reading and vocabulary 2

1、外研新标准高二外研新标准高二（选修八）（选修八）Module 5The Conquest of the UniverseReading and vocabulary(2) Secrets of the Gas Giant the probeActivity1 Read and listen to the passage and decide what the photos show.SaturnSaturns moons(1)(2)Activity2 Decide where the passage comes from.1 a newspaper article2 a scientific

2、report3 a school scientific textbook4 a collection of photographsActivity3 Choose the best summary for the passage.Using the Cassini-Huygens space probe, an international space project has proved that Saturn is light enough to float on water, and that one of its moons, Titan, has liquid on the surfa

3、ce like the Earth.lTitan and Phoebe are two of Saturns moons, and are made of a mixture of tiny pieces of rock water and frozen gases. They look very much like the Earth and our Moon. The photos taken by the space probe are so clear that it is easy to forget how far they come.lThe Cassini-Huygens sp

4、ace probe, which was launched in 1997 to explore Saturn. has sent back photos of the planet and its moons from a distance of one-and-a-half-billion kilometres.Activity4Work in pairs and answer the questions.1. What is the purpose of the Cassini-Huvgens space probe?2 How do the photographs show Satur

5、ns different rings?3 What are Saturns blue and green rings made of?4. What is Saturn made of?5. Why would it be possible for Saturn to float?6. When was the space probe launched?7. What are Phoebe and Titan?8. What is unusual about Phoebe?9. What has Titan got in common with the Earth?10. What is am

6、azing about the images that the probe has sent back?（1）To explore Saturn and its rings and moons.（2）In shades of blue, green and red.（3）Likely to be a mixture of water and frozen gases.（4）Gases.（5）Because it is so light.（6）In 1997.（7）Two of Saturns moons.（8）Its shape.（9）It has liquid on the surface.

7、（10）They are very clear, and yet come from so long a distance.Keys to Activity 4:billiondecadeshadeshapeprobeimageultravioleta spacecraft without people in it an invisible type of light a picture or photograph one thousand millionthe form of something, for example square or round a particular variet

8、y of a colour a period of ten yearsMatch the words with the meanings.Read the sentences and decide if they describe mostly facts or mostly opinions.1 The Cassini-Huygens space probe, which reached Saturn last week, has sent back amazing photographs of the plants famous rings viewed in ultraviolet li

9、ght.2 The different colours show exactly what the rings are made of: the red means the ring contains tiny pieces of rock and the blue andgreen is likely to be a mixture of water and frozen gases.3 The probe is an international project to explore the planet and its rings and moons.4 The probe has als

10、o sent back pictures of some of Saturns moons, including tiny Phoebe, which has a strange shape-unlike other planets and their moons, it is not perfectly round Keys to Activity 6: Tips: A fact is a piece of information that can be proved, something real, and something exists. An opinion is a belief

11、or conclusion held with confidence but not proved by positive knowledge or proof. （1）Mostly facts, but “amazing” suggests the opinion.（2）Mostly facts, but “is likely to be” shows an opinion.（3）Fact.（4）Mostly facts, except “strange” which suggests the writers opinion.Language Pointsother than 除了除了=apart fromTheres nobody here other than me.这儿除了我没有别人。这儿除了我没有别人。 none (no) other t