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　　Book 8   Module 5
　　Space: the Final Frontier
　　课前预习活动设计学案
　　课前学习目标：
　　1.To get to know some expressions related to the space exploration.
　　2. To get familiar with the words on page 57 to page 59.
　　3. To learn something about the space explorations home and abroad.
　　学法指导：自主、探究式
　　一、 热身导航：
　　1. 预习课本P57的内容并完成课本练习1和2。
　　2. 通过略读和详读相结合，了解P58- P59文章的主要大意，并能完成课本59页练习3.
　　二、 预习成果小验收：
　　Fill the blansing the knowledge that we have previewed.
　　1). In 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes ______________________. It takes him just 108 minutes to go round the world.
　　2). In 1969, American Neil Armstrong becomes __________________________. He describes the moment as “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
　　3). In 1973 , Pioneer 10 becomes ____________________________. It is headed for the red star Aldebaran, which it will reach in two million years’ time.
　　4). In 1976, The American Viking 1 mission lands on________ and sends back___________________.
　　5). In 1986, Seven American astronauts are killed just over a minute after ____________ in Challenger. It is the biggest space disaster so far, and slows down the American space program.
　　6). In 2001, A 60-year-old American, Denis Tito, becomes _____________________. He spends____________ on board the Russian part of a joint USA-Russia space mission.
　　7). In 2003, Yang Liwei becomes ___________________. He describes the experience as marvelous.
　　8). Nearly seven years after being launched, in 2005 the Cassini space probe reaches_________. It sends beautiful images of Saturn’s _______ back to Earth.
　　三、热身加油站：Think! What else do you know about the space exploration? If you read the following article, you will be knowledgeable.
　　In the waves of human exploration into space, our brave Chinese people have never stopped the pace of advancing. In just half a century, China has made remarkable exploration success.
　　Early in the 20th century, late 50s, China’s science and technology workers have begun research in space science. On April 24,1970, China sent the first artificial earth satellite(人造地球卫星) into the sccessfully. Until 1992, China finally made the strategic decisions of implementing our China’s manned space project(载人航天计划).
　　At the beginning of manned space flight project, Chinese scientists overcame numerous (无数的) problems. On November 20, 1999, Shenzhou I experimental spacecraft were successfully launched at the Jiuquan satellite launch center. Thus, China became the third country that has successfully developed the manned spacecraft. On October 15, 2003, China successfully launched its first manned spacecraft, Shenzhou V. China’s astronaut, Yang Liwei, become the first Chinese to flying into the space. This also indicates that china has become the third country in the world that have the ability of carrying out manned space activities independently. On October 12, 2005, the