Lesson 46

1. Lesson 46 The Unitverse And Man-made Satellites

2. New words: universe satellite man-made space spaceship send Receive send up 卫星 宇宙 人造的 太空, 空间 宇宙飞船 送, 派 接收 发射

4. universe the sun space The earth The moon stars

5. A man-made satellite man-made adj.

6. man-made satellites

7. Walking on the moon the first footprint on the moon YangLiwei

8. A satellite Shenzhou V spaceship send up a rocket

9. Fill in the blanks according to the text: 1. The universe includes the earth，the sun，the ____ and the ____ , and the _______ between them. moon stars space

10. 2. The moon travels round the _____. earth moon 3. The________ is our satellite. And it is quite near us in _____. space 4. Man-made satellites have been _____ up into the space. sent

11. 5. Man-made satellites go round the_____ .They help us to learn more about the _____，the ______ and other things. earth earth weather

12. 6. Man-made satellites are used to send and ______ messages. They are helpful for the people from different countries ____________ each other better. receive to understand

13. Reading Question ? 1.What ‘s the universe ? 2.Why do people make satellites?

14. Question:What’s the universe? The universe means the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the space between them.

15. Why do people make satellites? 1. help us to learn more about the earth, the weather and other things; 2. help to send and receive messages (TV and radio programs; telephone calls); 3. help people understand each other better.

16. 1.What do we mean when we talk about the Universe? 2.Why can’t many stars be seen? We mean the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the space between them. Because they are too far away.

17. Has the moon been visited by man already? • 4. How far is the moon away from the earth? Yes, it has. The moon is 380,000 kilometres away from the earth.

18. 5.What’re satellites used for? Can you give some examples? They’re used for helping us to learn more about the earth, the weather and other things. For example …

19. 6. Why do we say that the world itself is becoming smaller and smaller? Thanks to space satellites, our knowledge of the universe is growing, the world itself is becoming smaller and smaller.

20. Answer the “T” or “F” questions. • Many of the stars in the universe are too far away. • 2. The moon is the satellite of the earth. T T

21. The moon is 380,000 kilometers away from the sun. • 4. So far, no man has travelled to the other parts of the universe except the moon. F earth T

22. 5. Many countries have sent up man-made satellites. T Many countries 6. Only China can send its TV and radio programmes to foreign countries. F

23. 7. The satellites help us to learn more about the universe. T 8. People from different countries understand each other better because the earth is becoming smaller. F world

24. Useful Expressions so far 到目前为止 谈论 talk about 幸亏 thanks to make telephone calls 打电话

25. 世界的另一边 the other side of the world 互相，彼此 each other all the time 一直 在某人的帮助下 with one’s help

26. 发射 send up far away 遥远 例如 for example 宇宙知识 knowledge of the universe

27. Homework for today 1 Copy the new words in Lesson 46. 2 Read the text again, and rewrite the text

28. Thanks very much! Good bye! Goodbye!