M2 U3 Amazing People Project Interviewing an expert Welcome!

Teaching aims and demands: Get some detailed information about Yang Liwei. 2. Improve students' ability of speaking by practicing interviewing Yang Liwei. 3. Write a story about the expert Yang Liwei.

Chang‘e flies to the moon

What does the flash mean? a fairy tale (神话故事) It is a beautiful Chinese ancient fairy tales, from which we can also know that ancient Chinese people once dreamt of flying to the moon. a dream

But now the dream has come true

China has sent up the manned spacecraft Shenzhou VII into space and the astronaut Zhaizhigang has successfully walked into space.

Do you know who is the first astronaut of space exploration in China? Yang Liwei

Yang Liwei: the first Chinese astronaut who travels to outer space!

Project Interview an expert He is the hero of the Chinese people!

Explorer

Fast Reading Answer the following questions 1.When did Yang Liwei travel to the space? 2.What was he interested in when he was young? 3.What subjects did he study when he was trained to be an astronaut? On 15 October 2003. He loved science and technology. a. All the subjects required to be an astronaut b. survival skills c. all about how spaceships and rockets are built

Careful reading Find out the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Introduction _________ to Yang Liwei’s voyage in space Paragraph 2: Yang Liwei’s __________. childhood

√ Which is the main idea of Para 3? A. Yang Liwei joined the army. B. Yang Liwei began his training as a Chinese astronaut. C. Yang Liwei graduated and became a piolt. D. Yang Liwei was among the best in every test. √

Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: Yang Liwei was chosen to be ____ ____ _______ for the Chinese space adventure. the first astronaut C_________ of Yang Liwei’s space exploration. Conclusion

Structure analysis Para.1 Divide the passage into parts: 1. Introduction — 2. Body— 3 . Conclusion— three Para. 2 3 4 Para.5

How many kilometers does his journey take? Listening Paragraph 1 How many kilometers does his journey take? It took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.

Paragraph 2 ① Yang was born in _______, in _______ Province. 1965 ① Yang was born in _______, in _______ Province. ② He loved ______ and __________ from a young age and had a strong _______ to learn how to _______. ③ His dream was encouraged by ___ ______ as well as his ______ _______ and younger brother. Liaoning science technology desire fly his parents older sister

Paragraph 3 F F T T or F ① The team spent 3 years being trained. 5 ② They studied only all the subjects required to be an astronaut. They not only studied all the subjects required to be an astronaut, but also learnt survival skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built. F ③ Yang scored among the very top in everything the group studied. T

Paragraph 4 (1) How many candidates were picked for the Chinese space adventure? (2) Was Yang Liwei one of them? Only three out of the14 candidates. Yes.

Paragraph 5 (1)The main idea of the last paragraph? Yang’s space exploration is very successful and his name will go down in history. All the Chinese people are proud of him!

Task-based reading ________ time Introduction 1 to Yang Liwei Birth 2 ________ time In 1965, Suizhong County, Liaoning Province Education Became a __________ in 1983 ___________ from the flight school in 1987. Working ________ 1987-1988 Became a____________ 1998 Chosen as a ________of Project 921 1998-2003 Trained to be an ____________ 2003 China’s first astronaut flying in ___ Personality Hard working; Always in ______ of himself soldier 3 4 Graduated pilot 5 experiences 9 6 member 7 astronaut 8 space control 10

…… What do you think of Yang Liwei? qualities of Yang Liwei loving country hard-working strong-willed in control of himself qualities of Yang Liwei keeping calm brave wise

Class Activity Interview: The astronaut Yang Liwei successfully traveled into space in China! So a press conference(新闻发布会) was held. A lot of reporters attended the conference. Suppose one of you is Yang Liwei, the others are reporters from all over the world. You have many questions to ask.

Interviewing “Yang Liwei” You want to know about family, experience his childhood how he succeeded … his education

You may begin with : Hello, I’m…from…. I’d like to ask you few questions about your travelling into space….

Writing: Write a story about the expert Yang Liwei! (Use the information from the text or the interview)

Write a story like this. Introduction to the person the person’s education Body working experience,etc successful or not Conclusion his/her influence Write a story like this.

Presentation:

Summary In this period we can know Yang Liwei’s great a___________,his c________, studying and training e__________ and his i________ on others. chievements hildhood xperiences nfluence

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