Unit Seven Launched into Space

1. The Second Two Periods Unit Seven Launched into Space Designed by Sun Yanmin

2. Unit Seven Launch into Space Teaching procedures: Lead in Text study Consolidation Assignments

3. Unit Seven Launch into Space Lead In 1. Human Spaceflight 2. Helen Sharman 3. Soyuz Spacecraft 4. Mir Space Station

4. Unit Seven Launch into Space Text Study 1. Global Reading 2. Detailed Reading

5. Unit Seven Launch into Spacec Consolidation 1. Dictation 2. Words and Phrases 3. Listening Practice 4. Group Discussion

6. Unit Seven Launch into Space Text Study_ Global reading Global Reading 1.Questions and Answers 2.Text Analysis

7. Unit Seven Launch into Space Human Spaceflight

8. Unit Seven Launch into Space • Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers. The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made one orbit around the earth. Human spaceflight missions beyond Earth orbit have been carried out by the United States only: to the Moon in the late 1960s. • As of 2004 human spaceflights have been carried out by Russia, the United States (both government, NASA, and civilian, Scaled Composites, a California-based company), and the People's Republic of China.

9. Unit Seven Launch into Space Helen Sharman

10. Unit Seven Launch into Space • Born May 30, 1963, Helen Sharman was the first Briton in space, and the first non-Soviet, non-American woman in space. In May 1991, she flew as research cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-12, and spent 8 days at the Mir Space Station conducting scientific experiments. • Since her return Helen has continued to work as a scientist and has become one of the country's leading ambassadors for science, giving lectures around the world. She is also an accomplished broadcaster, presenting numerous science-based radio and television programmes.

11. Unit Seven Launch into Space Soyuz Spacecraft

12. Unit Seven Launch into Space Soyuz spacecraft is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolev for the Soviet Union's space program. They were originally built as part of the Luna program that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. Later they were used to carry cosmonauts to and from the Salyut space stations, Mir and the International Space Station. The first unmanned launch of the Soyuz was on 28 November 1966. The first manned launch of the Soyuz was on 23 April 1967.

13. Unit Seven Launch into Space Mir Space Station

14. Unit Seven Launch into Space • Mir was a highly successful Soviet (and later Russian) space station. It was humanity’s first permanently inhabited long-term research station in space. Through a number of collaborations, it was made internationally accessible to cosmonauts and astronauts of many different countries. • Mir was assembled in orbit by successively connecting several modules, each launched separately from February 19, 1986 to 1996. The station existed until March 23, 2001, at which point it was deliberately de-orbited.

15. Unit Seven Launch into Space Questions and Answers Directions: Skim the paragraphs for answers to the following questions. Paragraphs 1-2: Question: What do you know about Helen Sharman from this section? She’s won a place in history as Britain’s first woman astronaut. Answer: Question: What did Helen think when she learned the news that an astronaut was wanted? Answer: She thought it was something she really wanted to do because she had never thought about being an astronaut before that.

16. Unit Seven Launch into Space Paragraphs 3-4: Question: What did Helen do before being an astronaut? Answer: With chemistry as her major in university, she had been an engineer and then a technologist. Paragraphs 5-8: What qualifications were required of the woman astronaut the Russians were looking for? Question: She had to be a scientist who was internally healthy and of a certain standard of fitness. Answer:

17. Unit Seven Launch into Space Paragraphs 9-10: Question: What did Helen think when she knew 13,000 people applied for this job? Answer: She thought she didn’t stand a chance to get the job. Paragraphs 11-12: Question: How did Helen feel when she knew she was selected? She could hardly believe it. Answer:

18. Unit Seven Launch into Space Paragraphs 13-14: How did Helen respond to the moment of the launch? Question: Answer: She felt it strange and a relief. Paragraphs 15-16: What did Helen see when she was in the air? Question: She saw the blueness, the brilliant white clouds and the brick-red deserts; when they went over into the darkness, they could see the lights from cities and fires burning in Kuwait. Answer:

19. Unit Seven Launch into Space Paragraphs 17-18: What did they do when Helen and her crew were in the space station? Question: Answer: They did many experiments ranging from medical experiments to growing crystals, and geophysics things. Why did they take measurements of the surface of the Earth and measure even things like color? Question: Answer: Because it would give them a lot of information

20. Unit Seven Launch into Space Paragraphs 19-20: Why didn’t Helen want to come back from the space? Question: Because she thought there were really so many things to do. Answer: Paragraphs 21-26: Question: How did Helen feel when coming back? Why did she have that feeling? Answer: She felt as though her ribs were crushing her lungs. Because when coming back in through the atmosphere

21. Unit Seven Launch into Space Paragraphs 27-28: Question: What does Helen think of her colleagues in space? She thinks all of them are her friends, and she will never forget them. She is still in touch with them. Answer:

22. Unit Seven Launch into Space Text Analysis Helen Sharman's chance to be an astronaut: 1 - 2 Helen Sharman's decision: she immediately decided to apply. 3 - 4 5 - 8 Helen Sharman's qualifications to fly into space. Total number of applicants: 13,000 people applied and Helen Sharman was one of them. 9 - 10 Helen Sharman was sure she was finally selected: she didn't believe she was selected as an astronaut until she had put on her spacesuit, climbed into the rocket and was sitting up there. 11 - 12

23. Unit Seven Launch into Space Text Analysis Helen Sharman's feelings at the launch. 13 - 14 Helen Sharman's view of Earth from outer space 15 - 16 Helen Sharman's work at the space station. 17 - 18 Helen Sharman's feeling about returning to Earth: she didn't want to come back to it. 19 - 20 Helen Sharman's return to Earth: it was exciting and dangerous 21 - 26 27 - 28 Helen Sharman's relationship with Soviet astronauts

24. Unit Seven Launch into Space Language points: 1.set about: begin (a task); start doing sth. 开始（某工作）；着手做某事 e.g. I've no idea how to set about fixing a flat tyre on a bicycle. cf. set out: begin a job, task, etc. with a particular aim or goal (带着某目的）开始做某事 e.g. Like so many young people before them, they set out to change the world.

25. Unit Seven Launch into Space 2. flick through: turn over the pages (of a book, etc.) quickly, looking briefly at the contents 快速翻阅(书等)；浏览 e.g. She flicked idly through the pages of a magazine while she was waiting for the bus. cf.look through: examine or read sth. quickly 快速检查某事物；快速阅读某物 e.g. Would you quickly look through these figures for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes?

26. Unit Seven Launch into Space 3.prime adj. (attrib.) most important; chief; fundamental • （定语）最重要的；主要的；基本的 e.g. Getting on the Olympic team became her prime objective. Primary adj. (usu. attrib) most important; fundamental （通常作定语）首要的；基础性的；根本的 e.g. We're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down.

27. Unit Seven Launch into Space extra 1. adj. more than or beyond what is usual, expected or necessary; additional额外的；外加的；附加的 e.g. Recently he's been working an extra two hours a day. 2. n. something additional, something charged in addition额外的事物；额外收费的事物 e.g. It's a rule in the company that young employees will do the extras in case of an emergency.

28. Unit Seven Launch into Space 5.go through: take part in sth.; perform sth. 参加某事；履行某事 e.g. It's hoped that the kidnappers will not go through their threat to kill the hostages. e.g. All the students must go through the computer course in the first year. perform, carry on, carry out Related expressions:

29. Unit Seven Launch into Space on board:on or in a ship or an aircraft 在船上；在飞行器上 6. e.g. Waving goodbye to everyone, she got on board the train. e.g. As soon as I was on board the ship, I began to have second thoughts about leaving. cf. aboard prep., adv. on or into a ship, an aircraft, a train or (esp. US) a bus 在船、飞机、火车或公共汽车上（在美式英语中尤指公共汽车）；上船、飞机、火车或公共汽车

30. Unit Seven Launch into Space 7. initial adj. of or at the beginning; first 开始的；最初的；第一个的 e.g. Initial reports say that seven people have died, though this has not yet been confirmed. initially adv. at the beginning; at first 最初；开头；首先 e.g. The damage was far more serious than initially believed. Extended words: initiate, initiation, initiative

31. Unit Seven Launch into Space 8.a touch (of): a slight quantity; a small amount 少许；微量 e.g. There was a touch of irony in his voice as he mentioned his stepfather. e.g. A touch of red would have made the picture more attractive.

32. Unit Seven Launch into Space 9. crush v. press or squeeze (sth./sb.) hard so that there is breakage or injury 压（或挤）伤（某物／某人） e.g. The package had been badly crushed in the post. e.g. Crush the pearls into fine powder and then add to the mixture. Related words: squeeze, squash

33. Unit Seven Launch into Space Assignments • Read the new words and learn them by heart, next time we’ll have a dictation. • Read the text n detail, try to find the difficulties of structures, sentences, or words, next time we may have a discussion about them. • Finish the rest exercises.