Unit4 Reading and Thinking课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第三册

Unit4SpaceexplorationReadingandThinkingLead-inDoyoubelievethereareotherplanetsforpeopletoliveon?Nowlet’senjoysomevideostolearnsomethingabouthumans’spaceexplorationLearnsomethingaboutspaceexploration.MengzhouCrewSpacecraftChinaSpaceStation(CSS)低轨互联网星座卫星（GuowangConstellation）悟空号暗物质探测卫星（WukongDarkMatterSatellite）Warm-up:BeforeYouReadQuestion1:Whatdoyouthinkarethemainreasonsforspaceexploration?Tofindnewplanetsforhumans,toconductscientificresearch,fornationalpride,toexploretheunknown,tofindresources,etc.Question2:Whatdoyouexpecttoreadaboutinthistext?Importanthistoricalevents,famousastronauts,futureplans,challengesanddangers,etc.Lookatthetitleandthephotos,discussthesequestions.1.Whatisthetypeofthearticle?A.Anovel.B.Atraveljournal.

C.Apopularsciencearticle.D.Apieceofnews.科普文章：不是高深专业论文,是普通人能看懂的科学知识

2.Wherecanyoufindthiskindofpassage?A.ScienceFictionB.NovelC.HealthMagazineD.SciencebookActivity1:Readthepassagequickly,andchoosetheanswers.

Fastreading

FastreadingActivity2:Readthetext.Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence(A-D)tofilleachgap.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlifeC.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.SummarisethemainideaWhenthemainideaisnotclearlystatedinatopicsentence,youshouldreadthefullparagraphorpassagecarefullyandfindthewordsorideasthatrepeatthemselves.Theyarelikelyevidenceoftheauthor'smainidea.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.虽然科学家们极力确保万无一失，但事故仍时有发生。太空探索已经取得了长足的进步，我们现在希望能发现其他适合生命生存的行星。太空探索的前景依旧一片光明。经过无数次试验，他们成功制造出了能够脱离地球引力的火箭。Para1BA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.虽然科学家们极力确保万无一失，但事故仍时有发生。太空探索已经取得了长足的进步，我们现在希望能发现其他适合生命生存的行星。太空探索的前景依旧一片光明。经过无数次试验，他们成功制造出了能够脱离地球引力的火箭。Para2DBeforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasonlyadreamthatcouldnevercometrue.However,scientistsweredeterminedtorealisethatdream._____________.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth,Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtoenterspace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,"That'sonesmallstepforman,onegiantleapformankind."......A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.虽然科学家们极力确保万无一失，但事故仍时有发生。太空探索已经取得了长足的进步，我们现在希望能发现其他适合生命生存的行星。太空探索的前景依旧一片光明。经过无数次试验，他们成功制造出了能够脱离地球引力的火箭。Para3A_________.Forexample,alltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesiretoexploretheuniversedidnotdie.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.虽然科学家们极力确保万无一失，但事故仍时有发生。太空探索已经取得了长足的进步，我们现在希望能发现其他适合生命生存的行星。太空探索的前景依旧一片光明。经过无数次试验，他们成功制造出了能够脱离地球引力的火箭。Para5C_________.ManycountrieshaveplanstofurtherstudyplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopetomakemorevaluablediscoveriesthatwillenablethehumanracetosurvivewellintothefuture.Fastreading

Activity3:Summarisethemainideaforeachparagraph.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Scientistswanttoexploretheuniverse.Humanshaverealizedtheirdreamstoexplorespace.Humanscarryonspaceexplorationdespitehugerisks.China'sachievementsinexploringspace.Carefulreading----Para1

"Arewealone?What'soutthere?"Peoplehavealwayslookedupatthestarsandwonderedaboutspace.Today,scientistsdesignvehiclestocarryastronautsintospacetomakeimportantdiscoveries.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.1.Theunderlinedword“wondered”isclosestinmeaningto______.A.admiredB.doubtedC.feltcuriousandpuzzledD.regretted2.WecaninferfromPara.1that______.A.OnlyscientistsareinterestedinspaceB.SpaceexplorationisdrivenbyhumancuriosityC.WehavealreadysolvedallspacemysteriesD.SpacevehiclesareuselesswithoutastronautsCarefulreading----Para2

Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelt(that)travellingintospacewasonlyadreamthatcouldnevercometrue.However,scientistsweredeterminedtorealisethatdream.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtoenterspace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,"That'sonesmallstepfor(a)man,onegiantleapformankind."Followingthis,thereweremanymoreimportantspaceachievements.Forexample,on5September1977,America'sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatothisday.AndtheInternationalSpaceStation(1998)hasprovidedacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace,withastronautsfrommanydifferentcountriesonboard.

Whichstatementofthefollowingistrue?A.Spaceexplorationhasgraduallybecomeaglobalcause.B.Allspaceachievementsweremadeonlybythetwocountries.C.People’sdreamofspacetravelwillnevercometrue.D.Voyager1onlystudiesthemoonnearby.

Carefulreading----Para3

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Forexample,alltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesiretoexploretheuniversedidnotdie.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.1.Whatistherealreasonforcontinuingspaceexplorationdespitedisasters?A.Astronautsarenotafraidofdeathatall.B.Peoplerecognizeitsgreatvaluedespitepotentialrisks.C.Disastersnevercauserealsadnesstohumans.D.Othercountriesforceeachothertocarryon.2.Wecaninferthatthewriter’sattitudetowardsspaceexplorationis______.A.criticalB.supportiveandpositiveC.doubtfulD.uninterestedCarefulreading----Para4

China'sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.On23July2020ChinasentTianwen1toexplorethesurfaceofMars.ItarrivedinFebruary2021andthensentbacklotsofvaluableinformation,Andfrom2021to2022,Chinacompletedanumberofrocketmissionstoestablishitsownspacestation.In2022,thelaunchoftheMengtianmodulesignalledthebasiccompletionoftheTiangongSpaceStation.Thismodernspacestationwillallowastronautstoconductmanyimportantexperiments,greatlyfurtheringourunderstandingoftheuniverse.

WhichstatementisNOTtrueaccordingtoParagraph4?A.ChinacarriedoutitsspaceprogrammelaterthanRussiaandtheUS.B.YangLiweiwasthefirstChineseastronautorbitingEarthalone.C.Chinahassentastronautstolandonthemoonsuccessfully.D.Tianwen1broughtbackvaluableinformationfromMars.Carefulreading----Para5

Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.ManycountrieshaveplanstofurtherstudyplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopetomakemorevaluablediscoveriesthatwillenablethehumanracetosurvivewellintothefuture.1.Whatisthefinalpurposeoffuturespaceexploration?A.TostudyMarsandJupiterforfun.B.Tohelphumanbeingssurvivelong-terminthefuture.C.Tomoveallhumanstootherplanetsatonce.D.Tostopalldifficultiesontheearth.2.WecaninferfromPara.5that______.A.ScientistsareoptimisticaboutfuturespaceexplorationB.DifficultieswillstopallspaceexplorationplansC.SpaceexplorationhasnothingtodowithhumanfutureD.OnlystudyingMarscansavehumansWhatdoesthetitle“Space:Thefinalfrontier”meantoyou?Thetitle"Space:TheFinalFrontier"means：1.Spaceisthelast,mostunknownandchallengingplaceforhumanstoexplore.2.Itshowsthatspaceisfullofmysterieswehaven'tsolvedyet.3.Itencouragesustokeepexploringandlearningabouttheuniverse,eventhoughit'sdifficultanddangerous.Post-readingCompletethepassagewithwordsfromthetext.________isexploringspaceinthehopeoffindingoutmoreaboutthe__________.However,exploringspaceisbothdangerousandchallenging.OneofthemostdangerouspartsofspaceexplorationishelpingpeopletoescapeEarth's_________.Ifthereisamistakeduringthe_________,itcanleadtoanaccidentthatkillseveryoneon__________.Gettingoutof_______andbacktoEarth'ssurfaceisalsoverydangerous.Despitethehugerisksthough,peoplewillalwayscontinuetoexplorethisfinal__________soastolearnitssecrets.Post-readingManuniversegravitylaunchboardorbitfrontier单击此处编辑母版标题样式LanguagepointsandtranslationSPACE:THEFINALFRONTIER"Arewealone?What'soutthere?"Peoplehavealwayslookedupatthestarsandwonderedabout

space.Today,scientistsdesignvehiclestocarryastronautsinto

spacetomakeimportantdiscoveries.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.1.outthere

在外面，在遥远的外面、在太空深处、在天外2.lookupatsth/sb

向上看着某人或某物3.wonderabout...

想知道；对...感到惊奇4.spacen.太空，

零冠词用法，不可数名词5.carrysb/sthintospace

把某人/某物送入太空

6.makeimportantdiscoveries

有重要发现

7.hopetodosth希望做某事8.that引导定语从句，在从句中做主语，先行词是planets。太空：最后的边疆我们是孤独的吗？外太空有什么？”人们总是仰望星空，对宇宙充满好奇。如今，科学家们设计航天器，将宇航员送入太空，以期做出重要发现。太空探索已经取得了长足的发展，如今我们希望能发现其他适宜生命生存的行星。Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelt(that)travellingintospacewasonlyadreamthatcouldnevercometrue.However,scientistsweredeterminedto

realisethatdream.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.1.mid-20thcentury20世纪中叶2.felt后接宾语从句，连接词that省略；travelling...space是动名词短语做主语。

3.thatcouldnever...是定语从句，修饰dream4.cometrue实现（梦想）5.bedeterminedtodo下定决心做某事

6.realisethatdream实现这个梦想

7.succeedin成功做某事

8.that引导定语从句，修饰rockets9.escapeEarth'sgravity脱离地球引力10.orbitaroundEarth环绕地球运行在20世纪中叶之前，大多数人都觉得太空旅行只是一个永远无法实现的梦想。然而，科学家们下定决心要实现这个梦想。经过无数次试验，他们成功研制出了能够脱离地球引力的火箭。1957年10月4日，苏联发射了斯普特尼克1号人造卫星，卫星成功环绕地球运行。Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedon

sendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtoenterspace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,"That'sonesmallstepfor(a)man,onegiantleapformankind."

1.focuson专注于

集中

2.send...intospace

发送....到太空3.thefirstpersonintheworldtoenterspace,person前有first序数词修饰，用toenter..不定式短语做后置定语，修饰person4.famouslysaying....是现在分词短语做伴随状语。5.mankindn.人类，

是不可数名词，零冠词用法同义词：

man不可数，

不加冠词humankind不可数，不加冠词thehumanrace

用单数humans用复数humanbeings用复数

此后，苏联致力于将人类送入太空；1961年4月12日，尤里・加加林成为世界上进入太空的第一人。八年后，1969年7月20日，美国宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗踏上月球，他说了一句名言：“这是我个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步。”Followingthis,thereweremanymoreimportantspaceachievements.Forexample,on5September1977,America'sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatothisday.AndtheInternationalSpaceStation(1998)hasprovidedacontinuoushumanpresence

inspace,withastronautsfrommanydifferentcountriesonboard.1.followingprep.在……之后

2.deepspace深太空3.tothisday直到今天4.presencen.存在5.inspace在太空中6.with+n.（astronautsfrommanydifferentcountries）+介词短语（onboard）,在句中做状语7.onboard在（飞船/空间站）上在此之后，还有许多更重要的太空成就。例如，1977年9月5日，美国国家航空航天局发射了旅行者1号来研究深空，它至今仍在传输数据。1998年的国际空间站（InternationalSpaceStation）也为人类在太空中提供了持续的存在，来自许多不同国家的宇航员都在上面。Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Forexample,alltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesiretoexploretheuniversedidnotdie.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.1.although引导让步状语从句2.makesure确保3.gowrong发生故障;出毛病4.while引导让步状语从句5.toexploretheunverse是不定式短语做后置定语，修饰desire6.because引导表语从句7.believeinsth相信

8.carryonsth继续某事9.spaceexploration太空探索尽管科学家们试图确保一切顺利，但事故仍有可能发生。例如，联盟11号、挑战者号和哥伦比亚号宇宙飞船上的所有宇航员都在执行任务期间死亡。然而，尽管这些灾难带来了许多悲伤和失望，但探索宇宙的愿望并没有消失。这是因为人们相信尽管有巨大的风险，但进行太空探索的重要性。China'sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogress

inashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.1.those是替代词，替代前面的spaceprogramme，还原应该是spa