Cultural Corner Rockets 演示文稿

• Rockets were probably _________(发明) by accident invented about 2,000 years ago. People made explosions _________(爆炸) during festivals by throwing some bamboo tubes into gunpowder fires, which were put in a form of __________(火药). Perhaps some tubes jumped out of the fire into the air. So the idea of the rocket was born. shot • When the Song army _____(发射)“ arrows of flying fire” during the battle of Kaifeng. The Mongols learned make how to _____(制作) rockets themselves. So it is possible that they introduced _________(介绍) them to Europe. The Europeans used them for military ________(目的). purposes • Today rockets can be used to sendastronauts _________(宇航 员) in to space. They are also used in firework displays _______(表演) to celebrate great ______(事件)， events such as the end of the Olympic Games.
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. Today rockets are very advanced machines which we can use to send astronauts into space. 当今火箭是我们用来将宇航员送入太空 非常先进的机器。 2. The Chinese had a form of gunpowder which was put in bamboo tubes and thrown into fires to make explosions during festivals.
shot • When the Song army _____(发射)“ arrows of flying fire” during the battle of Kaifeng. The Mongols learned how to _____(制作) rockets make themselves. So it is possible that they introduced _________(介绍) them to Europe. The purposes Europeans used them for military ________(目 的). • Today rockets can be used to send astronauts _________(宇航员) in to space. They are also displays used in firework _______(表演) to celebrate events great ______(事件)，such as the end of the Olympic Games.
invented • Rockets were probably _________(发明) by accident about 2,000 years ago. People made _________(爆炸) during festivals by throwing explosions some bamboo tubes into fires, which were put in a form of __________(火药). Perhaps some gunpowder tubes jumped out of the fire into the air. So the idea of the rocket was born.
• 中国人有一种装在竹管里的火药，这种火药是节 日中被扔进火里爆炸的。
3. The Chinese discovered that the gas escaping from the tube could lift it into the air. 中国人发现从竹管里释放出来的气体 可以使其飞向空中。 4. The tubes were attached to a long stick which helped keep the rocket moving in a straight direction. 这些竹管被绑到一根长棍上，这根长 棍可帮助火箭以笔直的方向飞行。
2. How were rockets invented? By accident--- when people threw bamboo tubes with gunpowder inside into the fire to make explosions and saw that some of them flew into the air.
Wan Hu who invented the flying chair
Give a description of Wan Hu’s flying chair according to the picture. Using the words below.
attached …to … two kites chair rockets
the beginning of the new millennium put a form of gunpowder in bamboo tubes make explosions escape from the tube arrows of flying fire in a straight direction send astronauts into space the first military use of rockets
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1 千年 n. 2 火药 n. 3 爆炸爆炸声 n. 4 逃跑，逃避Vi. 5（弓）箭 n. 6 直的(地)adj./ adv. 7 宇航员 n. 8 军事 n.
millennium gunpowder explosion escape arrow straight astronaut military
• Rockets were probably _________(发明) by accident about 2,000 years ago. People made _________(爆 炸) during festivals by throwing some bamboo tubes into fires, which were put in a form of __________(火 药). Perhaps some tubes jumped out of the fire into the air. So the idea of the rocket was born. • When the Song army _____(发射)“ arrows of flying fire” during the battle of Kaifeng. The Mongols learned how to _____(制作) rockets themselves. So it is possible that they _________(介绍) them to Europe. The Europeans used them for military ________(目的). • Today rockets can be used to send _________(宇 航员) in to space. They are also used in firework _______(表演) to celebrate great ______(事件)， such as the end of the Olympic Games.
Read the passage and decide whether the statements are True or False.
1)Today rockets are only used to send astronauts into space.
2)Rockets were invented by Chinese about 2,000 years ago. 3)It was in the Song Dynasty that rockets were first used in wars. 4)It is believed that Europeans learned how to make rockets from the Mongols. 5)Wan Hu succeeded in sending himself into space with the help of rockets.
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advanced machines 1 先进的机器 2 把宇航员送入太空 send astronauts into space celebrate great events 3 庆祝重大事件 4 在烟火表演中 in firework displays the 5 新千年的开始 beginning of the new millennium 6 偶然 by accident / by chance throw ……into…… 7 把…扔进…里 make explosions 8 制造爆炸 jump out of 9 从…中跳出来 10 与…交战 be at war with 11 被捆到或拴到…..上 be attached to in a straight direction 12 呈直线方向 be used for 13 被用来….. 14 在…表面之上 over the surface of