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Lesson 47
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UNIT 24 RADIO PROGRAMS (Ⅳ)
Lesson 47
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
Spot Dictation: Successful Predictions
In 1865 the famous French author Jules Verne wrote two books. One was_______"From the Earth to the Moon?____the other "Around the Moon.?In ____books he described man landing on____ moon.
In 1969 man actually did ______ on the moon. Many of the________ of the real moon landing had ___ described with amazing accuracy in Jules_____ books.
Here are three of the ______. First, Jules Verne's spaceship carried three _____. Apollo 11 carried three men. Second, _______ spaceship had a beginning speed of ____feet per second. Apollo's beginning speed____35,533 feet per second. And last,______ spaceship took 97 hours, 13 minutes_______20 seconds to reach the moon. ____took 103 hours and 30 minutes.
_____door of Apollo 11 opened at _____p.m. on July 20, 1969 and ______ man stepped out onto the surface____ the moon. Jules Verne had predicted ___ with great accuracy over 104 years _____.
Score:______
PartⅡ News
Exercises:
Ⅰ.(News Item 1)
1.American_____ ______ _____say the new space shuttle Challenger will be ready for_____ _____ _____in only sixty days.
2. The Challenger landed______ in ______ after a successful ______ flight.
3.Preparations for the next flight must be done quickly because of_____ ______ _______ before the shuttle's first flight.
4._____ problems caused the delay of the space flight.
Ⅱ.(News Item 2)
1.WHAT? ___________________________________________
2.WHEN? ___________________________________________
3.HOW MANY? ____________________________________
4.WHAT? ___________________________________________
5.HOW LONG? ______________________________________
6.WHAT? ___________________________________________
Part Ⅲ An Outstanding Character
----Benjamin Franklin(Ⅰ)
Exercises:
Ⅰ. R6sum6
Ⅱ.1.What did most almanacs contain?
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2.What special feature did Franklin's almanac have?
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3.What are some of Franklin's famous sayings?
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