Module 5 Reading 课件-外研版高中英语选修八.pptx

Do you know the 9 planets in the Solar System?Do you know their English names?Do you want to explore the universe?DiscussionHave spaceships ever reached the Moon?Which country succeeded in doing this first?Have you ever heard of an American space shuttle named Challenger? Do you know what happened to it?高考考点课文改编-语法填空改错Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, people _____________ (become) accustomed ________ the idea of space travel. Millions of people watched that first moon __________ (land) on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous _________ adventure it was, and what _________ ( risk) had to be taken. With Armstrong’s now famous words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”，a dream was achieved. All three astronauts made ________ safely back to Earth, using a spaceship computer that was much ________ (little) powerful than the ______ (one) used by the average school students today. There were several more journeys into space over the next few years but the single spaceships were very expensive _________ they could not take off more than once. People were no longer so enthusiastic about a space travel programme that was costing the United Slates $10 million a day. That was until the _________ (arrive) of the space shuttle－a spacecraft that could be used for several journeys. The first shuttle flight into space was the Columbia－_________ (launch) from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April, 1981. The aim of this flight was to test the new shuttle system, to go safely up into orbit and _________ (return) to the Earth for a safe landing. It was ______ success and a little more than a decade after Apollo 11’s __________ (history) voyage, the Columbia made a safe, controlled, aeroplane-style landing in California. This was the start of a new age of space travel.By the time the Challenger took off in 1986, the world seemed to have lost their fear and wonder at the amazed ac