高二外研选修八备课资料：Module 5 课件 Reading & Vocabulary（2）.pptVIP

Module 5 Module 5The Conquest of the Universe Reading & Vocabulary (2) 1. Read the passage and decide what the photos show.Saturn Saturn’s moons 2. Decide where the passage comes from.1) a newspaper article2) a scientific report3) a school science textbook4) a collection of photographs 3. Choose the best summary for the passage.(1) Using the Cassini-Huygens space probe, an international space project has proved that Saturn is light enough to float on water, and that one of its moons, Titan, has liquid on the surface like the Earth. (2) Titan and Phoebe are two of Saturn’s moons, and are made of a mixture of tiny pieces of rock, water and frozen gases. They look very much like the Earth and our Moon. The photos taken by the space probe are so clear that it is easy to forget how far they come. (3) The Cassini-Huygens space probe, which was launched in 1997 to explore Saturn, has sent back photos of the planet and its moons from a distance of one- and-a-half-billion kilometers. 4. Work in pairs and answer the questions.1) What is the purpose of the Cassini-Huygens space probe?To explore Saturn and its rings and moons.In shades of blue, green and red.2) How do the photographs show Saturn’s different rings? 3) What are Saturn’s blue and green rings made of?Likely to be a mixture of water and frozen gases.Gases. 4) What is Saturn made of?5) Why would it be possible for Saturn to float?Because it is so light. 6) When was the space probe launched?In 1997.7) What are Phoebe and Titan?Two of Saturn’s moons.8) What is unusual about Phoebe?Its shape. They are very clear, and yet come from so long a distance.9) What has Titan got in common with the Earth?It has liquid on the surface.10) What is amazing about the images that the probe has sent back? 5. Match the words with the meanings.1. billion 2. decade 3. shade4. shape 5. probe 6. image7. ultraviolet(a) a spacecraft without people in it(b) an invisible type of light(c) a p