初中英语译林版九年级下二单元Reading II

Reading II

Teaching aims:

1. Learn the language points in the article.

2. Master the detailed information about the article.

Step 1 Revision

Complete the passage.

Neil Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Ohio, the USA. He showed an __________ in flying when he took his first _________ at the age of six. He received his student __________ ___________ when he was 16.

In 1962, he was __________ to become an __________. In 1966 he went into space as __________ pilot of Gemini 8.

On 20 July 1969, Armstrong became the first man to ________ ________ __________ _________. He and Aldrin collected _________ _________ to take back to the Earth for further __________.

Because of his excellent __________, Neil Armstrong was __________ the Medal of Freedom, the highest award that a US ___________ can receive. He was the ____________ of the whole world.

Step 2 Language points

1. Armstrong joined the navy in 1949 and served as a pilot for three years.

阿姆斯特朗1949年参加海军, 当了三年飞行员。

serve vi. & vt. 服役; 服务, 招待

service n. 服役; 服务

e.g. 她招待我们吃了一顿可口的午餐。

She served us a delicious lunch.

汤姆当了三年兵。

Tom served as a soldier / in the army for three years.

2. In 1966, he went into space as command pilot of Gemini8. He and David Scott managed to join two spacecraft together for the first time in space.

1966年，他作为“双子座8号”宇宙飞船的飞行指挥进入太空，他和戴维·斯科

特成功地将两个航天器在太空首次交会对接。

manage to do sth. 设法做成某事

e.g. 他好不容易及时赶到那里。

He managed to get there in time.

我很忙，但我会想办法来。

I’m busy, but I’ll manage to come.

3. However, on their way back to the Earth, the spacecraft began spinning out of control.

但是, 在他们返回地球的途中, 宇宙飞船开始旋转, 失去控制。

spin— spun—spun vi. & vt. 旋转

e.g. 转动球/硬币/轮子

to spin a ball/coin/wheel

我觉得天旋地转。

My head is spinning.

out of control 失去控制, 不受操纵

under control 被控制住; 情绪良好

e.g. 车失去了控制, 撞上了路边的一棵树。

The car went out of control and hit a tree by the road.

她觉得很难控制自己的情感。

She finds it difficult to keep her feeling under control.

4. On 20 July 1969, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon.

1969年7月20日, 阿姆斯特朗成为第一个登上月球的人。

be/ become the first person (man/woman) to do sth. 成为第一个做某事的人

e.g. 江先生成为这个镇上第一个拥有机器人的人。

Mr. Jiang became the first person to own a robot in the town.

5. Together with Buzz Aldrin, he landed the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the Moon.

他和巴兹·奥尔德林一起, 把阿波罗11号降落到了月球上。

together with用作介词，意为“与……一起”“连同……”, 相当于as well as, 可以放在句首或句尾, 也可放在主语后, 但谓语动词形式要与主语保持一致。