Unit 5
Hidden Figures
Ⅰ.Warming Up
1. Culture Exploration
African American Feminism Read the definition. Then complete theparagraph with the correct forms of the words.
1) liberation 2) articulate 3)equality
4) struggles 5)dominant 6) pursued
3. Character Introduction
Matchthe picture with the brief introduction to the main characters.
1)C 2) A 3) B 4) E 5) D 6) F
Ⅱ. Watching,Listening and Speaking
Scene 1 A white policemanescorts three African American women to work. (00:02:54–00:06:56)
task 1 Watch scene 1. Decide whetherthe statements are true (T) or false (F).
1.F 2. F 3. T 4. T
task 2 Watch again. Fill in the blanks.
1)rockets 2) hired 3) astronauts 4) Absolutely
5) broken 6) tow 7) stuff 8)escort
Scene 2 Colored bathrooms are not set at NASA any longer.(01:00:12–01:04:32) task 1 Watch scene 2. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1.T 2. F 3. F 4. T
task 2 Watch again. Answer the followingquestions.
1. To the bathroom.
2. Because there are no colored bathrooms for her in this buildingor nearby buildings.
3. Because her pay is not enough to afford peals.
4. Because she is a colored woman and she can only have a small andseparated pot for her coffee.
5. Because he thinks highly of Catherine and he does it for her andthe like.
Scene 3 Mary succeeds in her petition to attend white Hampton HighSchool. (01:09:59–01:13:29)
task 1 Watch scene 3. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1.T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
task 2 Watch again. Fill in the blanks.
| 1) serve | 2) recommissioned | 3) Negro | 4) all-white |
| 5) remembered | 6) engineer | 7) choice | 8) matter |
Scene4 Katherineworks out a single landing zone. (01:21:00–01:26:00)
task 1 Watch scene 4. Put the following statements in the collectorder according to what you have heard in this scene.
1.C 2. B 3. E 4. F 5. D 6. A
task 2 Repeat and take anote. Repeatthe following sentences selected from the scene after it is spoken twice andwrite it down.
1. Colonel Glenn launches in a few weeks. We don’t have the mathfigured out yet.
2. You, sir. You are the boss. You just have to act like one, sir.
3. We have a confirmed launch window for Friendship 7. Let’sdiscuss a landing zone.
4. 17,544 miles per hour... at the time the rocket delivers thecapsule into low space orbit.
Ⅲ. FurtherLearning
1. theme song of the Movie Listen to the song and fill in the missinglyrics. (01:59:47–02:01:42)
1) mystery 2)laugh 3)doubter’s 4) action
5) deep 6)swear 7) pray 8) complicate

