2012牛津高中英语模块2 unit1 word power

Unit1TalesoftheunexplainedWordpowerHelenLeeNov.22,2012Brainstorming1.Areyouinterestedinmakingdiscoveriesinspace?2.Whatachievementshavehumansmadesofarinspaceexploration?Readthefirstpartofthespeechandcompletethetimelineofthemaineventsmentioned.thefirstman-madesatellitewentaroundtheEarthspaceshipshavebeensentupintospacethefirstpersontravelledinspaceExamineimportantplanetsinthesolarsystem:In1957Since1959By1961TodayBy1969thefirstpersonlandedontheMoonWhat’sthis?Alaunchtower.launchpadaplatformfromwhichaspaceshuttleissentintospaceWhat’sthis?Whatliftsthespaceshuttleintospace?Tworockets.Whathappenstothetworocketsaftertheyseparatefromthespaceshuttle?Fallintotheseaandashipwillpickthemup.trackingshipWordsexplanationlaunchpadspaceshuttletrackingshipspacestationlaunchtowerastronautrocketspacesuitspacewalkspaceshuttlelaunchpadspacestationspacewalktrackingshiprocketastronautspacesuitlaunchtower1961：RussianastronautYuriGagarinflewintoorbitaboardtheSovietspacecraftVostokIon12April,becomingthefirstmaninspace.HeorbitedtheEarthoncebeforereturningforasafelandingintheSovietUnionroughly90minuteslater.The1961flightmadehimaninternationalhero;hewasawardedtheOrderofLeninandmadeadeputyoftheSovietparliament,theSupremeSoviet.YuriGagarin(thefirsthumanbeingtoarriveinspace)MoreinformationaboutthefirsttravelinspaceReadhisspeechandfillintheblanks.On27September2008,theChineseastronautZhaiZhigangtookawalkinspace.Iguesssomeofyouaredreamingofan_________andtravellingto_________tocarryoutscientificresearch.Ioncewenttospace.Itravelledby___________,astronautouterspacespaceshuttleaspaceshipthatlookslikeaplane.Two________supportedbyalaunchtowerlifteditintospace.AtacertaindistancefromtheEarth,therocketsseparatedfromthespaceshuttleandfellintothesea.Thena____________pickedthemup.trackingshiprocketsIdidresearchinabaseinouterspacecalled_____________.SometimesIwentoutofittotakea___________.Inouterspaceastronautscannottakeofftheir___________,whichprotectthemandprovideoxygen.spacewalkspacesuitsspacestationTheuniverseThegalaxyThesolarsystem129387654star(恒星)planet(行星)satellite(卫星)comet(慧星)AnswersofPartDtheSuntheMilkyWaytheMoontheEarth6425Homework1.Trytorememberthesenewwordsaboutspaceandspaceexploration.2.Dotheexercisesintheworkbook.