第2/707期初一课件

作者：张莉

Warm up

Do you want to live on the moon?

The movie Flying to the Moon is expected to hit theaters this fall. It is produced by Oriental Dreamworks, Netflix and CMC Inc.

 

Pre-reading

If you could build a house on the moon, what would it look like?

 

Fast reading

1. Who made the special house?

Two Danish designers.

2. What is the house called?

Lunark.

 

Look and say:

What does the house look like?

 

Careful reading

What does the house look like?

 

What will the designers do later this year?

They will test Lunark in northern Greenland for three months.

 

Reading Comprehension. Choose the correct answer.

1. Why did the designers choose northern Greenland to test the house?

A. Because it is like the moon.

B. Because nobody lives there.

C. Because it is close to the moon.

D. Because the weather there is good.

A

2. How will the designers test Lunark?

A. By cutting it down.

B. By taking it to the moon.

C. By living in it in a cold place.

D. By leaving it in a windy place.

C

 

Post-reading

Introduction:  Lunark

1. The people who designed it

2. Some basic information about it (how many people it can hold, what’s inside)

3. Other features (can be folded, 328 solar panels, 3D-printed)

4. How the house will be tested (in northern Greenland, moon-like, be cut off from the rest of the world)

 

Words in use

Completion. Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

designer       times      as ...as     weigh       repair

1. Lily’s mother is a fashion _________. She designs beautiful clothes.

2. There is something wrong with my bike, so I have to _____ it.

3. It gets three _______ bigger when it goes into water.

4. This little ball of metal _______ half a kilo.

5. The lake is ____ clear ____ a bright mirror.

 

designer  repair   times  weighs  as; as

 

Homework:

Design a house for people who might live on the moon and describe it to your classmates.