【新教材精创】4.1 Listening and Speaking 教学设计（2）-人教版高中英语必修第三册

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Unit 4 Space ExplorationPeriod 1 Listening &Speaking＆Talking
教学设计


The themes of this part are “Talk about how to become an astronaut” and “Talk about life in space”.
As Neil Armstrong said “Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. Space is difficult for human to reach, therefore, humans are full of wonders about it. However, if wanting to achieve the dream of reaching the Moon, some of our human should work hard to be an astronaut at first. Part A(Talk about how to become an astronaut) is a radio interview in a radio studio, where the host asked the Chinese astronauts about his story how to become an astronaut. Yang Liwei told his dreamed to be an astronaut since childhood. Then he worked hard to get into college at 22. The next 10 years, he gradually became an experienced pilot. At the same time, to be an astronaut, he had to study hard English, science and astronomy and trained hard to keep in good physical and mental health and to practise using space equipment. Part B (Talk about life in space) is also an interview with the astronaut Brown, who is back on the earth. The host Max asked about his space life, such as his emotion about going back the earth, the eating, shower, brushing, hobbies and his work. Part A and Part B are interviews. So expressing curiosity about the guests’ past life is a communicative skill, which students should be guided to learn.

1. Students can get detailed information about how Yang Liwei became an astronaut and Max’s space life.
2. Students learn to proper listening strategy to get detailed information---listening for numbers and taking notes.
3. Students can learn related sentences or phrases to express their curiosity like “ I wish to know...” “I’d love to know...”
4. Students can learn more about the space and astronauts, even be interested in working hard to be an astronaut


1. Students can get detailed information about how Yang Liwei became an astronaut and Max’s space life.
2. Students learn to proper listening strategy to get detailed information---listening for numbers and taking notes.
3. Students can learn related sentences or phrases to express their curiosity like “ I wish to know...” “I’d love to know...”


Part A Listening and Speaking--- Talk about how to become an astronaut
Step 1 Lead in--Small talk
Look at the picture on Page 38 and tell your classmates what you can see.I can see the solar system and the Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei waving to us.
Step 2 Before-listening    1. As for the space exploration, what do you think about ?
Space exploration
  Answers: space, shuttle, astronaut, spaceship, rocket, space suit, solar system, ...

• Can you name any famous astronauts from China or abroad ?   China: Yang Liwei, Wang Yaping, Zhang Xiaoguang,...   Abroad: Neil Armstrong,  Gagarin,...
  

• Do you know anything about the selection procedure for astronauts ? make a list of the possible requirements.   Get good education; flying experience; excellent health; rich knowledge; special training,...
  

Step 3 While-listening---Task 1Listen to the interview and tick the correct statements. 1. The audience is curious about how Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut.
     2. Mr Yang always believed that he would become an astronaut one day.
     3. Mr Yang was selected to attend pilot training with 13 other people.
     4. To become an astronaut in China, you have to have 1,350 hours of flying experience.
     5. Astronauts not only had to learn how to use space equipment, but also had to do a lot of mental and physical training.
Listen for numbers:Number questions are typically related to: time, telephone numbers, addresses, prices, wights, distances, etc. When you listen for numbers, you need to pay special attention to big numbers as well as those that sound quite similar, such as thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc.Step 4 While-listening---Task 2Listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct numbers.
        1. Yang Liwei graduated from college at the age of 22.

• Before he joined China’s space programme, Mr Yang trained as a fighter pilot for 10 years.
  

• Mr Yang was one of the 14 pilots who were chosen to train for space flights.
  

• At the time when Mr Yang entered the space programmes, astronauts had to shorter than 172 cm in height and less than 70 kg in weight.
  

• Mr Yang became China’s first astronaut when he was 38 years old.
  

Step 5 While-listening---Task 3Listen to the interview again and make a list of the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
    Education background: college degreeExperience: rich experience of fighter Health condition: perfect physical and mental health and body shape; proper height and weightCourses: English, science and astronomySpecial training: using space equipment; physical and mental training
Step 6 Post-listening---Speaking
Work in pairs. Discuss whether you would like to be an astronaut in the future and give your reasons. Use what you have learnt from the interview to help you.
A: You know, I think being an astronaut would be cool.
B：Do you want to work in space in the future ?
A: I’m not sure, but I think it might be too difficult for me. There are so many requirements. First of all, you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree. Then you have to work hard to be a great fighter pilot for rich experience. In addition, you have to keep in a perfect physical and mental health and learn science and astronomy well.
B: So what might be the most difficult part for you.
A: I guess it might be the astronomy, which is too difficult for me.
Part B Listening and Talking---Talk about life in space
Step 1 Before-listening
    Look at the pictures below and guess whether they would be useful for astronaut in space.

soap                                        towel                                   guitar                                                shower

Microwave                                pen                                                tape                                                tissue
   Answers: soap, towel, guitar, pen, microwave, tissue
Step 2 While-listening
Max is interviewing Captain Brown about his life in space. Listen to the interview and answer the questions.    1. What did Captain Brown usually wear inside the station ?      shorts and T-shirt.

• How did he prepare his food in space ?      He didn’t prepared his food. Because they didn’t have cooking in space. They chose what they wanted to eat before going to space and then the food was prepared and stored for them. They just needed to heat the food and enjoyed it.
  

• How did he keep himself clean in space ?      He used a soapy towel to wash and swallowed their tooth paste after brushing his teeth.
  

• How did he spend most of his time in space ?      doing different experiments.
  

• What did he do during his free time ?      played the guitar.
  

• What did he look forward to most during his stay in space ?       his weekly video call with his family.Step 3 Talking
  

  Work in groups. Imagine you are going to a space camp and Captain Brown has been invited to give a talk. Discus the questions you would like to ask him and then make a list.
Example
A: Hey, guys. We’re going to meet a real astronaut. Isn’t it exciting ?
B: Yeah. I can’t wait to see Captain Brown! I’m really curious about his life in space. I have plenty of questions to ask him.
C: Such as ?
B: Oh, such as what facilities do they have in space to support their daily life ?
C: That sounds like a good question. But I’d like to know about how astronauts sleep. What do they do so as to not to float around while they sleep ?
Expressing curiosity
●I’d love to know...                    ●I wonder how/what/why/...●Well, I’d really like to find out...●I’d particularly like to know...●I’m most curious about...●I’m most interested to discover...●I’m very keen to know...●I wish to know...●I hope you won’t mind me asking about...