Unit 11 Yang Liwei’s Mission to Space
lesson 2(一)大声读单词 1. rocket n. 火箭 2. june n. 六月 3. launch v. 发射(火箭,导弹等) 4. mission n. 任务,使命 5. october n. 十月 6. blast off (航天器)立地升空,发射 7. board v. 登机,上船 8. army n. 陆军,军队 9. project n. 计划,工程 10. come true 实现,达到 11. orbit n. 轨道 v. 进入轨道,沿轨道飞行 (二)重点词汇1. rocket 要点:n. 火箭;火箭发动机 a space rocket宇宙火箭 a manned [carrier] rocket载人[运载]火箭 a step [three-stage] rocket多级[三级]火箭 vi. 1) 急速上升 rocketing prices 价格飞涨 2) 急速移动 the train rocketed downhill. 火车急速滑下坡。 2. june 要点: n. 六月 (略作jun) pat will come to harbin in june. 帕特将于六月份来哈尔滨。 3. launch 要点: v. 1)to throw or propel with force; hurl: 投掷: 用力扔或推进;投掷: launch a spear 掷标枪 2) to set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: 发射: 使或强行使(自助推进航空器或发射物)发动: launch a rocket发射一枚火箭; launch a torpedo 发射一颗鱼雷 launch an artificial satellite 发射人造卫星 3) to set going; initiate: 发动;开始: launch a career开创一项事业; launch a business venture 开始一项冒险事业 launch one’s son into the world 把儿子送到社会上 4. mission 要点: n. 1) a special assignment given to a person or group: 任务,使命: 派给某人或某团体的特殊任务: an agent on a secret mission. 执行秘密任务的谍报人员 2) 天职 it seems to be his mission to help others. 他的天职好像就是帮助别人。 she believed that her mission in life was helping the old and the sick. 她认为她一生的天职就是帮助老人和病人。 3)a body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.