湖南省醴陵二中高一英語精品課件：Unit1 Tales of the unexplained word power（牛津譯林版必修2）（ 2013高考）

1、Word powerUnit 1Space explorationWho is she ?A beauty named Change on the moon.The story about Change told us that we human beings had been dreaming of traveling to space for thousands of years!Read the first part of the speech on P6 and complete the time line of the main events mentioned.TimeEvent1

2、957 19591961 1969The first man-made satellite went around the Earth.Spaceships have been sent up into space.Yuri Gagarin from Soviet UnionWas the first person to travel in space.American astronaut Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon.space stationA base for people working and travelling in spacetwo roc

3、ketsspace shuttleA spacecraft for travelling between the earth and a space station launch tower. launch pad a platform from which a space shuttle is sent into spaceastronautsPeople whose job is travelling and working in a space shuttlespacesuitspacewalkA special suit allowing sb. to survive and move

4、 around in space.A period of time that an astronaut spends in space outside a space shuttle tracking shipA ship which is used to pick up the two rockes in the sea seperated from the space shuttleDo you remember? spacesuit astronaut spacewalk space stationspace shuttle spaceshipa person who is traine

5、d to work in a spaceshipa pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer spaceAction 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 Vehicle manned or unmanned for traveling in space Large manned artificial

6、 satellite used as a base for operations in space, e.g. for scientific research What happens to the two rockets after they separate from the space shuttle? tracking shipThey fall into the sea and a ship will pick them up.Word powerGo through Part C and fill in the blanks using words from page 6.Answers 1. astronaut 2. outer space 3. space shuttle 4. rockets 5. tracking ship 6. space station 7. spacewalk 8. spac