S:

T: show a slide about information Yang Liwei (Born: June 21, 1965, Liao Ning

Height: 168cm; Weight: 65kg; Training: 1998-2003; Crowned: Space Hero.

and say Yang Liwei is the first man to stand for Chinese to fly into space. He has become a spokesman of space industry. We can say he is national hero?

Show some pictures about Shenzhou V

How did you feel about China's first manned space flight?

S:

T: The launch of Shenzhou V shows China is becoming stronger and stronger. As Chinese, we are proud of being Chinese.

Ⅱ Reading

Do you want to know about Yang Liwei? Now let's read the text and do the exercise to see how much you understand,

1. When the spaceship separated from the rocket, Yang could feel the high gravity.

2. Yang Liwei spoke with the ground control when the spaceship was circling the earth the sixth time.

3. Shenahou Ⅴcan change red because of the earth's atmosphere.

4. When Yang Liwei was doing its sixth circle, he showed the flags of China and the US, expressing he wishes ...

5. Yang Liwei felt the ship was shaking when Shenzhou V landed.

6. When he came back from space, he felt very excited.

Answers: 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T

After reading the text the teacher ask "Can you say some words about space flight?"

Answers: capsule, spacesuit, spaceman (astronaut), spaceship, parachute, rocket, helicopter, launch.

In order to consolidate these words to show pictures and ask student to use these words to describe them.

Ⅲ Further reading

Do the exercise 3and the exercise 4