Unit7Focusingonculture课件沪教版八年级英语下册

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astronautspacestationLookatthepictures.Whatdoyousee?WorkinpairsandtalkaboutwhatyouknowaboutChina’sspacestation.Pre-readingWhywasitbuilt?Let’spredict!Whatareitsmainparts?Whenwasitbuilt/launched?Whoworksthere?Whatdotheydo?What’sspecialorinterestingaboutit?Beforeyouread,discusswhatyouthinkyouwilllearnaboutTiangongfromthearticle.🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀Tiangong:China’sspacestationChinesepeoplehavelongdreamtofexploringspace.In2022,ChinafinishedbuildingaspacestationcalledTiangong(“HeavenlyPalace”).ThenamecomesfromancientChineselegendsaboutthesky.ThemostimportantpartofTiangongspacestationiscalledTianhe(“HarmonyofHeavens”).Itwassentintospaceon29April2021.Justafewweeksafteritarrivedatitsdestination,Tianhegotitsfirstvisitor—theTianzhou-2spacecraft.Thespacecraftdelivered

fuel,equipment,toolsandsuppliesfortheastronauts.Atthispoint,thespacestationwasreadytoreceivehumanvisitors.Sevenweekslater,thefirstthreeastronautsarrivedatTianheonShenzhou-12.Thecrewspentthreemonthstestingequipmentandpreparingitforfutureastronauts.Sincethen,severalmoreShenzhoucrewshavevisitedTiangong,andtwomorelabmodules(WentianandMengtian)havebeenadded.Astronautsonspacemissionsarealwaysverybusy.Theyneedtodoimportantexperimentsandcollectscientificdata.Butitisdefinitelyanamazingexperience.Theastronautsgettogoonspacewalks,andtheycanseethesunrise16timesinonedaybecauseTiangongtravelsatabout28,000kilometresanhour.Thatmeansitonlytakesabout90minutestogoaroundtheEarth!Ataheightofabout400kilometresabovetheEarth,Tiangongpassesacrossthesky.Wedonotneedanyspecialtoolstoseeit:thespacestationcanbeseenfrommostpartsoftheworldwiththenakedeye.Ifyouknowwhenandwheretolook,youwillseeatinyshinyobjectmovingacrossthenightsky.While-reading—BasiccomprehensionWorkinpairs.Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.Wheredoesthename“Tiangong”comefrom,andwhatdoesitmean?Whatisthemostimportantpartofthespacestationandwhenwasitlaunched?WhichspacecraftvisitedTianhefirst?Whatdiditdeliver?Whatdotheastronautsonthespacestationdo?Whydoastronautssee16sunrisesinoneday?HowhighaboveEarthisthespacestation?CanweseeitfromEarthwithoutatelescope?While-reading—Basiccomprehension1.Wheredoesthename“Tiangong”comefrom,andwhatdoesitmean?2.Whatisthemostimportantpartofthespacestationandwhenwasitlaunched?3.WhichspacecraftvisitedTianhefirst?Whatdiditdeliver?Thename“Tiangong”comesfromancientChineselegendsaboutthesky.Itmeans“HeavenlyPalace”inChinese.Themostimportantpartisthecoremodule“Tianhe”.Itwassentintospaceon

29April2021.Tianzhou-2

visitedTianhefirst.Itdeliveredfuel,equipment,toolsandsuppliesfortheastronauts.Compareyouranswersinpairs.Discussanydifferences.While-reading—Basiccomprehension6.HowhighaboveEarthisthespacestation?CanweseeitfromEarthwithoutatelescope?4.Whatdotheastronautsonthespacestationdo?5.Whydoastronautssee16sunrisesinoneday?Theydoimportantexperimentsandcollectscientificdata.Theyalsogoonspacewalks.BecauseTiangongtravelsveryfast—about

28,000kilometresperhour.Itonlytakes

90minutes

toorbittheEarth,soastronautsseeasunriseevery90minutes.Itisabout400kilometresabovetheEarth.Wecanseeitwiththenakedeyefrommostpartsoftheworld.Itisatinyshinyobjectmovinginthenightsky.Compareyouranswersinpairs.Discussanydifferences.While-reading—Textstructure1.Matcheachparagraphtoitstopic.P1P2P3P4WhatastronautsdoonthespacestationSeeingTiangongfromEarthTianheandthefirstmissionsIntroductionandnameWhile-reading—Textstructure2.Lookatparagraph2.Inwhatorderdoesthewriterpresenttheinformation?Whichtimeexpressionshelpshowtheorderoftheevents?on29April2021:

Tianhewassentintospacejustafewweeksafter:Tianhegotitsfirstvisitor—Tianzhou-2sevenweekslater:

thefirstthreeastronautsarrivedonShenzhou-12sincethen:

severalmoreShenzhoucrewshavevisitedTimeorder.Completethesentenceswiththewordsandthephrasebelow.Changetheformifnecessary.nakedeyesupplieslabdeliverpointIngroups,createatimelineofTiangong’shistory.Includeatleast4events.Foreachevent,youmust:✔Writethedateortimeperiod✔Writeashortdescription✔Colour-codeit:Red:MajoreventBlue:

NewtechnologyorfunctionGreen:

WhatastronautsdidYellow:

FunfactExample:17June2021–Thefirst3astronautsarrivedatTianheinShenzhou-12.–Shenzhou-12usedfastdockingtechnologytoconnectwiththeTianhecoremodulequicklyandsafely.–Theastronautsperformeda7-hourspacewalk.

–Theastronautscansee16sunrisesinonedayonthespacestation.Post-reading—CreateatimelineThewriterdescribedTiangongasa“tinyshinyobjectmovingacrossthenightsky”.Howdoesthisdescriptionmakeyoufeel?Whydoyouthinkthenames“Tiangong”,“Tianhe”,“Wentian”and“Mengtian”werechosen?What’stheideabehindthesenames?Post-reading—YourideasDiscussthequestionsbelowingroups.ThesenamesweretakenfromancientChinesestoriesandpoems.Forexample,thename“Tianwen”comesfromapoembyQuYuan.Whentheastronautsdoexperiments,theyhelpanswerquestionsabouttheuniverse,so“Tianwen”isagoodnameforalabmodule.Itmakesmefeelamazed.Thisdescriptionremindsushowbigtheuniverseis,andhowsmallweare.

What’snextforspacetravel?Watchavideoclipaboutspaceexplorationandanswerthequestionsbelow.

Whathassloweddownthedevelopmentofspacetourism?Howmanypeoplehavebeenintospace?Howmanyofthemhavediedintheprocess?Theenormouscostandtheveryrealrisks.What’snextforspacetravel?Watchavideoclipaboutspaceexplorationandanswerthequestionsbelow.About500peoplehavebeenintospace,and18ofthemhavediedintheprocess.VideoscriptSpace—what’snext?Sincelongbeforemanfirstwalkedonthemoonin1969,peoplehavebeenfascinatedwiththeideaoftravellingintospace.Today,manycountries,fromChinatoFrance,canlaunchrockets.And400kilometresaboveourheads,thesix-personinternationalcrewoftheISSareworkinghard.Theyaredoingimportantexperiments,andcollectinginformationaboutoursolarsystemandtheEarth.Buttodayalotofspacetravelislessaboutscienceandhumanexploration,andmoreaboutbigbusiness.Mostoftherocketslaunchednowdonothaveanypeopleonboard.Theyareunmannedcraftsendingsatellitesintospaceformultinationalcorporations.So,what’snextforthepeoplewhostilldreamthatoneday,theywillseetheEarthfromspace?Formanyyears,somepeoplehavebelievedthattheageofmassspacetourismisonthehorizon,butthedevelopmentofthisindustryhasbeenquiteslow.Thereareveryfewpeoplewhowilleverbeabletoaffordtotryspacetourism.Andformostpeople,theexperiencewillneverbeworththeenormouscostandtheveryrealrisks.AnuOhja,aphysicistandspaceenthusiast,explainsmore.“Thereisaverygoodreasonwhysince1961,only500peopleoutofthebillionsofpeoplealivehaveeverbeenintospace,andit’stodowiththeenormousamountsofenergyweneedandtheenormouslimitsofscienceandengineeringthatwehavetotryandface.Rocketscienceandrocketengineering,it’ssafebuteventhough500peoplehavebeenintospace,18havediedintheprocess.Humanspaceflightisnot100%safe;it’sariskybusinessandsowheneverhumanbeingswanttoexploreandtheywanttogofurther,thereisalwaysariskfactor.”ManyexpertslikeAnudon’tbelievethousandsandthousandsofpeoplewillbecomespacetouristsanytimesoon.However,manyyearsinthefuture,maybeitwillbenormalnotjusttovisitanothercountryonholiday,buttovisitanotherplanet.Self-assessment评价内容评分（1-5）1.我能获取天宫空间站的建设历程、宇航员在站活动等主要信息。123452.我能运用与空间站相关的核心词汇。123453.我能通过时间轴梳理天宫空间站的建设历程，并进行有条理的介绍。123454.我能理解“天宫”“天和”“梦天”“问天”等名称与中国传统文化的关联，增强民族自豪感。123455.我对太空探索的兴趣有所提升。12345HomeworkFindinformationabout5keyeventsfromthehistoryofChina’smannedspaceprogramme.Steps:Find5keyeventsofChina’smannedspaceprogrammeonline.Notedownthedateandnameofeachevent.​Makeaposteraboutthese5events.Remembertoincludethefollowingelements:​Acleartitle​Atimelineofthe5events(arrangedinchronologicalorder)​Atleast2pictureswithcaptions(briefdescriptionsforeachpicture)​Briefintroductionstoeachevent(1–2shortsentencesperevent)​Keywordsforreference:​Tiangongspacestation,Shenzhoumission,taikonaut​

In2022,ChinafinishedbuildingaspacestationcalledTiangong(“HeavenlyPalace”).ThenamecomesfromancientChineselegendsaboutthesky.本句中calledTiangong是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰spacestation；comefrom说明命名来源，体现文化关联。本句意为：“2022年，中国建成了名为天宫（“天上的宫殿”）的空间站。其名称源自中国古代关于天空的传说。”spacestation空间站

Aspacestationmakesitpossibleforscientiststoliveandworkinspace.ancient/9eInSRnt/adj.古代的；古老的

TheEnglishnamesoftheplanetscomefromancientRomanlegends.legend/9ledZRnd/n.传说；传奇故事

Tiangong’snameisinspiredbylegendsaboutthesky.ThemostimportantpartofTiangongspacestationiscalledTianhe(“HarmonyofHeavens”).Itwassentintospaceon29Apr