1、a visit to the moon,Reading 2,A quiz,1 What country first sent people into space? A China B America C England D Soviet Union 2 How many countries have succeeded in sending people into space? A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 3 Who first landed on the moon? A Hawking B Newton C Einstein D Armstrong 4 Who is the first
2、Chinese astronaut to go into space? A Wu Jie B Nie Hai sheng C Li Yan ping D Yang Li wei,Listen carefully and think about these statements .Decide whether they are true or false.,1 The author made his trip to the moon. 2 While the rocket tried to escape the pull of the earth , the author and his fri
3、end were talking happily. 3 The spaceship didnt fall back to the earth because it was too far from the moon. 4 When a person is on the moon,he is lighter than he is on the earth. 5 The author wants to explore other natural satellites like the moon.,T,F,F,T,F,Language points,1 Last month I was lucky
4、enough to have a chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li Yanping, an astronomer.上个月我有幸得到一个机会和我的一位宇航员朋友李彦平，一起进入太空旅行。 make a trip 旅行 My father will make a trip to New York next week. 2 Then we were off.然后我们出发了。 be offset off 出发；动身 I am off today.,（不工作，休息）,3. When we get closer to the moon,
5、we shall feel its gravity pulling us but it will not be as strong a pull as the earths. 当我们更接近月球时，就会感到月球的引力在拉我们。但是，月球的引力不像地球的引力那么大。,1)get close to 接近，靠近 He seized every chance to get close to her. 2)be close to 距近，接近（指状态） Our school is close to Yang Mei Primary School. 3)as+形容词+a/an+可数名词单数+as 像一样；与一
6、样 She is as beautiful a girl as Mary.,4 I cheered up immediately and floated weightlessly around in our spaceship cabin watching the earth become smaller and the moon larger.我立刻高兴起来，由于失重我在太空舱里飘来飘去，我望着地球越来越小，而月亮则变得越来越大。,cheer up 高兴起来，振作起来 cheer sb. up 使某人高兴起来/振作起来 1)Cheer up ! Its not the end of the
7、world. 2)When I feel sad,my mother tells me jokes to cheer me up. cheeron 为助威；为加油 Lets cheer our Chinese Team on.,5 But when I tried to step forward, I found I was carried twice as far as on the earth and fell over. 而当我试着向前迈步时，我发觉我被送出去很远，步子的跨度竟是在地球上的两倍。,twice as far as 表示“倍数+原级” 倍数的表达方式： 1）“A + be +
8、 倍数 + as +形容词原级 + as + B”. This tree is three times as tall as that one. The classroom is twice as large as that one.,2). “A + be + 倍数 +形容词比较级 + than + B ” The number of students in our school is three times larger than that in theirs. 我们学校的学生数量比他们学校的多三倍。 The classroom is twice larger than that one
9、3). “A + be + 倍数 + the +名词 (size, length, amount) + of + B” The new square is four times the size of the old one. 新广场是旧广场的四倍大。 这棵树是那棵树的五倍高 The tree is five times the height of that one.,5. . “walking does need a bit of practice now that gravity has changed.” 既然引力改变了，走路也的确需要练一练了。,Translation: 1. 既然你忙
10、, 就让我给你做吧。 Now that you are busy, let me do it for you. 2. 既然人都齐了, 咱们开始干吧。 Now that everyone is here lets start work,6 After a while I got the hang of it and we began to enjoy ourselves.过了一会儿，我才掌握了走路的诀窍，开始感到活动自如了。,get the hang of 学会的诀窍；理解 Translation 一旦掌握了诀窍，计算机就很容易操作了。 The computer is easy to handl
11、e once you get hang of it. 我不十分理解你说的话 I dont quite get the hang of what you said.,7. We watched, amazed as fire broke out on the outside of the spaceship as the earths gravity increased.我们惊奇地看着，随着地球的引力增 加，宇宙飞船的外层燃烧起来。 break out与happen, take place,come about等词的用法一样，是不及物动词，不 能带宾语，不能用于被动语态。break out 的意
12、思是“发生，爆发”，常指战争、灾难、 疾病或争吵等事件的发生。,1) The American Civil War broke out in 1861. 美国内战爆发于1861年。 2) The quarrel between the couple broke out again.这对夫妻又吵架了。 3)A fire broke out in his house last night昨晚他家里失火了。,watch out 注意，小心，当心 watch out for 提防；当心 1）当心！地板很滑。 Watch ou! The floor is very slippery. 2) 你过马路时要小心车！ Watch out for cars when you cross the road!,
