Module2 Unit3 Amazing people

Project Explorer

competitionRules: 1. If you have the answer, you must stand up, give

the answer clearly, and if you are right, you can get one point for your group.

2. During the competition , you should keep your mouth shut, unless you want to stand up and give the answer. Also, discussion is not allowed

3. When the teacher says “begin” , you can compete.

4. The group that wins the competition can have rewards for your work.

By the end of the class, you will be able to :1. get a good knowledge of Yang Liwei；2. write an essay(小短文 )about Jay Chou；3. experience a sense of pride in China’s space exploration and look up to Yang Liwei as an example

Learning goals

1.In November, 1999, China launched the

first unmanned spaceship successfully, which was named _______ by the former President Jiang Zeming.

A. Tian’gong

B. Chang’e

C. Shenzhou

C

A quiz

2._______ was the first to travel in space in human history.

A. Yang Liwei B. Uri Gagarin C.Neil Alden Armstrong

B

3. So far, China has realized in space______

and ______.

A. setting up a space station and docking(对接）

B. extra- vehicular(出舱） and setting up a space station

C. extra-vehicular(出舱） and docking(对接）

C

4. There are three famous satellite launch(发射 ) centers in China. They are_____, Taiyuan and______.

A. Jiuquan; Xi’an B. Jiuquan; Xichang

C. Xi’an and Xichang

B

5. In 21st century, besides landing on the moon again for exploration, our human beings are most interested in ______.

A. Mercury(水星 )

B. Venus(金星 )

C. Mars (火星 )

C

6. On 27th September 2008, a Chinese astronaut took a walk in space, whose name is________.

A. Yang Liwei

B. Nie Haisheng

C. Zhai Zhigang

C

Who is the first Chinese astronaut in space

ShenzhouⅤ

Yang Liwei……

Fast reading Para 1: Yang Liwei’s _________ in space

exploration.

Para 2: Yang’s ________

Para 3: Yang began his _______ as an astronaut.

Para 4: Yang was _______to be the first astronaut for the Chinese space adventure.

Para 5: Yang’s success has a great ___________ on others.

childhood

training

chosen

achievements

influence/effect

introduction

body

conclusion

Para1 :

Why are so many figures listed at the beginning of the text?

A. Just to show the facts.

B. To impress the reader what was achieved in space by Yang Liwei.

Detailed reading

Para2:

What interested Yang

when he was young?

From whom he got a lot of

encouragement?

science and technology

from his parents and his older sister and younger brother.

Para3

1.Besides all the required subjects, what did astronauts also have to learn?

2.Did Yang learn very well?

survival skills and all about how

spaceships and rockets are built.

Yes, he scored among the very top

in everything the group studied.

Para4

What made him win the status of China’s first astronaut?

his high scores on the psychological tests.

Para5

What’s the influence of Yang’s success?

To himself, his name will go down in history with those of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard.

To others, the people of China can be proud of him and young people all over the world can look up to him as an example of a man who managed to live his dream.

On the whole , how is the text mainly organized?

It is organized in the _______order.

time

Yang LiweiBorn:______________________________________

Nationality: _____________

Education: 1983______________________________

1983-1987 studied in ___________________________

Working experiences: 1987 graduated and became a pilot 1998 ________________________________

1998-2003 received _______________ September, 2003 be luckily _______ for the space task

October, 2003 travelled successfully and became the first Chinese astronaut in space.

in 1965, Suizhong County, Liaoning

Chinese

joined the army

a flight school

applied to be a member of Project 921 training

picked

Consolidation Yang Liwei, the first Chinese________ in

space, was ____of science and technology and decided to be a ____when young. In 1987, his dream came ____. Fortunately, in 1998, when he _____to be a member of Project Shenzhou, he was ________from 1500 candidates. In September 2003, by going_______ all the tests, Yang proved he was ________for the task.

astronautfond

pilottrue

applied

selectedthroughfit/suitable

His superiors said it was his high scores on __________ tests that won him the _____. 15 October, 2003 was a ___________ day for Yang Liwei. He successfully travelled around the earth _____times in just over ___hours. His name will go ______in history and we all take ____ in him and many young people will _______his example to ___________their dreams.

lucky/special

14 21down

pridefollow

live/ realize

psychologicalstatus

What qualities(品质） does Yang Liwei have as an excellent astronaut?

He should be…….calm, brave , strong-willed, energetic, hardworking, wise, patriotic(爱国的 ) physically-strong, in control of……

A biographical(传记 )article usually includes some aspects(方面 )like:

one’s birth time, birth place, childhood, family background, education, working experiences, achievements or influences……..

He was born in Gaomi, Shandong province.

He is a hard-working writer, and has published many great works.

In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his unique writing style.

Mo yan

He was born in ancient China. He was a great educator, thinker, philosopher.

His great thoughts still has a great influence on people nowadays.

It was said that he had about 3000 students. He once wandered around China to spread his thoughts.

confucius

He was born in Hong kong, China.

He is an actor and director, famous for his Kung Fu Movies, which have been attracting the audience all over the world.

He is not very tall but he can run very fast and he has a big nose, looking very cute.

Jackie Chan

He was born in Hangzhou and once worked as a teacher in a university.

Now for the first time he becomes No.1 on the Forbes China List.

He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group.

Jack Ma

Writing周杰伦（ Jay Chou ）出生： 1979.1.18 ，台湾职业：歌手，作词人 (lyrics writer), 作曲人 (composer)爱好：音乐音乐上擅长： R&B ， Rap （饶舌）其他：● 3 岁开始学钢琴，对音乐非常感兴趣● 2000 年，发行 (release) 首张同名专辑（ album ）《 Jay 》，非常轰动（ become a hit)● 2000-2012 共发行了 12张专辑，几乎每张专辑都非常受欢迎 , 并且获得了很多的奖项（ award ）● 被认为是世界十大天才（ genius ）音乐家之一，他的音乐突破(break through) 传统音乐，为亚洲音乐翻开 (turn over) 了新的篇章（ page ）

Jay Chou,a famous singer as well as well-known lyrics writer and composer, was born…..

My version:

Jay Chou, a famous singer as well as a well-known lyrics writer and composer, was born in January 18th, 1979, Taiwan. He is fond of music and especially good at R&B and Rap.

He took great interest in music and began to play the piano when he was only 3 years old.

In 2002, his first album called Jay was released and it became a hit immediately it came onto the market. During 2000-2012, altogether he released 12 albums, almost each of which was very popular and won many awards.

He is considered to be one of the world’s ten greatest geniuses, whose music breaks through traditional music styles, turning over a new page for Asian music.

Homework

Finish the essay about Jay Chou in about 150 words.