江苏省南通市九年级英语下册《Unit 1 Life on Mars》课件 牛津版

Intensive reading
Differences between life on Earth and life on Mars.
Earth today
Mars in 2100
We don’t have much space. People live in a dome with 10 bedrooms.
little oxygen
float away into space
three-eighths of gravity on Earth
settler dome
Test of the new words
space shuttle
planet
dome
spacecraft
float
settler
Fast reading
Fast reading
Find out the keyword(s) of each paragraph. Para 2: transport Para 3: food, water and air Para 4: gravity
Fast reading
Choose the best answer. This part tells us C . A. Advantages of life on Mars. B. Disadvantages of life on Mars. C. Advantages and disadvantages of life
❖Write a passage and share with your classmates. If I have a chance to travel to Mars…
Discussion
❖If we have a chance to travel to Mars for several months, we will …
❖We only have one Earth.
❖Let’s try our best to protect
it.
Homework
❖Listen and read the passage after class.
on Mars.
Intensive reading
True or False questions.
1. Now, it takes months for a spacecraft to travel from
Earth to Mars.
T
2. Space shuttles travel at half the speed of lsioguhnt.d. F
❖When will we be able to live on Mars? By the year 2100.
❖Why do we need to move to Mars? Because Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted.
Discussion
❖Would you like to travel to Mars? Why? (give at least one reason)
I would like to travel to Mars, because… I would not like to travel to Mars, because…
3. Plants can produce oxygen that humans need. T
4. Mars has the tthhrreeee-etigmhetshsgravity of Earth.
F
5. Humans on Mars will have to wear special boots. T
We do our work by ourselves.
We take exams at school.
Robots do most of the work. Students take exams at online schools.
We have many kindsl develop plants that can produce the food and ox5ygen we need on Mars. Because of the g6ravity on Mars, we could flo7at away into space. We will have to wear special boots. We may live in a large d8ome with ten bedrooms and study at on9line schools. Food will be in the form of p1i0lls and will not be tasty.
Travel is comfortable.
Meals are just pills. Space travel will make people feel ill.
Post-reading
Fill in the blanks
Many people believe that we will move to Ma1rs by the year 2100, because Earth is becoming more and more crowded and poll2uted . The journey might take only a very short time in space s3huttles , but it may be very uncom4fortable .
Unit One Life on Mars
Reading Moving to Mars
Share the information
eight planets in our solar system
Mars
spacecraft take months
space shuttle
take only a very short time