1) Please read the article about Yang Liwei and jot down the main idea of each paragraph. Then we'll check the answers together.

Paragraph 1 Introduction of Yang Liwei's space exploration. Paragraph 2 Yang Liwei's childhood. Paragraph 3 Yang Liwei began his training as a Chinese astronaut. Paragraph 4 Yang Liwei was chosen to be the first astronaut for the Chinese space mission. Paragraph 5 Conclusion of Yang Liwei's space exploration. 2) Try to find some information about the following numbers.

1965 born

1983 joined the army

1987 became a fighter pilot

1998 chosen as a member of Shenzhou

1,500 the number of candidates to choose from

Sep.2003. 3 were piced for the space adventure

15, Oct, 2003 carried out the journey into space

241st the number of the persons ever in space

3) Let's talk more about Yang Liwei and other explorers. Try to list what is required of an astronaut both physically and mentally.

2. Exercise

1)Write a short passage about Yang Liwei

One possible version:

Yang Liwei was the first Chinese who went into space. On 15 October 2003, he left the earth. His journey into space took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit, around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.

Yang Liwei, born in 1965, became interested in flying as a young boy. In 1983, he joined the army and then finished his university study at the No. 8 Aviation College. After graduation, he became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was chosen as a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou. Through hard working Yang won his position as China's first astronaut

Now all we Chinese are proud of Yang Liwei. Especially the young respect him as their hero.

2)Finish Part B on P59

3. Interviewing a professional

1) Planning

To plan the interview, you need first to work in groups and discuss who you would like to choose to interview. Also you need to discuss what background information to find to make your wall display interesting.

2) Preparing

To prepare the interview, the group members responsible for researching information about the professional should collect the useful information and provide it to those responsible for preparing questions. Those responsible for conducting the interview and taking notes at the interview discuss with the whole group to choose what information about the person can be used in the report and the wall display. If possible, using some photographs of the professional may have better effect.

3) Producing

In the producing step, you are to write the story about the professional based on the interview