新人教版高中英语必修3Unit 4 Space Exploration-Reading and Thinking教学设计一

Unit 4 Space Exploration-Reading and Thinking教学设计

The topic of the part is “Learn about the development ofspace exploration”.

The section is space exploration. The article mainlytells the readers about the development of space exploration. Because it needshigh technologies and overcome high risks and great difficulties, it has becomethe common career of humankind. As Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one step for aman, one giant leap for humankind.” In the Listening & Speaking &Talking, it talks about the the progress of China’s space exploration. Thispart will introduce the progress of Russia’s and America’s space exploration, andChina has also made great progress in space exploration and became the thirdcountry in the world to independently send humans to space in 2003, which helpsactivate students’ passion for their motherland.

Concretely, the first paragraph is to lead in the topicby introducing the people’s interest in the space. The second paragraph mainlytells the achievement that USSR and America made. The third paragraph explainsthe desire alive although there has been some big disasters of spaceexploration. The fourth paragraph about China’s progress. The last one aboutthe future is still bright. The article introduces the development of spaceexploration, so it is organised by timeline or time order, which is helpful forstudents to find the detailed information.

1. Fast reading to get detailedinformation according the timeline; careful reading to summarise the main idea.

2. Learn thereading skills--finding the timeline and summarizing the main idea by findingthe words or ideas.

3. Have a passionfor our country and be proud of the space exploration.

4. Critical thinkthe space exploration.

1.Fast reading toget detailed information according the timeline; careful reading to summarisethe main idea.

2. Learn thereading skills--finding the timeline and summarizing the main idea by findingthe words or ideas.

Step 1 Leadin---Small talk

Watch a videoSpace experiment of water drop water balland discuss:
1. Who are they? They are Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng,Wang Yaping and Zhang Xiaoguang.
2. What are they doing ? They aredoing space experiments.
3. Where are they? They are in TianGong 1 in space.
4. Do you know the name of theexperiment ? Space experiment of water drop water ball

Step 2 Before reading---Predict the content

Space:the final frontier

Chinese meaning: 太空：最后的边境

Frontier: the border, which might mean thehuman’s recognition edge or exploration edge.

From the title and the picturesand the title, we can know that the article might be about the development ofspace exploration. It broadens us human’s recognition edge or exploration edge.So it is an exposition.

Step 3 While reading ---Task 1

1. Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from it. Choose thecorrect sentences A--D to fill each gap in the text.

A.Althoughscientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen.

B.They also reallywish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life.

C.The future ofspace exploration remains bright.

D.After manyexperiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth’sgravity.

Answers：BDAC

2. Scan the text and match the main idea.

Para 1 A．China has madegreat progress in exploring space.

Para 2 B．The future ofspace exploration remains bright.

Para 3 C．The achievementsthat the USSR and America made.

Para 4 D．People have alwayswanted to explore space.

Para 5 E．The desire of peopleto explore the universe never died.

Answers: DCEAB

3.The main idea ofthe passage is the space exploration of humankind.

Step 4 Whilereading --- Task 2

Read the text and fill in the table

Step 5 While reading --- Task 3

Read the text again and answer thefollowing questions.
Q1: Who was the first person in the world to go into the space ?

Yuri Gagarin
Q2: Who was the first man to orbit Earth in Shenzhou 5 spacecraft ?
Yang Liwei

Q3: In which satellites all theastronauts died during their missions ?
The USSR’s Soyuz 11 and America’sChallenger

Q4: What is the function of the International exploration ?

Having astronauts fromdifferent countries on board

Q5: What can you learn from Para 4 ?

China has made greatachievements in exploring space

Q6: What is the attitude to the space exploration ?

Supportive

Step 6 Post reading---Retell