2. Presentation (4’）
• Let those who want to be astronauts present why they want to become astronauts and tell something about what they know about the phisical and mental requirements for astronauts and the great progress of Chinese space development.
While-task (28')
Task 1. individual work (3') (1) Ask students to read fast to find the answers. • What happened and what does it mean to China? • Who are the three astronauts? • How is the manned deep-sea dive going? (2) Generate the main idea of the news.
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China's first manual space docking successful
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Outline
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Warming-up 5'
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Pre-task 8'
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While-task 28'
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Post-task 2'
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Homework 2'
Warming-up (5')
Pre-task (8')
1. Brainstorming (4') Show them what my ideal job is and ask : • What do you want to be when they grow up?
• Why do you want to do those jobs?
Task 2. Groupwork (5')
• Discuss what advances China's fast development in both space and ocean exploration.
Task 3. Debate(8')
• Some people claim that technolody development is more important than cultural development, while others hold the opposite view. Side 1: technolody development is more important than cultural development Side 2: cultural development is more important than technolody development
China's first manual space docking successful
Warming-up (Reading strategy)
The structure of a piece of news
title
to give a general idea about the news
the first to tell readers “who” paragraph “when” “where”
“what” “why” “how”
the second paragraph
to give more important facts
the following to give detailed but rmation
Summary
• To read news, much attention should be paid to the title and the 1st paragraph.
• 1. Do you know who is the first astronaut of space exploration in China ?
• 2. Can you make a list of other Chinese astronauts in space?
Today's news material
Task 4. Writing (5')
• Require students to write down their own opinions on technology and culture development in a few sentences. For example, I firmly hold the view that technology development is more important. To begin with,...; Furthermore,...; Last but not least,....
Task 5, Presentation Show (7')
• Choose 4 students to show their ideas on the platform.
Post-task (2')
Conclusion: In spite of great progress in technology, it still has a long way to go , so as the young generation, our country's future belongs to us. We need get wellprepared and work hard to push the improvement boundry of technology progress. Hope you all get impressed by the space astronauts and progress day by day.