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IntroductionWorkingroupsoffourandgivesomeexamplesofmagazinesandnewspapers.politicsfinanceeconomydailylifeEnglishstudythingspeopleareconcernedaboutfashionmagazineReadingDoyouknowwhatitis?spacesuitYangLiweiisreadytoflyintospace.YangLiweiisinspace.Taikonautisteachingphysicsfromspace.YangLiweicomesbackontheearth.Completethepassagewiththesewords.A(n)_________isapersonwhotravelsintospace.ThewordcomesfromtheGreekwordsastron(whichmeans“star”)andnautes(whichmeans“sailor”).ARussianastronautisa(n)__________.astronaut

cosmonautastronautcosmonautnavigatortaikonautuniverseTheRussainwordkosmonavtcomesfromtheGreekwordskosmos,meaning_______andnautes.AChineseastronautissometimescalled________,fromtheChinesewordtaikong,whichmeans“space”.Chinesenewspapersusetheexpressionyuhangyuan,whichmeans“space________.”universetaikonautnavigatorReadthesubheadings.Predictwhatthearticleisabout.AConversationsinSpaceBOctober16th,2003

CCongratulationsfromAroundtheWorldChina’sfirstmaninspaceReadthearticleandmatchthesubheadingswiththeparagraphs.ConversationsinSpacePart1October16th,2003Part2CongratulationsfromAroundtheWorldPart3Readthefirstpartofthearticleandmakequestionstomatchthefollowinganswers.

1.ShengzhouV

2.JiuquanWhatwasthenameofthecapsule?WheredidYangLiweitakeofffrom?3.4304.26000HowmanypeoplehadtravelledinspacebeforeYang?Howmanydayshaveastronautsspentinspaceintotal?Readthearticleanddecideifthesentencesaretrue(T)orfalse(F).

Thetaikonautwasinspacefortwenty-onehours.2.OneoftheastronautsaboardtheInternationalSpaceStationwasborninChina.3.TheothermanaboardtheSpaceStationisaRussiancosmonaut.FFT4.Chinareceivedmessagesofcongratulationsfromallovertheworld.5.SeanO’KeefeworksfortheUnitedNations.6.KofiAnnanthoughtthattheflightwasverygoodnewsjustforChina.TFFPleasereadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswers. 1.ThetaikonautYangwasinspacefor_____hours.A.21 B.21.5C.22 D.22.52.Intotal,theastronautsallovertheworldhavespent_____daysinspace.A.lessthan438

B.lessthan26,000 C.over438

D.over26,000Discussthesequestionsingroupsoffour.

1.DoyourememberthenewsaboutYangLiweiinOctober,2003?2.Howdidyoufindoutaboutit?(a)FromTV/radio.(b)Fromanewspaper/magazine.(c)Fromaperson(friend,family…).(d)FromtheInternet.3.Whatwereyourfeelingswhenyouheardthenews?4.DoyouthinkChinashouldcontinuewithitsspaceprogram?5.Wouldyouliketotravelintospace?WriteareportWho:

Mr.WangfromN0.5seniorhighWhere:

inZhongshiSeniorHighWhen:

June5th2013What:

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