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

Welcome to our class!
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Unit 10: SPACE TRAVEL
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED. P46-48
What do you think Phuc and Nick are talking about?
A mission to Mars
What else can you see in the room?
What do you think Phuc is interested in?
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Unit 10: SPACE TRAVEL
LESSON 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1. P49-50
land train orbit experience launch
Match the words to the pictures.
orbit
launch
land
experience
train
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2._ _ _ _ _ _ _
3._ _ _ _ _ _ _
4._ _ _ _ _ _ _
5._ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nick: Wow, is that you in this photo? The youngest astronaut in the world doing a spacewalk!
Phuc: Ha! Yeah, it was in a museum in Sweden.
Nick: You look so excited!
Phuc: Well, that trip made me crazy about space. Before I turned ten, I’d already collected lots of books about the universe. I’d learnt about the planets, the stars, satellites, rockets, and stuff.
Nick: You know, last year I visited an astronomy museum and I touched a meteorite.
Phuc: A meteorite! What was it like?
Nick: Honestly, it wasn’t as impressive as I’d expected. It was just like an ordinary piece of rock.
Phuc: But perhaps it was from Mars. Think of that!
Nick: Maybe. Do you think there could be life on Mars?
Phuc: It’s possibly habitable. It once had an ocean … Who knows, in 20 years we might be flying there on a discovery mission.
Nick: Haha, but we’d need to do some serious training first. They say you practise by scuba diving in a flight suit...
Phuc: That’s right. And you also have to experience microgravity on a parabolic flight.
Nick: What’s that?
Phuc: The plane flies at high altitude, then it climbs sharply for a few seconds and descends sharply, a bit like a rollercoaster. The people inside the plane start to float. I’d love to do that.
Nick: Sounds a bit scary. But let’s take a look at your rock collection. There may be something interesting here...
Phuc: Yes, perhaps a meteorite that landed on Earth from the moon!
Nick: Wow, is that you in this photo? The youngest astronaut in the world doing a spacewalk!
Phuc: Ha! Yeah, it was in a museum in Sweden.
Nick: You look so excited!
Phuc: Well, that trip made me crazy about space. Before I turned ten, I’d already collected lots of books about the universe. I’d learnt about the planets, the stars, satellites, rockets, and stuff.
Nick: You know, last year I visited an astronomy museum and I touched a meteorite.
Phuc: A meteorite! What was it like?
Nick: Honestly, it wasn’t as impressive as I’d expected. It was just like an ordinary piece of rock.
Phuc: But perhaps it was from Mars. Think of that!
Nick: Maybe. Do you think there could be life on Mars?
Phuc: It’s possibly habitable. It once had an ocean … Who knows, in 20 years we might be flying there on a discovery mission.
Nick: Haha, but we’d need to do some serious training first. They say you practise by scuba diving in a flight suit...
Phuc: That’s right. And you also have to experience microgravity on a parabolic flight.
Nick: What’s that?
Phuc: The plane flies at high altitude, then it climbs sharply for a few seconds and descends sharply, a bit like a rollercoaster. The people inside the plane start to float. I’d love to do that.
Nick: Sounds a bit scary. But let’s take a look at your rock collection. There may be something interesting here...
Phuc: Yes, perhaps a meteorite that landed on Earth from the moon!
-variety [və`raiəti] (n): loại, thể loại
Vocab
orbit
experienced
launched
landed
trained
Vocabulary
1 Fill the gaps with the verbs provided. Modify the verb if necessary.


It takes 365.256 days for Earth to __________ the Sun.
Have you ever __________ weightlessness?
The spacecraft was __________ last week.
In 2014 a robot named Philae, part of the Rosetta mission, successfully __________ on a comet.
Would you like to be __________ to become an astronaut?
land train orbit experience launch
parabolic flights
a flight suit
good health
operate
spacewalks
2 Choose a word/phrase in the box to fill each blank.



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)____________.
a flight suit spacewalks operate
good health parabolic flights
-technical term [`teknikəl t3:m] (n): thuật ngữ
Vocabulary:
-openness [`oupənnis] (n): độ mở, sự mở
-simplicity [sim`plisəti] (n): sự đơn giản
-operate [`ɔpəreit] (v): đóng vai trò
-flexibility [,fleksə`biləti] (n): tính linh hoạt
-variety [və`raiəti] (n): loại, thể loại
3a Match these space-related idioms to their meanings.
3a Match these space-related idioms to their meanings.
GAME
4 GAME
Which planet of our solar system is being described in each sentence? Guess the planets and write their names.
This planet is the second brightest object in our night sky. Only the moon is brighter.
Nearest to the Sun, this planet is extremely hot during the daytime and extremely cold at night.
The largest planet in our solar system that has more gravity than Earth, and many storms.
This planet has a surface of red dirt and rocks and there are signs of ancient floods on it.
This dark, cold planet is the farthest from the Sun and takes almost 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
This is the only planet in our solar system that is known to have life.
Called ‘The Jewel of the Solar System’, this is the only planet whose beautiful rings can be seen from Earth with a telescope. The day Saturday was named after this planet.
The atmospheric temperature of this ‘ice giant’ planet can be as low as -224°C, the coldest temperature of any planet.
=> Venus
=> Mercury
=> Jupiter
=> Mars
=> Neptune
=> Earth
=> Saturn
=> Uranus
Pronunciation
Continuing or finishing tones
Example:
Listen again to how Phuc tells Nick about what he had learnt about space.

I’d learnt about the planets, the stars, satellites, rockets, and stuff .
5 Practise saying the statements and short dialogues, then listen to the recording and check your pronunciation.
1. – Wow, your backpack is heavy!
– Well, I didn’t put much in it. Just two T-shirts, one pair of jeans, a telescope, and my rock collection!
2. On his farm, his father used to have five horses, four cows, four hens, and one cat.
3. – What do you think the universe includes?
– I think it includes stars, planets, and galaxies.
4. – Which of the following do you think can follow the verb launch to form a phrase?
– I think they are launch a satellite, launch a rocket, and launch a spacecraft.
5. – Can you see anything from there?
– Yes, I can see a small red house, a garden, a bicycle, a lake, and a boat.
. Homework:
-Practice the conversation more.
-Learn vocabulary.
-Prepare A closer look 2 (page 50-52).
1a Choose the correct words in the following phrases about language learning.
1. be bilingual in/at the language
2. be reasonably good on/at the language
3. can get to/by in the language
4. be fluent at/in the language
5. can’t speak a word of/with the language
6. can speak the language, but it’s a lot/bit rusty
7. pick up/off a bit of the language on holiday
3a Match the words/phrases in column A with the words/phrases in column B to make expressions about language learning.
If you don’t (1) ______ what a word means, try to (2) ______ the meaning, or (3) ______ the word in your dictionary. All foreign speakers (4) ______ an accent, but that doesn’t matter. To make your pronunciation better, listen to English speakers and try to (5) ______ them. Don’t worry if you (6) ______ mistakes or don’t try to (7) ______ a mistake – that’s normal! It’s often useful to (8) ______ words from one language to the other, but it’s best when you can start to think in the new language.
Good bye !