Project—Interviewing a professional
The project in this unit is designed to let you interview a professional and create a wall display through practicing English. The reading material about Yang Liwei here is a sample for you. Try to learn how to talk about and write an article about a professional.
The purpose of this section is to let you use what you have learned in this unit to complete a group project. During the course, discuss who you’ d like to interview. You are not only to search for as much information about the person as you can, but also to choose useful information and do some speaking and writing. Learn to cooperate and fulfill each part of the assignment. By doing the project, you will learn more about successful professionals as well as more about why they are so successful.
Reading
杨利伟拍摄的美丽的地球家 俯瞰大西洋 杨利伟在失重状态下
吃航天食品——椰蓉馅月饼
电池和医监医药包在失重状态下浮在空中 中国人从太空问候世界
北京时间10月15日18时40分，中国培养的第一位航天员杨利伟从太空向世界各国人民问好，并在舱内并列展示了五星红旗和联合国旗(摄于北京航天指挥控制中心大屏幕)。
1) Please read the article about Yang Liwei and jot down the main idea of each paragraph. Then we’ll check the answers together.
Paragraph 1
Introduction of Yang Liwei’s space exploration.
Paragraph 2
Yang Liwei’s childhood.
Paragraph 3
Yang Liwei began his training as a Chinese astronaut.
Paragraph 4
Yang Liwei was chosen to be the first astronaut for the Chinese space mission.
Paragraph 5
Conclusion of Yang Liwei’s space exploration.
2) Try to find some information about the following numbers.
1965 born
1983 joined the army
1987 became a fighter pilot
1998 chosen as a member of Shenzhou
1,500 the number of candidates to choose from
Sep.2003. 3 were piced for the space adventure
15, Oct, 2003 carried out the journey into space
241st the number of the persons ever in space
3) Let’s talk more about Yang Liwei and other explorers. Try to list what is required of an astronaut both physically and mentally.
2. Exercise
1)Write a short passage about Yang Liwei
One possible version:
Yang Liwei was the first Chinese who went into space. On 15 October 2003, he left the earth. His journey into space took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit, around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.
Yang Liwei, born in 1965, became interested in flying as a young boy. In 1983, he joined the army and then finished his university study at the No. 8 Aviation College. After graduation, he became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was chosen as a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou. Through hard working Yang won his position as China’s first astronaut
Now all we Chinese are proud of Yang Liwei. Especially the young respect him as their hero.
2)Finish Part B on P59
3. Interviewing a professional
1) Planning
To plan the interview, you need first to work in groups and discuss who you would like to choose to interview. Also you need to discuss what background information to find to make your wall display interesting.
2) Preparing
To prepare the interview, the group members responsible for researching information about the professional should collect the useful information and provide it to those responsible for preparing questions. Those responsible for conducting the interview and taking notes at the interview discuss with the whole group to choose what information about the person can be used in the report and the wall display. If possible, using some photographs of the professional may have better effect.
3) Producing
In the producing step, you are to write the story about the professional based on the interview note and draw appropriate pictures that illustrate the experience of the person. After you finish your work, the whole group should proofread to correct any mistakes and add any new ideas.
4) Presenting
Now time came for you to present. One of you in each group will present your story to the class. Everyone should get well prepared to speak. Then you can put your displays on the walls for the whole class to read.
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