Module 3 Unit 1 外研版英语八年级下册

Unit1Hasitarrivedyet?Module3Journeytospace词汇:earth,moon,news,planet,reach,yet,just,model,spaceship,project,noproblem,latest,on,discover,astronaut,spacetravel语法：在现在完成时中准确使用already,just,yet能听懂关于太空探索的话题并提取信息。培养学生对天文知识的兴趣和对未知事物的探索精神。学习目标Presentationnewsn.新闻；消息planetn.行星

astronautn.宇航员

Presentationspaceshipn.航天器modeln.模型WarmupEarthMarsMoonDoyouknowtheseplanets?WarmupLearnaboutthesolarsystem.

LeadinWhatisouterspacelike?

Hasanyonebeentoouterspace?What’sinouterspace?Nowlet’shavealook!TheouterspaceThesoundoftheouterspaceLeadinHasmandiscoveredlifeonMars?LeadinMarsisconsideredtobetheplanetthatcouldbesuitableforpeopletostay.Diameter(直径)6,794kilometersQuality(质量)6.4219e23kilogramsGoodnews:SomescientistshavealreadysentaspacecrafttoMars.1Listenandnumberthewordsasyouhearthem.earthlandmessagemoonnewsplanetreachscientist125738462Listenagainandcompletethenotes.●newsaboutthetripto(1)_________●journeyof(2)_________months●hasnotsentbackany(3)_________yet●hopetofind(4)_______onMarsMarseightmessageslife3Listenandchoosethebestanswers.1.Tonyhasmadeamodelofthe________.A.spaceshipB.spacecraftC.spaceshuttle2.HavetheastronautsdiscoveredlifeonMars?________A.Yes,theyhave.B.No,notyet.C.Yes,theydid.ABDaming:Hi,Tony.Whatareyouupto?

Tony:Hi,Daming.I’vejustmadeamodelspaceshipforourschoolproject.Daming:Ihaven’tstartedyetbecauseI’mnotsurehowtomakeit.Canyouhelpme?Tony:Sure,noproblem.Haveyouheardthelatestnews?ScientistshavesentaspaceshiptoMars.Thejourneyhastakenseveralmonths.

Daming:Hasitarrivedyet?

Tony:Yes,ithasarrivedalready.That’swhyit’sonthenews.Daming:SohavetheydiscoveredlifeonMars?

Tony:No,theyhaven’tyet.3Listenandread.3Listenandread.Daming:Arethereanyastronautsinthespaceship?

Tony:No,therearen’t.Daming:Whynot?Astronautshavealreadybeentothemoon.

Tony:Yes,butnoonehasbeentoMarsyet,becauseMarsisveryfaraway,muchfartherthanthemoon.LotsofscientistsareworkinghardinordertosendastronautstoMarsoneday.

Daming:That’sinteresting!HowcanIgetinformationonspacetravel?Tony:Youcangoonlinetosearchforinformation.

Daming:Iwill.Thankyou,Tony!3Nowanswerthequestions.1.WhatschoolprojecthaveDamingandTonygot?2.HowdoesDamingfeelabouttheschoolproject?3.WhatnewshasTonyheard?4.HasanyonebeentoMars?Why?Theyhavegotaprojectonspaceships.He’snotsurehowtomakethemodel.ThespaceshiptoMarshasreachedthere.NoonehasbeentoMarsyet,becauseMarsisveryfaraway,muchfartherthanthemoon.4Completethepassagewiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.arrive,discover,planet,send,yetOntoday’snews,Tonyhasheardthatscientistshave(1)____aspaceshiptoMarsandithas(2)_______onthe(3)_____afterajourneyofseveralmonthsfromtheearth.Scientistshavenot(4)_________lifeonMars(5)________.AndnoastronauthaseverbeentoMarsbecauseitisveryfaraway.sentarrivedplanetdiscoveredyet5Listenandunderlinethewordsthespeakerstresses.1.I’vejustmadeamodelspaceshipforourschoolproject.2.Ihaven’tstartedyetbecauseI’mnotsurehowtomakeit.3.Hasitarrivedyet?4.Astronautshavealreadybeentothemoon.Nowlistenagainandrepeat.Languagepoints(1)beupto表示“从事于,忙于”,后面接名词、代词或-ing形式等。

Allofusareuptogooddeeds.

我们所有人都在做有益的事情。

Goandseewhatthesenaughtyboysareupto.

去看看这些顽皮的孩子在做什么。1.Whatareyouupto?你在忙什么？

(2)beuptosb.todosth.表示“应由某人做某事”。常用it作形式主语。

Itisuptometogetthefourofusmoving.

该由我来召集我们四个人动起来。(3)

beuptosb.表示“由某人决定，随某人”。

Whetherwewillgototheparkisuptoyourbrother.

我们是否去公园由你哥哥定。

AnIndianoraChinesemeal?It’s

uptoyou.

吃印度菜还是中国菜？由你决定吧。LanguagepointsLanguagepoints(4)beupto表示“胜任，适合，适于”，多用于否定句或疑问句。

LiPingisnotuptohiswork.

李平不能胜任他的工作。

Doyouthinksheisuptodoingitalone?

你认为她能独立完成这件事吗？(5)beupto“表示：及得上，比得上”。

ThenewbookofSmith’sisnotuptohislast.

史密斯先生的这本新书不及他写的前一本好。

2.I’vejustmadeamodelspaceshipforourschoolproject.我刚刚做完了我们学校项目要求的宇宙飞船模型。just作副词，意为“刚才；刚刚”。

LinglingandDaminghavejustarrived.玲玲和大明刚刚到达。

I’vejustboughtanewhouse.我刚买了栋新房子。【辨析】just与justnow

①just刚才；刚刚，常与现在完成时连用；MissGaohasjustleft.高老师刚刚离开。

②justnow刚才，常与一般过去时连用，相当于amomentago。

MissGaoleftjustnow.高老师是刚才离开的。LanguagepointsLanguagepoints

3.Ihaven’tstartedyetbecauseI’mnotsurehowtomakeit.

我还没有开始呢，真不知道怎么做。yet作副词，意为“还，尚”，多用于现在完成时，用于否定句表示某事在某一时间尚未发生，但未来也许会发生。yet也可用于一般疑问句，意为“已经”。

Ihaven’tbeentotheGreatWallyet.我还没有去过长城。

Haveyoufinishedyourhomeworkyet？你已经完成作业了吗？Languagepoints【辨析】yet,already与ever①yet“尚，还；已经”，用于疑问句或否定句的末尾；②already“已经”，通常用于肯定句，位于助动词之后，行为动词之前；③ever“曾经”，多用于疑问句或否定句，位于助动词之后，行为动词之前。

Ihaven’tseenthefilmyet.我还没看过这部电影。

Ihavealreadyseenthefilm.我已看过这部电影。Languagepoints

4.Haveyouheardthelatestnews?你听最近的新闻了吗？latest意为“最新的,最近的,最迟的”,是形容词,常放在名词前作定语。latest也可作副词,意为“最迟地；最近地”。late意为“晚的”,是形容词,其比较级是later。later也常用作副词,表示“以后,后来”。Shegotuplatestthismorning.她今天早上起床起得最晚。Canyoutellmeyourlatestlife?能告诉我你最近的生活吗？Shegetsuplaterthanmysister.她比我妹妹起得晚。Languagepoints5.Thejourneyhastakenseveralmonths.这次旅程花费了几个月。several意为“几个的,数个的”,在句中作形容词；several也可意为“几个,数个”,作代词。

Severalstudentshaveunderstoodthequestion.

有几个学生已明白这个问题了。

SeveralofthemhavebeentoShanghai.

他们之中有几个人去过上海。

Languagepoints6.That’swhyit’sonthenews.那就是它上新闻的原因。(1)That’swhy...表示“那就是……的原因”，常用于句首，后面常接结果。That’swhyIwaslateyesterday.那就是我昨天迟到的原因。【拓展】“That’sbecause...”表示“那是因为……”，后接原因。

IstudyEnglishharderthanothers.That’sbecauseIlikeEnglish.我学习英语比别人更努力。那是因为我喜欢英语。Languagepoints(2)on在此作介词，意为“在（播放）中”。Didyouseeanythingabouthimonthenews？你在新闻中看到关于他的一些事了吗？Iheardthenewsontheair.我在广播中听到了这个消息。【拓展】on作介词，还意为“关于……”。MrLigaveussomeadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.就如何学习英语，李老师给我们提了一些建议。Languagepoints7.SohavetheydiscoveredlifeonMars?那他们在火星上发现生命了吗？discover作及物动词，意为“发现；找到”，其后可接名词、代词作宾语。Scientistsdiscoveredanewvirus.科学家们发现了一种新病毒。Languagepoints

【辨析】discover与invent(1)discover“发现”，指发现或偶然发现原本存在的、但一直不为人知的东西;Recentlytheydiscoveredgoldinthisarea.不久前他们在这一地区发现了黄金。(2)invent“发明”，指创造、发明出新的、原来并不存在的东西。Edisoninventedtheelectriclightbulb.爱迪生发明了电灯泡。Languagepoints

8.LotsofscientistsareworkinghardinordertosendastronautstoMarsoneday.好多科学家都在认真研究，以便有朝一日能将宇航员送往火星。inorderto后接动词原形，表示目的，意为“为了……，以便……”，可位于句首，也可位于句中，其否定形式为inordernotto。

Igotupearlyinordertocatchtheearlybus.=Inordertocatchtheearlybus,

Igotupearly.为了赶上早班车，我早早地起了床。PracticeFindoutthepresentperfectsentencesinthepassage.1.I’vejustmadeamodelspaceship...2.Ihaven’tstartedyet...3.Haveyouheardthelatestnews?4.ScientistshavesentaspaceshiptoMars.5.Thejourneyhastakenseveralmonths.6.Yes,ithasarrivedalready.7.—SohavetheydiscoveredlifeonMars?—No,theyhaven’tyet.8.Astronautshavealreadybeen

tothemoon.9.ButnoonehasbeentoMarsyet.PracticeFindoutthepresentperfectsentencesinthepassage.WehavealreadysentaspaceshiptoMars.

Wehavejust…

Wehave…Wehaven’tfoundlifeonMarsyet.

Wehaven’t…

Wehaven’t…6Makelistsofwhatwehaveandhavenotdoneinspacetravel.Let’swritemoresentencesandseewhohasthelongestlist!7Workinpairs.TalkaboutspacetravelwiththelistsinActivity6.—HavewesentaspaceshiptoMars?—Yes,wehave.But…Fromtheabovelist,weseethatthereisalotofknowledgeforyoutoexploreabouttheouterspace.Thinkaboutwhatyouaregoingtodowhenyougrowup.Youmayworkingroups,makeadialogueorwriteashortpassage.Makeadialogue.Tellyourpartnerabout…somethingyou’veborrowedthisweek.somethingyou’vedonerecently.amodelofsomethingyouhaveseen.somethingscientistshavediscovered.Workinpairs.Exercises一、根据句意及首字母提示完成单词1.Ihavej________boughtagiftformymother.2.Hasyourfatherarrivedathomey________?3.Ihaveheardthel________newsthatscientistshavesentaspaceshiptoMars.4.Myfatherusuallys_________forinformationontheInternet.5.OurplanetE________isbecomingmoreandmorecrowded.ustetatestearchesarthExercises二、从括号内选择恰当的单词或短语填空6.Columbus__________(discovered/found)Americain1492.7.Ittakeshalfanhourto________(arrive/reach)thepark.8.Tonyisn'tintheclassroom.Hemusthave________(gone/been)tothelibrary.9.Iworkhard________________(inorderto/inorderthat)findagoodjobinthefuture.10.Ithasn’tarrived________(already/yet).discoveredreachgoneinordertoyetExercises三、按要求完成句子11.Ihavealreadyseenthefilm.(改为一般疑问句)________youseenthefilm________？12.WhendidyourfriendreachBeijing？(改为同义句)