八年级英语下M3Unit1.PPT

6. So have they discovered life on Mars? 所以他们在火星上发现生命了吗？ discover v. 发现；找到 e.g. The fact is that he did not discover it. 事实是他没有发现它。 * earth n.地球 moon n. 月亮；月球 news n. 新闻；消息 planet n.行星 model n.模型 spaceship n. 航天器 astronaut n.宇航员 space travel 航天旅行 1. Listen and number the words as you hear them. earth land message moon news planet reach scientist 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2. Listen again and complete the notes. ● news about the trip to (1) _________ ● journey of (2) _________ months ● has not sent back any (3) _________ yet ● hope to find (4) _______ on Mars Mars eight messages life Pay attention to the following sentences. I’ve just made a model spaceship for our school project. Scientists have sent spaceship to Mars. The journey has taken several months. —Are there any astronauts in the spaceship? —No, there aren’t. Astronauts have already been to the moon. No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon. Lots of scientists are working hard in order to send astronauts to Mars one day. You can go online to search for information. What are you up to? Sure, no problem. 3. Now answer the questions. 1. What school project have Daming and Tony got? 2. How does Daming feel about the school project? They have got a project on spaceships. He’s not sure how to make the model. 3. What news has Tony heard? 4. Has anyone been to Mars? Why? The spaceship to Mars has reached there. No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon. 4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. Arrive, discover, planet, send, yet On today’s news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1) ____ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2) _______ on the (3) _____ after a journey of several months from the earth. Scientists have not (4) _________ life on Mars (5) ___. And no astronaut has e