Module 11 Unit 2 He trained for five years. New words Text exercises
New words astronaut
text with表示有，反义词是without A few days ago he was Yang Liwei, the pilot, with a wife and a young son. But last Thursday, when he returned to Earth after his journey into space. Yang Liwei was called “ China’s first astronaut.” return to + 地方,表示返回某地 杨利伟被称为中国第一位宇航员
be called be called 被称为 （be动词有不同的形式） Eg: 1) He was called Xiaoming when he was a little child. 2) Venice is called “ City of water”. 3) No one is called Lily here.
Last Wednesday the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft orbited the Earth 14 times and reached an altitude of 343 kilometers. The space flight lasted 21 hours and the 38-year-old astronaut landed safely at 6:23 am the next day in Inner Mongolia. China is now the third country, after the Soviet Union and the USA, to send a person into space. 飞行，航行 第二天 内蒙古 苏联
orbit v. 绕轨道运行，环绕 Eg: The satellite orbits the Earth every 48 hours. 那颗人造卫星每48小时绕地球轨道运 行一周。 n. 轨道 Eg: a satellite in orbit around the Earth 在绕地球轨道上运行的人造卫星
reach 1. vt. 到达 reach = arrive at/ in = get to 后面直接地点， 表示到达某地 后面直接地点， 表示到达某地 Eg: I reached school at about 8:00 this morning. = I arrived at school … = I get to school … 注意：arrive at 后加小地方、 具体某个地方 arrive in 后加大地方
reach 2 vt. 达到 reach 达到（某程度、某高度、温度等） Eg: She reached the age of 50. 她已达到50岁。 The news only reached me yesterday. （那消息昨天才到达我那，意思是我昨天才得到这消息）
last vt. 持续 Eg: Every lesson lasts 40 minutes in our school. 我们学校每堂课持续40分钟。 2）The rain lasted two days. 那场雨持续了两天。
last adj. 上一个，最后的 Eg: They hurried to the classroom. No one wanted to be the last one. 他们匆忙赶到课室，没有人想做最后一个。 Last year I had a trip to Shenzhen. Last Module we learned the simple past tense. （上个模块我们学了一般过去时）
合成形容词 38-year-old / 7-day 2.26-metre-tall / 3.45 – metre 注意，合成形容词中的单位（名词）只能用单数 38-year-old / 7-day 2.26-metre-tall / 3.45 – metre 40-kilogram-heavy / 2-kilogram 数词-单位 (-形容词) =合成形容词 Eg: The 5-year-old boy was lost when he was playing in the zoo. 那个5岁的男孩在动物园玩时迷路了。
Yang Liwei was born in Liaoning Province and in 1987 he joined the Chinese Air Force and was a pilot. 11 years later, he joined the Chinese space programme with 13 other pilots.He trained for five years. “ I always wanted to be an astronaunt.” he said.