Unit 5 Pioneers of Flight
Key to Exercis
Opener
A Mighty Airplane Built by Howard Hughes in 1947 Length It was 220 feet long.
Height It was higher than a five-story building.
Weight It weighed about 60 tons.
Trip It had to make the trip from Culver city in California to the Pacific,
which is 30 miles away.
Reading & Interacting
I. Understanding the Text
1. Text Organization
Story The hero When it happened How it relates to modern aviation
更夫1 Wan Hu A.D. 1500
Wan Hu’ s crazy dream contains the
principles of rocket-powered spaceflight.
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Howard On November 2,
volition
Many of the design features of the Spruce
2 Goo have been incorporated into
Hughes 1947
modern cargo planes.
The flying devices with flapping wings 3
Leonardo About 500 years controlled and steered by human pilots he
da Vinci ago designed still inspire people to pursue
their dreams of flying freely in the sky.
2. Comprehension Check
2.1 Focusing on the main ideas
The article consists of three stories about pioneers of flight. The first story is about a Chine named Wan Hu, who made an unsuccessful attempt at spaceflight
in A.D.1500. He built a spaceship powered by 47 rockets using gunpowder. His idea
was crazy, but his dream of flight came true 500 years later when China
successfully launched its first manned Shenzhou V spaceship. The cond one is
about the Spruce Goo, a flying boat designed to meet the need of transporting
maneatertroops and materials during World War II. It was made entirely of wood and still
holds the record for the greatest wingspan. Although it was never put to u, many
of its design features have beenincorporated into today cargo’planes. The last is about Leonardo da Vinci, the most famous artist of the Renaissance. Apart from his
great artistic work, he also drew sketches of flying devices with flapping wings
controlled and steered by human pilots. Five hundred years later, a professional
parachutist made a successful jump using a wood and canvas parachute bad on one
of da Vinci ’ｓdesigns/sketches.
2.2 Digging into detail
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1.Becau it was powered by rockets.
2.It was the biggest airplane ever built up to that time, and still holds the
record for the greatest wingspan. Besides, it was made entirely of wood.
3.No, becau it was behind schedule and was not completed until well after the
war.
4.Da Vinci ’ s flying machines have wings that flap like birds in flight.
5.Becau it is difficult for ordinary people to understand their passion for
flight, their spirit of innovation, and their courage to try and make their
dream come
true.
2.3 Understanding difficult ntences
1.A
2.B
3.A
4.B
5.B
II. Focusing on Language in Context
1. Key Words & Expressions
1.1
1. He regards learning as a daily experience as well as a lifetime mission.
2.His plan is to design a new model, into which some features of previous models
will be incorporated.
3.The ship, with 1,000 pasngers aboard, was bound for New York.
4.It ’nes othing to learn the rules of politics from books. It is quite
another to get into the complex world of real-life politics.
5.At yesterday ’ s sports meet, my roommate brokeBrian the record of our
school in the men ’ s-meter100 race.
6.Jack had a hard time grasping the basic concepts of mathematics.
7.They are working on a new project, which calls for a(n) enormous amount of
time and energy.
8.After I bought this iPad, I put into storage my old computer.
9.The new law tries to maintain a balance between national interests and
individual rights.
10.The teacher drew a(n) analogy between the human heart and a pump to help
students understand how it works.
judger11.If we teachers believe in education and focus onstudents ’ growth, our labor will
eventually pay off.
12.On display in the exhibition room is a new device to harness wind power.
13.His newly published book, which has made waves in literary circles, is bad
on events that the writer himlf has witnesd.
14.At the meeting, he tried to steer the discussion away from criticizing the
educational experiment.
15.The money was given to Ann as a scholarship, with no conditions attached.
1.2
1. steer
5. confirmed 2. behind schedule
6. put on display
3. ahead of his
time
7. harnessing
4. Transportation of
8. had its roots in
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1.3
1.The artist drew a sketch of the young lady before going into a more detailed
painting.
2.Brown currently is focusing on devising/designing a new type of washing
machine that does not u water.
lending club3.We need to adopt a different approach to music in education.
4.Usually a label with your name and address is attached to your suitca before
you check in at the airport.
5. A new system should be devidbecau the old system simply doesn ’ t work.
2. Collocation
1. We rejected the proposal as a matter of principle.
2. Although I am not an American football fan, it doesn have no’ tintm erestanI
in it.
3.Demand for coal is down and so are the prices.
4.Biking is a green alternative to driving.
5.Our rearch on climate change focus on its effect on the environment.
cayee3.Sentence Patterns
3.1
1.Our reading room has many interesting books as well as the latest magazines.
2.The 300-page book contains many pictures of the artist as well as some of his
famous paintings.
3.For character building, one needs to succeed as well as fail sometimes.
4.The latest model of the Huawei mobile phone is very popular at home as well as
abroad.
3.2
1.Legend has it that the guy invented chess to plea his King.
2.Word has it that the CEO of my company will retire next year.
3.Rumor has it that he has spent all his money on this crazy and risky plan.
4.Legend has it that tho who step onto this stone will have good luck.
4.Comprehensive Practice
4.1 Cloze
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