解放军文职招聘考试China’s launching plans for Shenzhou 7 中国神七发射计划

 China’s launching plans for Shenzhou 7

 中国神七发射计划

China has mapped out plans for its new launches in the Shenzhou program on the next flight. But one conclusion seems to have escaped most reports in the aerospace media. The flight of Shenzhou 7 could be timed to coincide with the Beijing Olympics. Plans for 2008 Summer Olympics call for the events to be held between the 8th and 24th of August that year. It’s reasonable to expect that China will use the event to display its achievements to the world, and human spaceflight is China’s most significant recent breakthrough.

    Shenzhou 7, China’s next manned space mission, was originally advertised for 2007. This fit the pattern of staging a two-gap between crewed Shenzhou missions, which have previously launched in 2003 and 2005. But Chinese media statements have amended(修正，改正) this to 2008. Chinese media have reported that the whole program is going well, and more time is needed to work on spacesuit that will be used on this flight to stage China’s first spacewalk. It’s possible that Chinese engineers want to make the best preparations for this complex mission.

    China could intend to carry out the mission of Shenzhou 7 just as media attention is focused on the lead-up to the Olympics. The crew of the flight, and possibly China’s other flown astronauts, could then take part in the opening ceremony. China has previously honored her space travelers in great celebrations, such as the Hong Kong event that saw Yang Liwei singing with Jacky Chan.

 

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about China’s space programs and let the students know related information.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points:

1) to describe Shenzhou 7

2) to grasp some useful words and expressions

map out, launch, escape, coincide with, reasonable, display, achievement, breakthrough, stage, previously

Special difficulties: to know something about the 2008 Shenzhou Olympics

Ⅲ Teaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

 

Ⅳ Brief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in（导入新课）

What achievements were made in 2003 and 2005 in China’s space mission?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）   

Read the passage quickly and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) What was the original plan for Shenzhou 7?

2) Why has China decided to carry out the human spaceflight in 2008?

3) Who will probably take part in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) It was originally set in 2007.

2) In order to show its great achievements to the whole world.

3) The crew of the flight, and possibly China’s other flown astronauts, could take part in the opening ceremony.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）    

1. Read the passage again and decide whether the following statements is true or false.

1) The new Shenzhou program is known to all.

2) It can be inferred from the first paragraph that China has planned to send up Shenzhou 7 in 2008.

3) China hasn’t made its plan for the Beijing Olympics.

4) Beijing Olympics will be held during the flight in 2008.

5) China amended the Shenzhou 7 space program to 2008 in order to prove China has become a great developed country like the USA.

6) Yang Liwei is one of the Chinese astronauts who walked in space in 2003.

7) The spacesuit for the flight of Shenzhou hasn’t been prepared well.

8) China will send its second manned spacecraft in 2008.

(F, T, F, F, F, F, T, F)

2. Describe Shenzhou7 space program.

(originally advertised for 2007, now amended to 2008, China’s next manned space mission, China’s first spacewalk)

3. Pay attention to some important sentences.

1) China has mapped out plans for its new launches in the Shenzhou program on the next flight.

map out plans for… = make plans for… in great detail

2) But one conclusion seems to have escaped most reports in the aerospace media.

But the aerospace media seems to have neglected one conclusion.

3) It’s reasonable to expect that China will use the event to display its achievements to the world, and human spaceflight is China’s most significant recent breakthrough.

China has made great and important breakthrough in human spaceflight in recent years and it will show its great achievements to the whole world in the Olympic Games.

4) China could intend to carry out the mission of Shenzhou 7 just as media attention is focused on the lead-up to the Olympics.

carry out 实施，进行

Step 4 Discussion （讨论）

What do you think of the great achievements in China’s space flight?

Step5 Homework（作业）

Rewrite the passage. (Around 150 words.)

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. launch  n.v. 发射                                        2. escape v. 逃跑，逃避

3. reasonable  adj. 合理的                              4. display n. v. 展示

5. achievement  n. 成就                                  6. breakthrough  n. 突破

7. stage   vt. 实行，进行                               8. previously adv. 在以前

9. map out 拟定(计划)                                     10. coincide with 吻合