Unit 3

Language in use .

Journey to space

Module 3

Language practice

1. Have you heard the latest news ?

2. Some scientists have sent a

spacecraft .

3. And have the astronauts discovered

life on Mars ?

4. But astronauts have already been to

the moon .5. We have been to the moon .

6. Scientists think that there has been life on Earth for millions of yours .

7. We haven’t found life on other planets yet .

8. Scientists have discovered many

other galaxies in the universe .

9. They are a long way and their light has travelled for many years to reach us .

10. Scientists have sent lots of spacecraft

to look at other planets in our solar

system .

11. Some spacecraft have gone beyond

the solar system .

12. No one has discovered any life in

space yet .

现在完成时 :

表示过去发生或完成的某一动作 , 对现在造成的影响或结果。 have (has) + 过去分词。

Grammar

Have you read that story ？

I have bought two apples ．The plane has arrived . I've been to Beijing three times.

常用副词already ， just ， ever ， yet ， never 等 already ， just--- 肯定句中，ever ， yet ， never--- 疑问句 \ 否定句中。

I have already finished my homework ．He has just had his meal ．

Have you ever sung an English song ？They haven’t started yet ．We have never heard of it ．

我刚才去邮局了。

你曾经去过杭州吗？

玛丽从未去过长城。

妈妈还没回来

I’ve just been to the post office.

Have you ever been to Hangzhou.

Mary has never been to the Great Wall.

Mother hasn’t come back yet.

2.Put the words in the correct place in

each sentence .

Astronauts have been to the moon .

( already )

Astronauts have already been to the

moon .

1. They haven’t been to Mars .

( yet )

__________________________

2. Many astronauts have visited the

space station . ( already )

___________________________

_______________________

They haven’t been to Mars

yet .

Many astronauts have already

visited the space station .

3. The spacecraft has reached Mars .

( just )

____________________________

__________

4. We’ve known that there isn’t any

life on the moon . ( already )

___________________________

__________________

The spacecraft has just reached

Mars .

We’ve already known that there

isn’t any life on the moon

5. We have started to look at other

planets . ( just )

____________________________

_________________

6. The space shuttle has returned from

a visit to the space station .( just )

____________________________

___________________________ .

We have just started to look at

other planets

The space shuttle has just returned

from a visit to the space station

Put the words in order to make

sentences .

1. we / just / TV / programme / on / a

/ watched / have / .

_____________________________

_____ .We have just watched a programme

on TV

2. on / discovered / yet / life / they /

Mars / haven’t / .

___________________________

_________

3. already / astronauts / landed /

moon / on / the / have /.

____________________________

_________

They haven’t discovered life on

mars yet .

Astronauts have already landed on

the moon .

3.Look at these sentences .

The astronauts have gone to the space

station .

They’ve gone there , but they haven’t come

back .

The astronauts have been to the space

station .

They went there and they came back .

Now choose the correct words .

1. been

2.gone

3. gone

4. been

Complete the sentences with the

expressions in the box .

1. A spacecraft _______________ to

Mars . It’s coming back to Earth

next year .

have / has been have / has gone

has gone

2. Lots of astronauts _____________ to the

space station . They found it very

interesting .

3. Some American astronauts ___________

to the moon several times .

4. A British astronaut______________ to

the space station . He’ll come back in

January .

have been

have been

has gone

5. Complete the passage with the correct form of the vervs.

• 1. seen 2. discovered

• 3. have tried

• 4. haven’t found 5. found

7. Complete the passage with the words in the box.

• just read already been

• never haven’t written

• yet

Listen to this interview and choose

the correct answers.

B

B

B

A

A

solar systemMilky Way

SPACE

mission

unmanned

space shuttle

astronaut

explore

discover find galaxy spacecraft

space station

discover find

galaxyspace station

spacecraft

message

Around the world

1.as …as “ ”意思是 和．．．一样 ， Tom is as tall as I.

否定结构可用 not as /so…

as “ ”意思是 ．．．不如．．． 。

Language points

Jack is not as /so clever as his sisterShe does not sing so/as well as Peng Liyuan.

Ex:

杰克不如他姐姐聪明。

她唱得不如彭丽媛好。Jack is not as /so clever as his sister .

She does not sing so/as well as Peng

Liyuan.

2. It was so good that I’ve already asked

the library to keep the next book for

me !

它（这本书）是那么好以至于我已经请求图书室为我保留下一本了！

so + adj.(adv) + that 从句这样的…以致于…

Bob is so tall that he can almost reach

the ceiling.He ran so quickly that we couldn’t catch

up with him.Ex:1. 他起床这么晚，以致上学迟到．

２ . 老师讲得这么快，以致我们听不懂He got up so late that he was late for school.

The teacher spoke so fast that we couldn’t understand him

Making a poster about space travel

10. Choose a subject , for example ,the first

moon landing ,or China’s first manned

space travel. Look for some photos and

information about it .