Unit 5 Pioneers of Flight
Key to Exercises
Opener
A Mighty Airplane Built by Howard Hughes in 1947
Length
It was 220 feet long.
Height
It was higher than a five
-
story building.
Weight
It weighed about 60 tons.
Trip
It had to make the trip from Culver city in California to the Pacific,
which is 30 miles away.
Reading & Interacting
I. Understanding the Text
1. Text Organization
Story
The hero
When it happened
How it relates to modern aviation
1
Wan Hu
A.D. 1500
Wan
Hu鈥檚
crazy
dream
contains
the
principles of rocket
-
powered spaceflight.
2
Howard
Hughes
On
November
2,
1947
Many of the design features of the Spruce
Goose
have
been
incorporated
into
modern cargo planes.
3
Leonardo
da Vinci
About
500
years
ago
The
flying
devices
with
flapping
wings
controlled and steered by human pilots he
designed
still
inspire
people
to
pursue
their dreams of flying freely in the sky.
2. Comprehension Check
2.1 Focusing on the main ideas
The article consists of three stories about pioneers of flight. The first story is
about a Chinese named Wan Hu, who made an unsuccessful attempt at spaceflight