Human beings(人类) have been to the space.
Who has been to the space in China?
How did they go there and back?
take the spaceship
American astronauts have already(已经) been to the moon.
Have they discovered(发现) any life(生命) on the moon?
No, not yet(还没有).
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Listening and vocabulary
1. Listen and number the words as you hear them.
earth land message
moon news planet
reach scientist
2. Listen again and complete the notes.
news about the trip to (1) _________
journey of (2) _________ months
has not sent back any (3) _________ yet
hope to find (4) _______ on Mars
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Listen and answer the questions
1.What school project have Daming and Tony got?
It’s about ________________.
2. How does Daming feel about the school project?
A. worried B. excited C. interested
3. How can Daming get information on space travel?
He can go online to search for information.
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Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
Arrive, discover, planet, send, yet
On today’s news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1) ____ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2) _______ on the (3) _____ after a journey of several months from the earth. Scientists have not (4) _________ life on Mars (5) ___. And no astronaut has ever been to Mars because it is very far away.
Work in pairs.
Talk about space travel with the lists in Activity 6.
—Have we sent a spaceship to Mars?
—Yes, we have. But…