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UNIT 10: SPACE TRAVEL
LESSON 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1
land train orbit experience launch
Match the words to the pictures.
orbit
launch
land
experience
train
1._ _ _ _ _ _ _
2._ _ _ _ _ _ _
3._ _ _ _ _ _ _
4._ _ _ _ _ _ _
5._ _ _ _ _ _ _
* Vocabulary:

1. land /lænd/ (v) : hạ cánh
2. orbit (v) /ˈɔːbɪt/ : quay quanh, đi theo quỹ đạo
3. train (v) : đào tạo
4. experience (v) : trải nghiệm
5. launch /lɔːntʃ/ (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
occasionally almost without limit
delighted amazing
A: Wow, I have passed my final speaking test. I am ………..
B: It’s ……………
A:Oh, my English teacher is ………….. so boring
B: Why are you studying English?
A: For school. You?
B To learn about the world. Get a better job. Meet more people. ……………………….

delighted
amazing
occasionally
almost without limit
3a Match these space-related idioms to their meanings.
3a Match these space-related idioms to their meanings.
GAME
1. over the moon 2. once in a blue moon
3. out of this world 4. The sky’s the limit.
A: Wow, I have passed my final speaking test. I am ………..
B: It’s ……………
A:Oh, my English teacher is …………..
so boring
B: Why are you studying English?
A: For school. You?
B To learn about the world. Get a better job. Meet more people. ……………………….

Over the moon
out of this world
once in a blue moon
The sky’s the limit
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
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 .
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.
5. Practise saying the statements and short dialogues, then listen to the recording and check your pronunciation.
6. Work in pairs and ask each other:
* to list the names of the planets in our solar system.
* what you did yesterday.

How many planets in our solar system? Can you name it?
What did you do yesterday?