《全新版大学英语-听说教程第五册》听力原文 College English Listening and Speaking Course 5- Unit 1 1College English Listening and SpeakingCourse 5 Listening Text (NEW) Recorder ： Cole Win Gao Unit One Space ExplorationPart A Pre-listening Task (1)Listen to the facts and opinions about Space Exploration twice and fill in the blanks with the s you hear from the recording. Pay attention to the sentence structures that you might find useful in your discussions.Facts and Opinions1. Space exploration is exciting. But it is very costly and risky. 2. The achievement of sending astronauts to the lunar surface and backrepresents the summit of human space flight. 3. Since ancient times, people have dreamed of leaving our planet andexploring other worlds.4. Rockets were invented in China in about the 11th century.5. China launched its first artificial satellite on April 24, 1970, but it hasn't put piloted spacecraft into orbit yet.6. The space age began with the launch of the first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union in 1957.7. The ability to take part in space exploration represents the level of a nation'sscientific and economic development.8. Beginning in 1960 weather satellites have sent back television images of parts of the earth.9. Satellite systems have enabled us to see what is happening around theworld.10. Without satellite services, we wouldn't be able to view a live transmission of the Olympic Games.11. China is one of the nations that have the ability to conduct large-scale space exploration.12. Space exploration has brought about great changes in our lives, such asweather prediction and environmental monitoring.13. The cameras on a spaceship or satellite can provide a wealth of useful data. 14. It is reported that another spaceship, named Ariane, exploded in the airthree minutes after its launch.15. In the near future, our country will be able to send its first piloted spaceship into space.16. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961. 17. On July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong and others aboard Apollo 11 made a successful landing on the moon. oaG niW eloC redroceR 1 College English Listening and SpeakingCourse 5 Listening Text (NEW) Recorder ： Cole Win Gao18. Armstrong left the first human footprint on another world. His famous s on the moon were, \one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\19. In the future, commercial flights into Earth orbit may become available and tourists can take a spaceship for sightseeing in space.20. We are concerned that one day a satellite going out of order may crash onto the earth and hit us.21. A man-made disaster may occur in the event of a malfunctioning (出故障的) spaceship crashing into a densely populated area.22. To some extent the ability to carry out a space program is a measure of a nation's economic strength.23. The reusable space shuttles are designed to lower the cost of launchingsatellites into Earth orbit.24. In 11016 the Soviets launched the first space station that consisted of distinct units, or modules.Part A Pre-listening Task (1)Pair/ Group Work - Additional question for discussion 1. What are the significance/benefits of space exploration? 2. What are the potential dangers that astronauts face?3. Do you think the day will come when tourists can sit in a spaceship to goaround the world or to visit distant planets?4. Do you know any movie that describes the activities of space exploration?Talk about that movie if possible.Sample1. What are the significance/benefits of space exploration?At the end of the 50s of the last century, the United States and the former Soviet Union carried out space competition (注释：centered on lunar exploration), setting off the first space exploration upsurge (高涨). From 1958 to the end of August 1976, the two countries successfully launched 45 lunar probes (探测仪). In July 1969, the American Apollo spaceship realized the first human moon landing, making epoch-making (掀天揭地) achievement in lunar exploration. Through space exploration, especially lunar probing (探究), we have greatly heightening human understanding of the moon, earth and solar systems, propelling (驱使) and bringing about a series of innovations (一系列的创新) and development in basic science, science and technology, forming a large batch (一批) of high-tech industrial groups and producing remarkable social-economic efficiency. 2. What are the potential dangers that astronauts face?There are many potential dangers involved in space exploration. Any mistakes or errors made by the spaceship designers and manufacturers would result a catastrophe (大灾难). Remember the explosion of the space shuttle Colombia? Just oaG niW eloC redroceR1 College English Listening and SpeakingCourse 5 Listening Text (NEW) Recorder ： Cole Win Gaothe tiny piece of metal broke off from the surface of the ship and that caused an explosion of it when re-entering the 。