Unit 10. Life on other planets

Welcome to our English class
Class: 9B
Teaching date: April 29th,2010
1.Who was the first man in space?
(12th April 1961)
2.Who first walked on the moon?
(20th July 1969)
Quiz
- Yuri Gagarin (Russian)
- Neil Armstrong (American)
Do you want to travel?
Have you ever dreamed of a trip to space?
Do you want to be an astronaut?
Do you think traveling into space takes a lot of money?
Chatting
If we want to travel in the space, what should we do?
What can we see from the outer space?
Unit 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Lesson 3: Read
A space trip
Vocabulary
Unit 10: Life on other planets.
Lesson 3: Read
completely
wonderful
marvelous
totally
physical
condition
orbit
do push-ups
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experience
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What and where
Listen to the text.
Do you want to plan for some kind of exciting trip? Do you have a million dollars? Are you very healthy? Are you a good traveler? Do you want to go nowhere ? Then you can have a trip to space.
If you decide to take the trip, you will have to get ready a few months before the flight. You must be in excellent physical condition. You should run a lot, swim every day, do aerobics and push-ups. You must get a letter from the doctor that shows you are in perfect health.
Once you get on the trip, you will be in different world. You will see pictures of the Earth. You may also find your country and other interesting places. You will be able to see the oceans, the big rivers, the tall mountains. You will be able to see them many times because you will orbit the Earth 16 times a day! You will also be able to see stars that you couldn’t see from the Earth.
When you are in orbit, you will be able to get out of your seat and walk in the cabin. You will be able to walk on the walls or on the ceiling like in a circus. You will not weigh anything! You will feel totally free and enjoy the wonderful feeling you have never had before. If you were on board now, you would experience those marvelous things.
So do you think you will be able to take a space trip? Start to dream now and your dream may come true some day.
a. Put the phrases in order to show what you need and get in joining a trip into the space.
get a letter from a doctor to show you are in
perfect health.
2. see pictures of the Earth, its interesting places,
and stars from very far.
3. feel free and enjoy wonderful feeling.
4. get ready and be in an excellent physical condition.
5. get on the trip.
get a letter from a doctor to show you are in
perfect health.
2. see pictures of the Earth, its interesting places,
and stars from very far.
3. feel free and enjoy wonderful feeling.
4. get ready and be in an excellent physical condition.
5. get on the trip.
Answers
Gapfill
1.You should run a lot, swim every day, and do aerobics and ……………. to have an excellent physical condition.
2.You must be in ……………..health.
3. You can see …………..that you couldn’t see from the Earth.
4. You can see pictures of the Earth: your country, interesting places, the ……………, the big rivers, the tall mountains.
5. You will ……….the Earth 16 times a day.
6. When you are in orbit, you can ………...on the walls or on the ceiling.
push-ups
perfect
stars
oceans
orbit
walk
1. What will you have to do if you decide to take a space trip?
If you decide to take a space trip, you will have to run a lot, swim
every day, do aerobics and push-ups to have excellent physical condition.
2. What must you do if you want to show you are in perfect health?
If you want to show you are in perfect health, you must get a letter from the doctor.
3.What scenes on the Earth can you see from outer space?
You can see pictures of the Earth : your country, interesting places,
the oceans, the big rivers, the tall mountains.
4. How many times day can you see those scenes?
We can see those scenes 16 times a day.
5. What things can you do while you are in orbit that you
cannot do when you are on the Earth ?
We can walk on the walls or on the ceiling.
b. Ask & answer the questions
Discussion
LUCKY NUMBERS
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Lucky number
Answer True or False
You must get ready and be in excellent physical condition before a space trip.
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If you join a trip into the space, you ………….totally free and enjoy wonderful feeling.
A. feel
B. felt
C. will feel
Choose the correct answer.
D. would feel
What things can you do while you are in orbit that you cannot do when you are on the Earth?
We can walk on the walls or on the ceiling.
lucky number
Choose the correct answer.
If he ………rich, he would travel around the world.
B. becomes
A. become
C. became
D. will become
Answer True or False
You can see the whole Great Wall of China from
outer space.
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lucky number
- Learn new words by heart.
- Read the text again and write the answer in full sentences.
- Prepare: Lesson 4 - Write
- Write a short paragraph to answer the question in the discussion.
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