Chapter Six

1. Chapter Six Nobody wins (ⅰ)

2. What do you know about...? an astronaut a comet

3. space station rocket spaceship telescope

4. 行星距离太阳近的时候运转速度快，对吗？ 对 太阳 距离地球最近的恒星是 什么？ 类地行星 金星属于哪类行星？ 哈雷彗星绕太阳运行的周期约为 76年 发射第一颗人造卫星的国家是： 前苏联 UFO的具体含义是： 不明飞行物 天空上的星星为什么有的亮，有的暗？ 发光能力不一样 月球上的“海”是： 洼地 天窗 天文台屋顶的裂缝是： 产生海水潮汐的主要原因是： 月亮引力

5. 观测气象用的百叶箱为什么漆成白色？ 反射太阳光 北斗星的勺柄指向北极星对吗？ 对 哈雷慧星的最早记录是波斯人 中国人 卫星最多的是： 土星 著名的哈雷彗星命名源于： 人名 冥王星 在九大行星中，被称为最冷的行星是哪一颗？ 地球离太阳距离最近的时候，是我国的： １月２日 北极星处于天空中的： 小熊星座 离地面越高空气越稀薄是因为： 空气受到地球引力影响 嫦娥一号的奔月之旅大约需要几天的时间才能到达目的地 ８－９天

6. 1.How long does it take for the Earth to ground the Sun? 2.How long does it take for the Moon to go round the Earth? 3.a. How many planets are there? b. What are their name? 4.a.What is a star? b. How many stars are there? 5.a.What is a comet? The Earth orbits the Sun once every year, every 365 (The Moon orbits the Earth about once every month, every 29 days. We say that the moon has four phases: new moon, waxing moon, full moon and waning moon) a. Nine b. Mercury, Venus, earth ,Mars ,Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ,Neptune and Pluto a. A huge ball of burning gas b. No one knows-countless billions A comet is a ball of ice and dust that goes round the Sun. It has a tail and is much small than a planet.

7. 6.Who were the first people to visit the Moon? 7.Have spaceships without people on board visited the planets? 8.Why do people become weightless in space? 9.What was the first living thing to travel in space? The American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. Yes, these space probes have flown round all the planets? They do not have the gravity of Earth to pull them down. On the Earth ,a person in a spacesuit weigh about 135kg. On the Moon ,he /she weighs only about1/6 of that ,23kg, because the moon is smaller and has less gravity than the Earth. A dog called Laika was sent up into orbit by the Russians. It died after one week in space when it ran out of oxygen.

8. Can you tell me what the space is ? • An empty area between or on things (countable) • Leave a space between your desks. • Put your name and number in the space at the top. • The empty part of an area (uncountable) • Is there space in the cupboard for these books? • The empty area in which the stars and planets exist (uncountable) • The rocket flew through outer space.

9. Spaceman Spacewoman Spaceship Spacesuits

10. Listen & Answer • Who is peter? • Who was Lam? • How was the furniture in the cave? • How was the huge monster? • Why is the captain named “Nobody” ?

11.   1. tell his friends stories of his adventure 告诉他的朋友历险的故事 2.navigator :person who finds the way on a ship or plane n.. 领航员 e.g. The navigator looked at the maps and told the pilot which direction to turn the airplane.

12.  3.   be lost 迷路的 4. run out of =》 finish or use up 用尽 be out of=have no =haven’t any 5.  unexplored: never visited before adj. 未开发的 explore: v. 勘探 e.g. The Moon was unexplored before Armsting and Aldra landed on it. This is an unexplored area.

13. 6.land on an unexplored planet: 降落在一个未探索过的星球上   7. pilot : person who drives a ship or plane n. 飞行员 e.g. The pilot landed the plane safely.  8. valley: 山谷 Water always runs down into the valleys.

14.  9. close （to）: near（to）dv. 接近e.g. I live close to my school. She was cold so she sat close to the heater.   10  storey : floor or level of a building n. 楼层 e.g. Our flat is in the 1st storey of a building with 32 storeys.

15.   10.     approached : go /come towards v. 接近 e.g. The train slowed down as it approached the station. approach the door carefully: 小心的接近门  11.   furniture: (u.) a piece of furniture 一件家俱 a set of furniture 一套家俱

16. 12.   type :kind; sort e.g.There are many types of rice on sale in the market. earth-type: of similar kind to those on earth 13. partly:(adv.) 部分地；少许 part: (n.) e.g. I believe the story is partly true. The window was partly open.

17. 114.monster: ( n. ) ugly and frightening creature .怪兽 e.g. In the film, the monster picked up the bus and threw it into the sea. 115.argue: say sth that show you disagree with someone; quarrel v. 争论 argument: (n.) e.g. We always argue about politics.

18.   16.    They looked like kangaroos. 1.What did they look like?=How did they look? 2.What……like=How 1. 17. shake (shook, shaken) 摇晃 shake hands 握手 shake head 摇头 18.single: adj. 单一的；单独的 single life :独身生活 single/double room 单人/双人房间

19. 18.except:除……之外(表示所说的不包括在内)） e.g. We go to school every day except Saturday and Sunday. besides:1/ 除……之外（还有） e.g. There were four people in the room besides me. I have three other hats besides this. 2/而且；再者 I don’t like that new dictionary.Besides ,it is too expensive.

20. glowing: shining in the dark adj. 闪烁 e.g. The only light in the room came from the glowing screen of a TV set. 使我们毛骨悚然 20.turn our blood to ice: 21.aliens (n.) : 1/people /creatures from another planet 外星人 2/: a person from other country 外国人 e.g. At noon today, a spaceship full of aliens landed in Zhongshan Park.

21. custom: 习惯；风俗 It is a custom to give presents at Christmas. Custom makes all things easy. 熟能生巧 dawn : the earliest part of the day when light first appears n. 黎明 e.g. Birds begin to sing just before dawn. at down (noon;night) 在黎明

22. steel : metal made mostly of iron n. 钢 e.g. Our home has a steel door to keep out thieves. spring: rise up quickly (sprang----sprung) v. 弹 e.g. We sprang to our feet when the principal entered the room. spring from the ground : 从地上弹出

23. trap: instrument for catching sth/someone in 陷阱 e.g.The farmer bought a trap to catch rats in. be caught like rats in a trap 被象老鼠一样在机关里抓住 fall into a trap 落入圈套 set a trap for 为……设下圈套

24. magnet: metal object that can pull(attract) other metal objects towards it n. 磁铁 e.g. She used a magnet to pick up the pins from the carpet. powerful magnet: 一个有力的磁铁 come in peace 为和平而来 roar with laughter 笑着咆哮

25. favour: a kind action n. 恩惠 favourite: adj. my favourite food do sb. a favour ：help sb.帮某人一个忙 e.g. Do me a favor and turn off the TV. . Could you do me a favour? trust: believe someone can and help you/behave honestly 相信；信任 trust sb to do sth e.g. I trust the docter to cure my illness.

26. Language Points 1. Land on 着陆 2. unexplored planet 未开发的星球 3. close to 靠近 next to 与…相邻

27. ４. argue with sb argue about sth 5. Look He looked sad. He looked like a bear. 6.Spring 1. In spring, many trees turn green. 2. John sprang from the seat.

28. the present tense and simple past tense lose explore buy leave begin say hop give see shut get think spring close catch reply lost began explored bought left said hopped gave saw shut got thought sprang closed caught replied

29. Language will + a verb future We will land soon./ We’ll land soon. Theywillnot/ won’ttakeoff next week. Will he be ready tomorrow? Yes, he will./ No, he will not.

30. Time Word • We use ___ before exact times, ___ before days and ___ before parts of days. We also use ___ before periods of time. at At 3 o’clock On Tuesday. In the afternoon In an hour This evening Tomorrow Next week/month/year soon on in in 2. We do not use ___, ___ or ___ before this …, tomorrow, next… or soon. at on in

31. am/ is/ are going to a verb + I am going to have a swim. He is not going to practise judo. Are they going to play basketball? Yes, they are. / No, they are not.