八年級英語JourneytoMars課件

8thgradeEnglishJourneyThomascoursewarecontents目錄IntroductiontoJourneytoMarsJourneytoMarsTextContentExtendedLearningforJourneytoMarscontents目錄InteractiveExerciseofJourneytoMarsSummaryandReviewofJourneytoMars01IntroductiontoJourneytoMarsPercivalLowell'sobservationsofMarsandhistheoriesabouttheexistenceofcanalsontheplanet.19thcenturyMarinermissions:ThefirstUSspacecrafttoMarssentbackimagesoftheplanet,markingthebeginningofspaceexplorationofMars.1960sVikingmissions:LanderssentbyNASAtoMarstosearchforlifeandstudytheplanet'ssurface.1970sTheHistoricalBackgroundofMarsExplorationMarshaspolaricecaps,mountains,valleys,andotherfeaturessimilartothoseonEarth.Marshaswaterintheformoficeatthepolesandpossiblyunderthesurfaceinliquidforminsomeareas.ThethinatmosphereonMarsconsistsmainlyofcarbondioxideandismuchcolderthanEarth's.TheEnvironmentandDiscoveriesonMarsThefirsthumanmissiontoMarsisexpectedtotakeplaceinthe2030s,withagoalofestablishingapermanentcolonyontheplanet.ThejourneytoMarswillrequireacombinationofspacecraft,rockets,andlifesupportsystemstoensurethesafetyoftheastronauts.ThehumanexplorationofMarswillrequireamajorinternationaleffortandcooperationbetweengovernmentsandprivatecompanies.HumanexplorationplanforMars02JourneytoMarsTextContentAuthor:ThomasGenre:SciencefictionSetting:ThestorytakesplaceinthefutureonboardaspacecraftandonMars.Plot:AgroupofexplorerstraveltoMarsinsearchoflife.Title:JourneytoMarsOverviewofthetextKeyVocabularyspacecraft,astronaut,planet,solarsystem,rocket,Mars,KuiperBeltPhrasessetoffonajourney,exploretheunknown,reachthefinalfrontier,orbittheEarth,launchintospace,traversethesolarsystemKeyvocabularyandphrasesinthetextAnalysisofgrammarpointsinthetextSimplePresentTense:Theauthorusesthesimplepresenttensetodescribetheactionsandeventsthattakeplaceinthestory.Example:"Thespaceshiplaunchesintospace."CompoundSentences:Theauthorusescompoundsentencestoconnecttwoormorerelatedideas.Example:"TheexplorersareexcitedtoreachMars,buttheyalsoknowthedangersthatlieahead."AdjectivePhrases:Adjectivephrasesareusedtodescribenounsorpronouns.Example:"Thebraveexplorerspreparefortheirjourney."PrepositionalPhrases:Prepositionalphrasesareusedtoshowrelationshipsbetweenwordsinasentence.Example:"Thespaceshipistravelingthroughspace."03ExtendedLearningforJourneytoMarsMarsisthefourthplanetfromtheSunandthesecondsmallestplanetintheSolarSystem.ItisnamedaftertheRomangodofwar,Mars,anditsastronomicalsymbolrepresentsaspearorshield.Marshasathinatmospherecomposedprimarilyofcarbondioxide,anditssurfaceiscoveredwithrusty-coloredrocksanddust.TheaveragetemperatureonMarsisabout-55degreesCelsius,butitcanvaryfrom-153degreesCelsiusatthecoldestto0degreesCelsiusatthewarmest.InterestingfactsaboutMarsTheexplorationofMarshasbeenafocusofspaceagenciesaroundtheworld,withmanymissionsbeingsenttotheplanettostudyitssurface,atmosphere,andpotentialforlife.FutureProspectsforMarsExplorationThenextstepinMarsexplorationistosendhumanstotheplanet,whichisamajorgoalformanyspaceagencies.ThefirsthumanmissiontoMarsisexpectedtotakeplaceintheearly2030sandwillinvolveacrewedlandingonthesurfaceoftheplanet.Thecrewedmissionwillrequireasignificantamountofplanning,technologydevelopment,andfundingtoensurethesafetyoftheastronautsandthesuccessofthemission.FutureProspectsforMarsExplorationSciencefictionnovelsandmoviesrelatedtoMars"TheWaroftheWorlds"byH.G.Wells:ThisclassicsciencefictionnoveltellsthestoryofaninvasionofEarthbyMartianswhoarefleeingtheirdyingplanet."RedPlanet"byRobertHeinlein:ThissciencefictionnovelexplorestheideaofacolonyonMarsthatisstrugglingwithissuesofsurvivalandinterplanetarydiplomacy."MarsAttacks!"byTimBurton:ThissciencefictioncomedyfilmtellsthestoryofMartianinvaderswhoarriveonEarthandwreakhavocontheplanet."TheMartian"byAndyWeir:ThissciencefictionnoveltellsthestoryofanastronautwhoisstrandedonMarsandmustusehisingenuitytosurviveuntilrescuearrives.04InteractiveExerciseofJourneytoMarsDesignedtofamiliarizestudentswiththenewvocabularyrelatedtotheJourneytoMarstopic.Itincludesmultiplechoice,fill-in-the-blank,andmatchingexercisestotesttheirunderstandingofthewordsandtheirmeanings.VocabularyExerciseThisexercisechallengesstudentstomatchphrasescorrectlywiththeircorrespondingmeanings.IthelpsthemunderstandthecontextandnuancesofthephrasesusedintheJourneytoMarstexts.PhraseMatchingExerciseVocabularyandphrasematchingexercisesListeningComprehensionStudentslistentoapassagefromtheJourneytoMarstextsandareaskedtoanswerquestionsaboutthemainidea,details,andinference.Thisexerciseimprovestheirlisteningskillsandcomprehensionofthetext.FollowingPracticeThisexerciserequiresstudentstolistentoapassagefromtheJourneytoMarstextsandrepeatitback,focusingonpronunciation,intonation,andfluency.Ithelpsthemimprovetheirspeakingskillswhilefollowingthetext.ListeningandFollowingPracticeforTextsVSStudentsareaskedtowriteadescriptionofMars,includingitsfeatures,climate,andpotentialforlife.Thisexercisehelpsthemdeveloptheirdescriptivewritingskillsandcreativity.ArgumentativeWritingStudentsaregivenatopicrelatedtoMarsandareaskedtowriteanar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