1、Interviewing an expert,Project,The first astronaut of space exploration in China.,Yang Liwei,Two other Chinese astronauts in space,Fei Junlong,Nie Haisheng,1.What do you know about these explorers? 2.What is required to be an astronaut mentally and physically? 3.Do you admire them?,Have you dreamt o
2、f traveling in space?,Reading Explorer,Read the article and divide the paragraphs into the three sections: 1. Introduction: _ 2. Body: _ 3. Conclusion: _,Para. 1,Paras. 2 3 4,Para. 5,Read the text again and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.,Paragraph 1: Introduction of Yang Liweis spa
3、ce exploration.,Paragraph 2:,Yang Liweis childhood.,Yang Liwei began his training as a Chinese astronaut.,Paragraph 3:,Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:,Yang Liwei was chosen to be the first astronaut for the Chinese space mission.,Conclusion of Yang Liweis space exploration.,Complete the information,Born: _
4、 Sex: _ Nationality: _,Yang Liwei,male,Chinese,in 1965, Suizhong, Liaoning,Education: _ _ Work experience: _ _ _ _,joined the army in 1983,during 1983-1987 at fight school,1987-1998 a fighter pilot,1998 chosen as a member of Project 921,1998-2003 trained to be an astronaut,2003, 9 Chinas first astro
5、naut in space,Personality: _ _,hard-working, in control of himself,1.It made him Chinas first astronaut in space. (P58),Language focus,(1) 你认为是什么使他成为一位杰出的科学家的? What do you think _ _? (2) Everyone worked hard, which _ the 10th National Sports in Nanjing _(使非常成功).,made him a great scientist,made,a gre
6、at success,(1) _ it is to have a talk with those humorous people! A. What a fun B. What fun C. How fun D. How funny (2) have a lot of funmake fun of for fun 闹着玩的funny adj. How funny the tale is!,2 . fun n. (un ) 乐趣; 有趣的事 (人),3. _ (bear) in 1965, Yang had wanted to fly since he was a young boy. (1) H
7、e was one of the only 14 _ (pick) from 1,500 candidates. (2) They not only studied all the subjects _ (require) to be an astronaut but also learned survival skills.,Born,picked,required,3. Although Yang did not get the best scores on every single test, it was his high scores on the psychological tes
8、ts that finally won him his status of Chinas first astronaut. (P58),强调句型结构 It is/was that Is/was itthat What/where/who/when is/was it that,(1) It was Howard Carter and his team that found the tomb of King Tutank- hamun. (2) Mary found a tiger in the corner last Sunday.,It was a tiger that Mary found
9、 in the corner last Sunday. What was it that Mary found in the corner last Sunday?, It was in the corner that Mary found a tiger last Sunday. Where was it that Mary found a tiger last Sunday? It was last Sunday that Mary found a tiger in the corner.,(3) It was what you do rather what you say _ matte
10、rs? (10 天津) A. that B. what C. which D. this (4) It was with great joy _ he received the news that her lost daughter has been found. (09福建) A. because B. which C. since D. that,A,D,(5) Why? I have nothing to confess. _ you want me to say?(09上海) A. What is it that B. What it is that C. How is it that
11、 D. How it is that,A,Interviewing a professional,Now you are a news reporter and you will interview a professional person. You will need to, find about how he/she achieved his/her position; Create a poster to show your classmates what you have found.,Planning, Choose one of the following types of pe
12、ople to interview for this project. Discuss the tasks and decide which group members will be do them.,Research information about this persons job:_ Prepare questions:_ Carry out the interview:_ Take notes at the interview:_ Draft the written section:_ Provide pictures for the poster:_,Tasks,Preparin
13、g,1.Find information from various sources on the person. 2.Prepare questions based on the information collected. 3.Discuss with the whole group 4.Information can be used in the poster.,Producing,1.Group members writing the textshould base it on the interview notes. 2.Draw pictures. 3.Check the mater
14、ial, correct any mistakes and add any new ideas you can think of. 4.Revisions should be made using suggestions from the group members.,Presenting,Present the story to the class. Put your poster on the wall of your classroom for the test of the class to look at.,难句解析 1. His dream was encouraged by hi
15、s parents as well as his older sister and younger brother.(P58) 他的梦想得到了父母以及姐弟的鼓励。 【分析讲解】 这是一个含有被动结构的简单句, 其中as well as表示“也，还”。,当as well as结构与其他名词一起作主语时，谓语的单复数与其前面的名词保持一致。例如： John as well as his parents is going to Beijing for a holiday.（主语为John）,2. They not only studied all the subjects required to b
16、e an astronaut, but also learnt survival skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built. (P58) 他们不仅学习了作为一名宇航员所必须学的所有科目，而且还学习了生存技巧以及宇宙飞船和火箭的建造原理。,【分析讲解】 这是一个由not only . but also连接的并列句。当否定词not only置于句首时，这一分句要用部分倒装。例如： Not only are you interested in baseball，but also I begin to show an inter
17、est in it. Not only did they bring snacks and drinks，but they also brought cards for entertainment when they had a picnic in the forest.,3. Although Yang did not get the best scores on every single test, it was his high scores on the psychological tests that finally won him the status of Chinas firs
18、t astronaut. (P58) 实际上杨利伟并没有在每项测试中都得到最高分，但他各项心理测试所得的高分最终为他赢得了中国首席宇航员的席位。,【分析讲解】 这是一个主从复合句。although引导让步状语从句，主句为强调句, 其结构为it is / was + 被强调成分 + that (who) + 句子其他部分,可以强调主语、宾语、状语等。,例如： It is with the help of our English teacher that we have made great progress. It was not until midnight that John went back home. It was after the invention of printing that people were able to publish large numbers of books and pictures.,To finish B1 and B2 on P95.,Homework,