What is this?
Do you know where it comes from?
Unit 12​
Life on other planets
Getting started
Từ vựng
- adventure (n): sự khám phá
- captain (n): đội trưởng
- crew (n): thuyền viên
- fight (v): chiến đấu
- terrorist (n): khủng bố
- fortunately (adv): may mắn
- alien (n): người ngoài hành tinh
- galaxy (n): thiên hà
- weightless (adj): không trọng lực
- solar system:  hệ mặt trời 
What could happen to Earth?
Duong: Do you know, Trang and I saw a very interesting film yesterday! 
Nhi: What was it? 
Duong: Star Trek Into Darkness. 
Nhi: Oh, I like this series, but I`ve only seen Star Trek 2009. What`s Into Darkness about? 
Duong: Well, after their adventures on the journey to Nibiru planet in Star Trek 2009, Captain James Kirk and his crew return to Earth on the Enterprise in 2259. However, they then have to fight a dangerous terrorist John Harrison, who wants to destroy Earth. 
Nhi: Sounds thrilling! ​
Duong: Yes, it was! Actually, Kirk dies trying to stop him, but fortunately, he comes back to life. It`s just a film, after all! ​
Nhi: A happy ending! But it does make me think about the real world… Could Earth ever be in that kind of danger? ​
Duong: That`s funny, Trang also asked me what I thought would happen to Earth in the future. ​
Nhi: And how did you answer? ​
Duong: I said I didn`t know but that Earth might be run by aliens! ​
Nhi: Ha! That`s true; nobody knows. ​
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a. Tick (✓) true (T) or false (F)
b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
1. Who is the captain of the spaceship?
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2. Where did the crew go in Star Trek 2009?
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3. When does the story in Star Trek in to Darkness happen?
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4. What do you think is the Enterprise?
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5. What does John Harrison want to do?
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James Kirk is the captain of the spaceship.
They went to Nibiru planet.
It happens in 2259.
It’s the name of the spaceship that the crew travels on.
He wants to destroy the Earth.
c. Can you find the sentences in reported speech in the conversation? Underline them.
- That’s funny, Trang also asked me what I thought would happen to Earth in the future. 
- I said I didn’t know but that Earth might be run by aliens! 
1. The aliens were green and they had huge head and big eyes.
2. The aliens came out of a UFO, which looked like a disk.
3. A space buggy is a vehicle used for travelling on the surface of the moon.
4. A moon moves round a planet and a planet moves round a star.
5. In a weightless environment, everything floats uncontrollably.
6. There are eight planets that move round the Sun in our solar system.
7. We don’t know how many solar systems there are in each galaxy.
8. Vostok 1 is the name of the spaceship in which Yuri Gagarin flew into outer space.
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