The Universe and Man-made Satellites Lesson 46 Junior English for China Book 2

1. What are these? Do you know? 2. Where do you know from?

1. 1.What is that on the left? What about the picture on the right? 2. Why do people make satellites?

New words: universe satellite man-made space spaceship send Receive send up 宇宙 卫星 人造的 太空, 空间 宇宙飞船 送, 派 接收 发射

Phrases: talk about far away so far send up with one’s help all the time each other thanks to the other side of the world Make telephone calls 谈论 遥远 到目前为止 发射 在某人的帮助下 一直 互相，彼此 幸亏 世界的另一边 打电话

Read the text, write “T”(ture) or “F” (false) in the brackets.(Scanning) ( ) 1. Some stars can be seen by us. ( ) 2. The sun is only 380,000 kilometres away from the earth. from the earth. ( ) 3. No man has travelled to the moon. ( ) 4. We can make telephone calls by using man- made satellites. made satellites. ( ) 5. Man-made satellites can send and receive messages, it makes our world become messages, it makes our world become smaller and smaller. smaller and smaller. T F F T T

Read the text, give the information in the table(reading- details) What is the universe? Why can’t many stars be seen? Information about the moon The function( 功能 ) of the man-made satellites The earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the space between them. They are too far away. Travel round the earth(our satellite); quite near us(380,000Km); visited by man. Help us to learn more about the earth, the weather and other things; help to send and receive messages (Tv and radio programmes; telephone calls); help people understand each other better.

1.The universe includes the earth ， the sun ， the _____and the ____, and the _______ between them. the ____, and the _______ between them. 2. The moon travels round the_____. 3. The________ is our satellite. And it is quite near us in_____. 4. Man-made satellites have been _____ up into the space. 5. Man-made satellites go round the_____.They help us to learn more about the _____ ， the _____ and other things learn more about the _____ ， the _____ and other things 6. Man-made satellites are used to send and ______messages. They are helpful for the people from different countries They are helpful for the people from different countries ____________ each other better. ____________ each other better. Fill in the blanks according to the text: moon starsspace earth moon space sent earth earth weather receive to understand

1.Read the text again, and rewrite the text. 2.Learn the words and expressions by heart. heart. Homework:

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