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Module2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained

Word power

Teaching aims:

To enlarge Ss’ vocabulary about space exploration.

To help Ss recognize the planets in solar system.

To improve Ss’ ability of expressing their idea

Teaching focus:

Words related to space exploration and planets.

To improve Ss’ oral English

Teaching procedures:

Step1.Lead-in

Questions:

1.  Do your still remember the title of the article which we have just leant yesterday?

The title is Boy missing, police puzzled.

2.  Can you explain the title with the complete sentence?

A boy was missing strangely and the police get puzzled.

3.  Can you guess the reason why the boy was missing?

Maybe he was taken away by the aliens.

4.  Do you believe there are aliens and UFO in the outer space?

Yes, I think so. / No, I believe not.

  1. Whether UFOs really exist has puzzled us for a long time . Have you ever thought about exploring space one day ?

Exploring : travel into or through a place in order to learn about it

Discussion:

How to explore the space?

Step2. Vocabulary learning

T: As we know, space exploration doesn’t have a long history. Let’s read the speech which is given by a scientist on page6.

1 Vocabulary

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outer space 外太空

space exploration 太空探索

launch 发射

artificial satellite 人造卫星

unmanned spaceships

无人飞船

orbit 轨道,绕轨道

planets 行星

sample 样本

space station 空间站

spacesuit 宇航服

spacewalk 太空漫步

astronaut 宇航员

tracking ship 跟踪船

space shuttle 航天器

rocket 火箭

launch tower 发射塔

launch pad 发射台

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2.Match the words with the proper explanation

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1.  outer space

2.  space exploration

3.  launch

4.  artificial satellite

5.  unmanned spaceships

6.  orbit

7.  planet

8.  sample

a)  Man-made satellite

b)  The area outside the earth

c)  A number of people or things taken from a larger group

d)  Send

e)  A large round object in space that move around a star, such as the sun

f)  Space travel

g)  Spaceships without men to control

h)  Move into a path around a much larger object

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1-b 2-f 3-d 4-a 5-g 6-h 7-e 8-c

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T: As we know, space exploration doesn’t have a long history. Let’s read the speech which is given by a scientist on page6. Try to fill the table on the blackboard and answer the following questions.

Time / Event
1957 / Space explore began
1959 / Unmanned spaceships have been launched into space
1961 / People were orbiting the Earth
Today / Most important planets have been examined

Questions:

What is the topic of the speech?

Who is the first human being to travel in space?

What has been done when human being traveled in space?

Is there any evidence of life has been discovered on ay of the planets?

Step3. Vocabulary using

1. Do you master the vocabulary about space exploration? Let’s practice them by filling the blanks on page 7. You should finish this exercise in three minutes.

2. After the students finish the finishing the exercise, teacher checks the answer and ask the students to read the text after her.

3. Explain the important words and phrase in the two articles.

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with the launch of the first artificial

most important planets have be examined.

take photos and collect samples

so far

go on to talk about space travel

dream of doing sth

carry out

come true

support

lift the space shuttle into space

separate from

pick sth up

take off their space suit

provide sb. with sth.

provide sth. to sb.

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Step3. Vocabulary extension

Because human being have a great interest in space exploration, they become know more about space around our earth, especially the solar system. How many planets are there in solar system? What are their names? Next, let’s enlarge our vocabulary by learning the nine planets in solar system..

1.  Look at the picture on the screen and tell me their Chinese names.

2.  Look at another picture of the planets and learn their English names.

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Mercury 水星

Venus 金星

Earth 地球

Mars 火星

Jupiter 木星

Saturn 土星

Uranus 天王星

Neptune 海王星

Pluto 冥王星

Comet Halley 哈雷彗星

asteroid 小行星带

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3  Exercise: Write the number of each planet in the correct box.

Step4. Consolidation

Imagine you are an astronaut who has just come back from a planet in solar system. You are invited to a high school and give a speech about space exploration to the students. Write a speech using the vocabulary we have learnt today.

Tips: 1.Try to answer the following questions in you speech.

(1)  When and where did you travel to?

(2)  How did you go there?

(3)  What is the situation of the planet?

(4)  What did you do in space? Did you have a spacewalk or collect any samples?

(5)  What was your feel when you stayed in outer space?

(6)  Did you find any alien?

Tips 2.The information about nine planets in solar system

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. In Roman mythology Mercury is the god of commerce, travel and thievery.Temperature changes so extremely and it varies betweent90 K and 700 K. It has no known satellites

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Venus' orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%. Venus is sometimes regarded as Earth's sister planet. In some ways they are very similar.Venus has no satellites.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest. It is our mother planet. Three forth of the surface covers water. Earth has only one natural satellite, the Moon. But thousands of small artificial satellites have also been placed in orbit around the Earth

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the seventh largest. Mars (Greek: Ares) is the god of War. The planet probably got this name due to its red color. It is considered to be the most suitable planet which human can live on. The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965. Several others followed including Mars 2. It has two satellites

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest. Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined (the mass of Jupiter is 318 times that of Earth).Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus).

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest: It has three prominent which can be seen from the Earth and it has 34 named satellites.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest (by diameter). Uranus is larger in diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune.It looks blue. Uranus has 21 named moons and six unnamed ones:

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest (by diameter). Neptune is smaller in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus. In Roman mythology Neptune (Greek: Poseidon) was the god of the Sea.Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2 on Aug 25 1989.

Pluto orbits beyond the orbit of Neptune (usually). It is much smaller than any of the official planets and now classified as a "dwarf planet". Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar system's moons. In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld. Pluto has not yet been visited by a spacecraft. .but we have found that is has a satellite.

Tips3. One possible version

Good morning, boys and girls. I’m so glad to be here to tell you something about my journey. I had a space travel to Venus last month by Shenzhou Ⅷ, which was launched with two rockets.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Its orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%. Venus is sometimes regarded as Earth's sister planet. In some ways they are very similar. It has no satellites.

My partner and I had a space walk everyday and we collected lots of samples. We often stayed in the space station and took photos of the planet. We didn’t find any alien and other creature on Venus.

In our spare time, we also listened to the music, played computer games and talked with our family through the telephone. We enjoyed the lives there.

Space exploration is interesting and I wish you will enjoy it one day. Thank you for listening

Step5 Homework

1. Recite the words related to space exploration

2. Finish Ex. A1 on P86.

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