astronaut tracking ship
orbit
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launch tower
a base from which a space shuttle is sent into
space
launch pad
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rockets
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rocket
space shuttle
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spaceship
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What lifts the space shuttle into space?
rockets boosters
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space station
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spacesuit
spacewalk
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orbit
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What happens to the two rockets after they
separate from the space shuttle?
They fall into the sea and a ship will pick them
up.
tracking ship
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• space- ??
• spaceship spaceshuttle spacewalk
• spacesuit spacestation
• spaceman spacewoman

(2) a tracking ship a ship for tracking a
waiting room a sleeping bag/bus a cutting
board a walking stick a washing machine
a changing room
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Match the definitions with the words.
1.A vehicle for carrying people through space.
space shuttle
launch
2.To send something into space or into the
sky.
launch pad
3.A path followed by a planet or an object as it
moves around another planet.
4.a base from which a space shuttle is sent into
space
spaceship
5.A vehicle that is designed to carry
people into space and back to the Earth several
times to do experiment.
orbit
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small rockets
solar panel
Whats the difference between the two ?
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orbital module
re-entry module
propelling module
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Word power Go through Part C and fill in the
blanks using words from page 6.
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space space exploration launch
space shuttle launch tower
rocket launch pad astronaut
tracking ship spacesuit spacewalk
space station spaceship orbit manned
man-made satellite
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On 27 September 2008,the Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang took a spacewalk in space .I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an 1_______ and traveling to 2______ to carry out research.I once went to space .I travelled by 3 ________, a spaceship that looks like a plane. Two 4 ______ supported by a launch tower lifted it into space. At a certain distance from the Earth, the rockets separated from the space shuttle and fell into the sea. Then a 5___ _____picked them up. I did research in a base in outer space called 6_______. Sometimes I went out of it to take a 7_______. In outer space astronauts cannot take off their 8_______, which protect them and provide oxygen (for them ).
astronaut
space
space shuttle
rockets
tracking ship
space station
spacewalk
spacesuits
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On 27 September 2008,the Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang took a spacewalk in space.I guess some of you are dreaming of becoming an astronaut and traveling to space to carry out space exploration.I once went to space.I travelled by 3 space shuttle, a spaceship that looks like a plane. Two rockets supported by a launch tower lifted it into space. At a certain distance from the Earth, the rockets separated from the space shuttle and fell into the sea. Then a tracking ship picked them up. I did research in a base in outer space called space station .Sometimes I went out of it to take a spacewalk.In outer space astronauts cannot take off their spacesuits,which protect them and provide oxygen (for them ).


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Language Focus
1. separate.... from Please separate good apples
_____________. 2. protect ........ from/
against We wear sunglasses _______________________
__strong sunshine.
from bad ones
to protect our eyes from
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3. Two rockets supported by a launch tower
lifted it into space . support vt.
n.????,???? His family supported his
decision. He was drunk and had to be supported
home. He needs a high income to support such a
large family. Your support has meant a lot to me
during this difficult time.
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???? (1)The majority of people in the town
strongly ___ the plan to build a playground for
children. A. consider B.
support C. assume D.
witness ???B????????????????????????????
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(2)The author gave an example____his
argument. A.for support of B.in support
of C.in charge of D.in search
of ???B?in support of?????????????????????????
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Game Time
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astronaut
spacesuit
spacewalk
space station
space shuttle
Action of moving about in space outside a
spacecraft
Manned spaceship designed for repeated use, e.g.
between Earth and a space station or the moon
spaceship
Large manned artificial satellite used as a base
for operations in space, e.g. for scientific
research
Large manned artificial satellite used as a base
for operations in space, e.g. for scientific
research
Vehicle manned or unmanned for traveling in space
a person who is trained to work in a spaceship
a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer
space
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Homework

• Work together to carry out an interview----
• role 1interviewee Zhai Zhigang
• role 2interviewer a news reporter
• Content his feelings as an astronaut in space
• what he did and what he saw

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space exploration space shuttle
spacesuit spacewalk
space station spaceship
launch tower launch pad
rocket tracking ship
astronaut
orbit manned man-made
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Thank you!