初三英语上学期lesson46(1)

,THE UNIVERSE AND MAN-MADE SATELLITES,Lesson 46,Chinas first space man,the first footprint on the earth,humans in space,A Space Station,Shenzhou spaceship,A space shuttle,Send up a rocket,A satellite,Question: Whats the universe?,Listen and answer,the sun,the earth,the moon,the stars,the sky,the planets,Nine planets travel round the sun.,The moon _ the earth.,travels round,Its the satellite of the earth.,Man-made satellites,Why do people make satellites?,1.help us to learn more about the earth,the weather and other things;,2.help to send and receive messages(TV and radio programmes; telephone calls);,3.help people understand each other better.,Answer the “T” or “F” questions.,1.Many of the stars in the universe are too far away.2.The moon is the satellite of the earth.3.The moon is 380,000 kilometers away from the sun.4.So far, no man has travelled to the other part of the universe.,T,F,F,F,Read the passage in detail, and then answer the following questions.,T,F,T,F,5.Many countries have sent up man-made satellites.6.Only China can send its TV and radio programmes to foreign countries.7.The satellites help us to learn more about the universe.8.People from different countries understand each other better because the earth is becoming smaller.,1.What do we mean when we talk about the universe?,2.Why cant many stars be seen?,3.How far is the moon away from the earth?,We mean the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the space between them.,Because they are too far away.,The moon is 380,000 kilometres away from the earth.,5.Have any man-made machines travelled farther than the moon? What are they?Yes, they are. Theyre the man-made satellites6.Whatre satellites used for? Can you give some examples?Theyre used for helping ,4. Has the moon been visited by man? Yes, it has.,7.Why do we say that the world itself is becoming smaller and smaller?Thanks to space satellites, our knowledge of the universe is growing, the world itself is becoming smaller and smaller.,Fill in the blanks. The universe means the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars and the space _ them. Many of the stars are so _ away that we _ see them. The moon, our _, travels _ the earth. It has already been visited _ man in space ships.,between,far,cant,satellite,round,by,Man-made _ have been sent up _ space by many countries. They go _ the earth. They are used for helping us to learn more _ the earth, the weather and other things. They are also used for sending and _ messages. It makes people _different countries understand each other better. So people say the world itself is becoming a much _ place. People callthe small place “the global village”.,smaller,from,receiving,satellites,into,round,about,A speech: The Universe,The funct