TEENS初三19-20学年第45期总第630期教案一

作者：王荆艳

Reaching for the stars

Warm up

1. Are you a fan of aerospace science?

2. How much do you know about rockets?

 

Pre-reading

1. Let's have a look at the Long March family.

 

2. Look at the title. What is the article about?

What’s the meaning of “lifted off” in the first sentence?

 

 

Careful reading

3. What are the Long March rockets used to do?

To send satellites, astronauts and probes into space.

 

4. What is the latest addition that is made to the Long March family ?

For one thing, the rocket features a new configuration.

For another, a 3D-printing experiment was carried out aboard the rocket.

 

5. What does the new configuration mean for the rocket?

The rocket can carry even more equipment into outer space.

 

6. Why is the new configuration important to China’s exploration of outer space?

Because it enables the Long March 5B to carry the large components that are needed for building China’s first space station.
 

7. What does the word “remove” mean?

A. take away

B. take off

C. take over

A.

 

8. What did the printer print out in the video clips?

A flat section of a honeycomb-shaped (蜂巢状的) structure, as well as an emblem (标志) of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

 

9. According to Wang, how will 3D printing benefit space missions?

Astronauts will be able to simply print any components they need.

 

Post reading

Reaching for the stars is one of our dreams. Why do you think we are so passionate about exploring space? 

 

Words in use

Complete the sentences using the words provided.

add   remove   expect    responsible   replace

1. You are ______ to finish it in time. 

2. Who's _________ for this mess?

3. The baby is a happy ________ to her family.

4. Please ______ the underlined words with phrases that have the same meaning.

5. Illegally parked vehicles will be_______.

 

 1. expected      2. responsible           3. addition       4. replace        5. removed