Nelson Mandela

    garriott is the sixth private citizen to travel into space. on october 12, his dream of following his father's footsteps came true as he took off aboard an russian rocket. garriott is the first american to follow his father into space. the austin, texas resident paid$30 million for the holiday in orbit(軌道）.
    but garriott's dream vacation was not all play.he also carried out experiments, including taking pictures of the earth's surface. in 1973, garriott's father took extensive photographs of earth during his 60-day stay on the u.s. skylab.space station.garriott plans to compare his photos with those his father took to see how earth's environment has changed in the past 35 years.
1.  how did richard garriott feel after returning from space?
   a .tired         b. excited      c. disappointed   d. satisfied. 
2.  what do we know about richard garriott according to the passage?
  a. he followed his father's step into space.
  b. he was tired and didn’t want to go any more.
  c. he stayed in space for more than one month.
  d. he is the first private citizen to travel into space. 
3.  he took pictures of the earth's surface as his father did 35 years ago, he wanted to find out_____.
  a . whether they chose different scenes to take photos.
  b.  whether they chose same scenes to take photos
  c.  whether the moon surface has changed in the past 35 years.
  d.  whether the earth environment has changed in the past 35 years.
4. we can infer from the passage that________.
  a. space travelling is becoming well received.
  b. richard garriott went into space with his father.
  c. richard garriott's father went into space 30 years ago.
  d. traveling into space costs a lot of money.

第三課時：grammar
預習導學
根據課文內容填空:
1. the time ______ i first met nelson mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
2. it was in 1952 and mandela was the black lawyer to ____ i went for advice.
3. this was a time ____ one had got to have a passbook to live in johannesburg.
4. the places outside the towns____ they were sent to live were the poorest parts of south africa.
5. we were put into a position in ____ we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government.
6. it was a prison from ____ no one escaped.
7. he taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings____ we should have been asleep.