Discussion:

1.        Did you watch the launch of Chang’e-2 on October 1?

2.        How did you feel when Chang’e-2 was launched into the sky?

3.        What do you know about Chinese space exploration?

 

Judge true or false:

1.        On October 1, a manned spaceship was launched from Xichang, Sichuan.

2.        Chang’e-2 is the first moon explorer in China.

3.        With the help of foreign technology, Chinese scientists succeeded developing Chang’e-2.

4.        China plans to send the third moon explorer in 2013.

5.        Chang’e-2 will circle the earth after it finishes its project.

6.        Yang Liwei did China’s first –ever spacewalk.

 

Vocabulary in use

 Launch, circle, land, come back, collect, explore

 

Summarize the movements of Chang’e-2. If you don’t know about the movements, please surf the Internet, and then introduce Chang’e-2’s movements.

Discussion

1.        Are you interested in science?

2.        Have you ever made any science experiments?

3.        What’s your experiment about?

 

True or False:

1.        The kids wore spacesuits to take the temperature.

2.        The temperature sensors were put on Teddies’ backs.

3.        The temperature changes were shown on the computer

4.        The helium balloons lifted the bears into space.

 

Read and answer.

1. What task did the SpaceFlight Society give British school kids?

2. What monitored the different temperatures on the trip to space?

3. Who helped program the camera to take pictures in space?

4. Who helped to design the spacesuit?

5. How long did it take to raise the two Teddy Bears to a height of around 100,000 feet?

6. How did the kids take photos of the bears’ spacewalk?

7. How did the bears get back to Earth?

 

Finish the sentences with following phrases.

 make an experiment, take the temperature, tie…to … take off, go up, fall to

1. Leaves _____ the ground in autumn.

2. The farmer ____ his horse ____ a tree.

3. The airplane is going to _______ in five minutes.

4. Could you _______________ of the water?

5. Prices of fruit and vegetables have _____.

6. In biology class we ______________ to study rats.

 

Tell about one of your experiments made in your physics or chemistry class. Did you finish it perfectly? And what did you feel when you finished it?

 

Discussion

1. Have you ever watched a butterfly come out of a cocoon? Can you describe it in detail?

2. Do you know how a butterfly is able to fly? What else do you know about a butterfly’s life?

3. Is it good to have some difficult challenges when you are young?

 

Choose the best answer

1. Why did the man decide to help the butterfly?

A. Because there was a small hole in the cocoon.

B. Because it was very hard for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon.

C. Because he wanted to see the butterfly clearly.

D. Because he wanted to watch the butterfly fly.

2.The word “struggle” means “____”.

A. 抗争        B.渴望      C.打磨       D.磨砺

3.Which is not true according to the story?

A. It took the butterfly several hours to come out of the cocoon.

B. The butterfly couldn’t fly because of the man’s help.

C. The butterfly wasn’t able to fly all its life.

D. With the help of the man, the butterfly could fly after it came out of the cocoon.

4. The main idea of the story is that ____.

A. it’s necessary for us to experience some difficulties before success

B. we should never give up

C. we shouldn’t help a butterfly to come out of a cocoon

D. we need struggles in our lives

 

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

1. Most of the rooms _____ the sea.

2. He’s very warm-hearted, he ___ always ______ help his friends.

3. The first question was difficulty, but the ____ were pretty easy.

4. They look like good friends but, ______, they don’t get along well with each other.

5. He did it all out of ________, not in the hope of a reward.

6. Don’t just stay at home. You ought to ________ the house more.

 

1. How do you usually deal with your challenges or problems?

2. Have you successfully dealt with a problem? Let’s hear your story.

3. Ask your friends about their ways of dealing with challenges.

 

1.        What after-class activities do you do?

2.        Are you on a soccer team or some other teams? Talk about it.

3.        Is it good to be on a team? Why or why not?

 

True or False

1. The American kids are busy having after-school classes every day.

2. When kids have a game, there is always a lot of noise.

3. Sometimes the parents may fight with each other while watching the game.

4. During the game, noise means discipline, friendship and sportsmanship.

5. When kids play on a team, they needn’t work with others.

6. Playing team sports can help kids learn how to work with others in life.

 

Fill in blanks with the proper forms 

1.Parents should ______ what their kids watch on television.

2.Dolphins use sound to _________ with each other.

3. You’d better ________ my business, or you will have trouble.

4. The weather in that city is _______ , it’s too windy.

5.They had escaped to America shortly after war _________ in 1937.

6.It was ________ of him to leave all the work to you.

 

1. What kinds of team sports would you like to play? Why ?

2. What other things can kids do to learn how to work with others? List as many as possible.

 

Key: P2 FFFTFF launched, circling, explore, came back, landed, collect

P3 FFTT fall to, tied to, take off, take the temperature, gone up, made an experiment

P6 BADA face, is ready to, rest, in fact, kindness, get out of

P8 FTTTFT control, communicate, stay out of, unpleasant, broke out, selfish