sun
earth
moon
Who was the first to know that the earth moves around the sun?
Who proved Copernicus’ theory by using a telescope ?
A polish scientist : Copernicus 哥白尼
An Italian scientist:Galileo 伽利略
1. 水 星 --Mercury 2. 金星 -- Venus
3. 地球 -- Earth
4. 火星 -- Mars
5. 木星 -- Jupiter
6. 土星 -- Saturn
7. 天王星 -Uranus8. 海王星 - Neptune9. 冥王星 -- Pluto
solar system
1.Who was the 1st man to go into space?
Gagarin, former Soviet Union
2.Who was 1st man to walk on the moon?
Armstrong , USA
A small step for man and a giant leap for mankind.
3.Clothes ? Walk ?
spacesuit
spacewalk
space shuttle manned spaceshipartificial satellite[]
1.space shuttle ( 往返于地球和太空站之间 运载人和物资的 ) 航天飞机
Shenzhou VI
2. spaceship 太空船 unmanned spaceship / manned spaceship
China, 1970
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3. artificial (man-made) satellite – orbit the planets
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Listen & tell out the key events:
---- A scientist is making a speech to a group of high school students.
In 1957:
Since 1959:
By 1961:
_________________ began with the launch of ______________________.
Space exploration
the first artificial satellite.
___________________ have been launched into space .
Unmanned spaceship
People _______________________ .
were orbiting the earth
1957 : 1st artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) was launched into orbit around Earth.
1961 : the former Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin became 1st man to orbit Earth.
1969 : Armstrong became 1st man to walk on the moon.
1973: Skylab, America's 1st space station was launched into space.
1981 : Columbia, 1st space shuttle, was launched.
1986: The shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. All seven crew members were killed including the 1st female teacher Christa McAuliffe.
1988: The space shuttle program began again with the takeoff of Discovery.
1960 : 1st Chinese R2 Rocket was launched.
1970 : 1st satellite was launched.
1999: 1st unmanned spaceship Shengzhou was launched and recovered successfully.
1999: 4 tracking ships were operational
2000: 3rd country to master technology of satellite recovery.
2003: launched 1st manned spaceship, sending 1 astronaut into orbit
2005: launched 2nd manned spaceship, sending 2 astronauts for a 5-day journey in space
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staying time
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1 day 5 days
1 man 2 men
1(return) 2(orbital)(return)
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Oct.2003 Oct.2005
Task Five-- Brainstorm China’s
future space exploration
As we all know, space exploration is full of mysteries and adventures, successes and failures.We man have been carrying out Space Exploration
Questions :
1. Will ShengzhouⅦ, ShengzhouⅧ(...)
be launched in the future ?
2. Do you believe China will become a global space power ?
Group Work-4
Discussion – choose any of the topics as you like 1. Do you want to be an astronaut? Why ?why not?
2. What do you prepare to do for China’s or the world’s space exploration ?