目录

  • 1 Introduction to the course
    • 1.1 brief introduction 1
    • 1.2 brief introduction 2
    • 1.3 brief introduction 3
    • 1.4 teaching arrangement
  • 2 Week Two: Unit One
    • 2.1 reading 1
    • 2.2 reading 2
    • 2.3 text translation
    • 2.4 integrated skills practicing
  • 3 Week Three: Unit One
    • 3.1 text analysis-1
    • 3.2 text analysis-2
    • 3.3 keys to exercises in the text
  • 4 Week Four: Unit Two
    • 4.1 Unit Two-1
    • 4.2 Unit Two-2
    • 4.3 viewing task
  • 5 Week Five: Unit Two
    • 5.1 Unit Two-integrated skills practicing
    • 5.2 Unit Two-reading practice
    • 5.3 supplemantary materials
  • 6 Week Six: Unit Two
    • 6.1 reviewing task
    • 6.2 Reading 1
    • 6.3 Reading 2
    • 6.4 text translation
  • 7 Week Seven: Unit Three
    • 7.1 Unit 3-1
    • 7.2 Unit 3-2
    • 7.3 preparations for oral test
    • 7.4 test samples
  • 8 Week  Eight: Unit Three
    • 8.1 Unit 3-3
    • 8.2 text with translation
    • 8.3 Tencent lecture on Oct. 31th
  • 9 Week Nine: Unit Three
    • 9.1 Reading 1
    • 9.2 Reading 2
    • 9.3 text translation
    • 9.4 keys to the exercises in Unit 3
  • 10 Week Ten: Middle-term Exam
    • 10.1 Q and A in Tencent meeting on Nov. 12th
  • 11 Week Eleven: Unit Five
    • 11.1 Unit 5-1
    • 11.2 Unit 5-2
  • 12 week Twelve: Unit Five
    • 12.1 Unit 5-3
    • 12.2 Unit 5-4
    • 12.3 keys to Unit 5
  • 13 Week Thirteen:Unit Five
    • 13.1 Reading 1
    • 13.2 Reading 2
    • 13.3 text translations
  • 14 Week Fourteen
    • 14.1 Unit 6-1
    • 14.2 Unit 6-2
  • 15 Week Fifteen
    • 15.1 Unit 6-3
    • 15.2 Unit 6-4
  • 16 Week Sixteen
    • 16.1 Unit 6-5
    • 16.2 Unit 6-6
  • 17 Week Seventeen
    • 17.1 Reading 1---Unit 3, 5 and 6
    • 17.2 Keys to the text and Reading 1
Unit 5-1

Unit Five   Pioneers of Flight

Text: Pioneers of Flight

Teaching goals

Upon completion of this unit, students are expected to:

■ have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and textually;

■ build up a basic vocabulary about humanity’s dream of flight and aviation, and learn to use    the key words and expressions;

■ tell the stories of Wan Hu, Howard Hughes, and Leonardo da Vinci, who are all pioneers       of  flight;

■ explain why these pioneers were ahead of their time and how theirwork relates to aviation   today;

■ write a paragraph about Howard Hughes, or any other aviator, with a focus on his or her      place in aviation history.


Listening and Viewing

1) Preview the text by answering the questions in the Opener and listening to the following audio part of the text and completing relevant exercises after the text.




2) Watch a video and answer questions.