★教材原文

FerdinandMagellan(1480–1521)wasaPortugueseexplorer.In1519,heledthefirstvoyagetosailaroundtheworld.ItwasalsothefirstvoyagetosailfromtheAtlanticOceantothePacificOcean.MagellangavethePacificOceanitsname,whichmeans“peacefulsea”inPortuguese.However,Magellanhimselfwaskilledinabattlebeforethevoyagewasfinished.Onlyoneofhisships,theVictoria,completedthejourney.

★巩固提升

一、阅读回答

1.Whatisthetextabove?

2.Howmanyplacesarethereineachcategory?

3.Whatwouldyoudoifsomeonestoleyourpurse?

4.Wheremayyougoifyouwantachocolatecake?

5.Whatnumbermightyoucallifyouwanthatsforbabies?

参考答案：

1.Adirectory.

2.Two.

3.Callpolice

4.ToBettysBigBakery.

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二、填空

Mostfilmssetinspaceareusuallyhorrorfilms(恐怖电影)andincludealiensintheirstory.Gravityisdifferentandfocusesonthehumandramainstead.Thefilm’sspecialeffectsaresoamazingthatitiseasytobelievethatGravityreallywasfilmedinspace.IttookmorethanthreeyearsforaBritishteamtocreatealloftheseeffects.

Wefirstmeetthecharactersoutsideoftheirspaceshiponaspacewalk.DrStone,astrong-mindedmotherwhosedaughterdiedinanaccident,isonherfirstjourneyintospaceandisjoinedbyMattKowalski,anexperiencedastronaut.KowalskimakesjokesandtellsstoriesabouthislifetohelpDrStonefeellessnervousaboutbeinginspace.

Theastronautsaresoonwarnedthatpiecesofadamagedsatelliteareflyingintheirdirectionion.Theirspaceshipissoonhitanddestroyed.DrStoneisknockedintospace.Itseemsthatshewilldiethere.ThefastmovingcameraworkandlossofcontactwithEarthmakeseverythingevenscarier(恐怖的).

Luckily,KowalskisavesDrStoneandtheydecidetogotothenearbyInternationalSpaceStationandseeiftheirescapevehicle(逃逸飞行器)canbeusedtoreturntoEarth.Onthejourney,theyhavetroubleandareabouttolose