Unit 10. Space travel. Lesson 2. A closer look 1

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UNIT 10: SPACE TRAVEL
PEROID 95 - LESSON 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1
*Vocabulary
- land (v): hạ cánh
- orbit (v): quay quanh, đi theo quỹ đạo
- train (v): đào tạo
- experience (v): trải nghiệm
- launch (v): phóng
1. It takes 365.256 days for Earth to…………  the Sun.
2. Have you ever…………..  weightlessness?
3. The spacecraft was …………… last week.
4. In 2014 a robot named Philae, part of the Rosetta mission, successfully …………… on a comet.
5. Would you like to be ………….. to become an astronaut?
1. Fill the gaps with the verbs provided. Modify the verbs if necessary.
land orbit train experience launch
orbit
experienced
launched
landed
trained

HOW ASTRONAUTS ARE TRAINED
Anyone can apply to train as an astronaut as long as they have a bachelor`s degree in science, mathematics or engineering, experience as a jet pilot, and are in (1)…………….. . If they get accepted, there are several phases of training. The first phase requires them to pass a swimming test in (2) ……………. They take (3)……………..……. that produce weightlessness. They also learn about various spaceship systems. In the second phase, they are trained to (4)………….. spacecraft systems and deal with emergencies. The training often takes place in a water tank laboratory so that trainees become familiar with crew activities in simulated microgravity in order to perform (5)………….. .
2. Choose a word/phrase in the box to fill each blank.
a flight suit spacewalks operate
good health parabolic flights
good health
a flight suit
parabolic flights
operate
spacewalks
1. Over the moon
rất sung sướng, hạnh phúc.
Ex: Wow, I have passed my final speaking test. I am over the moon today
2. once in a blue moon
Dùng để mô tả một việc mà chúng ta rất ít khi làm, hầu như không bao giờ làm.
Ex: Do you like reading newspapers?
No I don`t. I only read newspapers once in a blue moon.
3. Out of this world
rất tuyệt vời/ đáng ngạc nhiên. 
Ex: This pie is out of this world.
4. The sky’s the limit
Không có giới hạn rõ ràng – Ngụ ý là chúng ta có thể làm bất cứ điều gì khi chúng ta đã quyết tâm đạt được.
Ex :– Oh, my English teacher is so boring~
– Why are you studying English?
– For school. You?
– To learn about the world. Get a better job. Meet more people. The sky’s the limit.
3.a. Match these space – related idioms to their meanings.
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d
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b. Now practise saying them with a partner.
A: How often do you play football?
B: Oh, once in a blue moon.
4. Game
Venus
Sao kim
Mercury
Sao thủy
Jupiter
Sao mộc
Mars
Sao hỏa
Neptune
Sao hải vương
4. Game
Earth
Trái đất
Saturn
Sao thổ
Uranus
Sao thiên vương
Pronunciation
Continuing or finishing tones
Homework:
Learn by heart newwords and do more exercises in student’s book.
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