AS we know, people learn more about the universe because of the more studies made by the scientists. Can you name some famous scientists who made contributions to the subject connected with space?

Gravity made everything fall back to the earth. Isaac Newton, 牛顿 Universal gravity 万有引力 Pre-listening

He’s a Jew. He’s famous for his Theory of Relativity. Einstein, Albert 爱恩斯坦 Relativity （相对论）

Black holes （黑洞）

Listen for the first time Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Stephen Hawking Dates Listening

Listen for the second time Isaac NewtonAlbert Einstein Stephen Hawking Idea Everything falls back to the earth because of a pull called gravity. Gravity is different in space. Black holes would eat stars and they may also push stars into space.

Listen for the third time Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Stephen Hawking Other Informa -tion Newton’s gravity was about earth. Einstein’s idea about gravity was about universe. Hawking’s idea was about black holes.

1. I heard about how three men made mistakes when they tried to describe gravity. 2. I heard about how three men wanted to find out about the beginning of the universe. 3. I heard about how the idea of gravity had developed over a long period of time. 4. I heard about three scientists and their work. Which is the best for giving the main idea of the listening passage?

Who was the first person that visited the moon? Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio （美国俄亥俄州） in He was a pilot in the U.S. Air force before he entered the space program （太空计划）. In July of 1969, he commanded （指挥） the Apollo 11 （阿波罗 11 号） and landed on the moon. He made history by walking on the moon firstly.

What will you need if you are going to the moon? 想一想

Oxygen tanks

Space Food

Spacesuits

Space Buggy 登月车登月车

Space Camera

Fast Reading 1.How many times of gravity changes when a rocket rose from the earth to the moon? Which one was the most powerful? 2. According to Li Yanping, how was the gravity of the moon? 3. What happened to the writer when he went out of the spaceship?

The weight changed Left the earth In space On the moon He became very heavy. He had no weight and could float around like a feather. He was about one-sixth of his weight on the earth.