1、Listening and Speaking&TalkingUnit 4 SPACE EXPLORATIONHave you ever heard of legendary stories about space?Do you know some famous astronauts from China or abroad?Soviet cosmonaut in 1961Yuri Gagarin 尤里尤里加加林加加林The first man going into the space Do you know some famous astronauts from China or abroad
2、?One small step for man,one giant leap for mankind.Neil Alden Armstrong 尼尔尼尔奥尔登奥尔登阿姆斯特朗阿姆斯特朗American astronaut,Apollo 11 in 1967The first man landing on the moonDo you know some famous astronauts from China or abroad?The first Chinese going into the space Yang Liwei杨利伟杨利伟taikongnaut in 2003Do you kn
3、ow some famous astronauts from China or abroad?taikongnaut in 2012Liu Yang刘洋刘洋The first Chinese woman going into the space 飞上太空的飞上太空的1313位中国宇航员位中国宇航员Do you know about the selection procedure for astronauts?requirements heightweighteducational background?health conditionListen to an interview with an
4、 astronaut to learn how he became an astronaut.interviewerinterviewee2.Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements.1.The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.2.Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.3.Mr Yang was selected
5、to attend pilot training with 13 other people.4.To become an astronaut in China,you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.5.Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment,but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.He dreamed to be an astronaut,but he never thought
6、his wish would come true.Its not mentioned.3.Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.1.Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of _.2.Before he joined Chinas space programme,Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for _ years.3.Mr Yang was one of the _ pilots who were chosen to
7、train for space flights.4.At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programme,astronauts had to be shorter than _cm in height and less than _kg in weight.5.Mr Yang became Chinas first astronaut when he was _ years old.22101417270384.Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements
8、for becoming an astronaut.Education background_ degree,trained to be _Experiencemore than_ hours of _ experienceHealth conditionmust be in perfect _ and _Courses_,_and_Special trainingPractice using _,and do a lot of _trainingastronomyscienceEnglishhealth shapeflightspace equipmentmental and physica
9、l1000a fighter pilotcollege 5.Work in pairs.Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons.Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.EXAMPLE A：You know,I think being an astronaut would be cool.B：Do you want to work in space in the future?A：Im not
10、sure,but I think it might be too difficult for me.There are so many requirements.First of all,you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree.Then you have to.B：So what might be the most difficult part for you?A：I guess it might be the.A：Im not sure,but I think it might be too difficu
11、lt for me.There are so many requirements.First of all,you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree.Then you have to be a pilot with years of training and practise flying.Finally,you must be really physically fit.B：So what might be the most difficult part for you?A：I guess it might
12、be the space travel itself.Im sure being weightless would be fun,and it would be wonderful to see the Earth and stars from space.But the spacesuit and capsule look terribly small and uncomfortable.It would be hard to stay in such a small space for so long.Also,theres no privacy at all.What if I have
13、 to go to the restroom?B：I see what you mean.Interviewer:Today we are very pleased to chat with Mr Yang Liwei,the first Chinese astronaut.Welcome to the show,Mr Yang.Mr Yang:Thank you.Interviewer:Mr Yang,our audience is very curious about how you succeeded in becoming Chinas first astronaut.It must
14、have been a very difficult thing to achieve.Did you always want to be an astronaut?Mr Yang:Yes,I dreamt of it when I was young,but I never thought my wish would come true.It took a long time.First,I got my college degree when I was 22,and then I worked as a fighter pilot for around10 years.I finally
15、 became Chinas first astronaut when I was 38 years old.Interviewer:Oh,so you must be a really experienced pilot.Do you think that was one of the reasons why you were chosen for the space programme?Mr Yang:Sure,I had 1,350 hours of flight experience,which I think really helped me.Interviewer:So how d
16、ifficult was it to join the space programme?Mr Yang:There was a lot of competition.Altogether,14 of us were chosen from among 1,500 pilots to train for space flights.Interviewer:That sounds really difficult.Did you also have to be a certain size and weight?Mr Yang:Yes,at the time,you had to be short
17、er than 172 centimetres in height and weigh less than 70 kilograms.You also had to be in perfect health and perfect shape.Interviewer:So you were the perfect choice!As we all know,an astronaut needs to be healthy and calm in order to work in space.But you also had to study a lot,too,right?Mr Yang:Ye
18、s,I had to learn English,science,and astronomy.I also had to practise using space equipment,and do a lot of mental and physical training.It was very tiring,but I was so proud to have the opportunity.Talk about life in space1.Guess whether they would be useful for astronaut in space.2.Max is intervie
19、wing Captain Brown about his life in space.Listen to the interview and answer the questions.1.What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station?2.How did he prepare his food in space?3.How did he keep himself clean in space?4.How did he spend most of his time in space?5.How did he do during his
20、 free time?6.How did he look forward to most during his stay in space?1.Ive gotten used to floating around just _.2.We dont have to _ in space.We choose what we _ before we go to space,and then the food is _ for us.We just have to _it.3.I know astronauts _ in space since the water would _,so Id love
21、 to know how you _.prepared and storedListen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.wearing shorts and a T-shirtcookwant to eatheat the food and enjoycannot showerfloat awaykeep yourselves clean3.We use _.And we brush our teeth _ we do on Earth.But astronauts usually _.4.I was there for _.I was
22、usually busy _.5.When I was free,I _.I also _.6.My favourite thing to do,though,was to _ with my family.more than five monthsa soapy towel to washthe same way asswallow their toothpastedoing different experimentsplayed the guitarplayed chesshave my weekly video call3.Work in groups.Imagine you are g
23、oing to a space camp and Captain Brown has been invited to give a talk.Discuss the questions you would like to ask him and then make a list.EXAMPLEA:Hey,guys.Were going to meet a real astronaut.Isnt it exciting?B:Yeah.I cant wait to see Captain Brown!Im really curious about his life in space.I have
24、plenty of questions to ask him.C:Such as?B:Oh,such as what facilities do they have in space to support their daily life?C:That sounds like a good question.But Id like to know about how astronauts sleep.What do they do so as to not to float around while they sleep?Id love to know.I wonder how/what/wh
25、y/.Well,Id really like to find out.Id particularly like to know.Im most curious about.Im most interested to discover.Im very keen to know.I wish to know.I hope you wont mind me asking about.Expressing curiosityA:I wonder how they get exercise on spaceits not like they can go out jogging.C:Id never t
26、hought of that.But then after they exercise,Im very keen to find out how they wash their clothes.B:Never mind that.Id really like to find out how women astronauts wash their hair.A:But were forgetting the most important question of all,arent we?C:And whats that?A:Well,Id really like to find out what they do when they meet aliens.One possible conversation:THANKS
