Lesson 2 : Space Tourism
Pre-reading stage:
1) Have you ever travelled? How far have you been? Which means of transport have you used?
2) Label the pictures with the following words: spaceship/ astronaut/ spaceport/ space shuttle/ orbit
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3) In pairs discuss the following questions: - Are you for or against space travel? Justify your opinion
- Would you travel into space if you could afford it?
- Do you think a space flight for pleasure is worth the adventure or a waste of money?
- Do you think space tourism will be widespread in the future?
While-reading stage:
1) Read the first and the last sentences of the text (p 42) and guess the topic.
2) Read the text and answer the following question:
Type of the text (circle the right option): narrative/ descriptive/ argumentative/ expository
3) Match each paragraph with its appropriate title:
a- The first client of space adventure parag1+…………
b- The completion between the two companies. parag2+…………
c- The dominating countries of space tourism parag3+…………
d- The success of the first flight parag4+…………
e- The secret future space tourist parag5+…………
4) Correct the false statements (question 2 p43) with reference to the text.
5) Match the words/ expressions in column A with their meanings in column B
Column A Column B Answer
1 A deal A fight, argument 1+………
2 Take off B a strong position in business 2+………
3 Spaceship C a spacecraft that carries people through space 3+………
4 Spaceport D an agreement 4+………
5 A face-off E leave the ground and start flying 5+………
6 Well-to-do F becoming known 6+………
7 Emerging G departure point for space flights 7+………
8 A foothold H rich 8+……….
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Post-reading stage:
Which of the following statements best express your opinion – use them to write a 10-line
argumentative paragraph about the pros and cons of space tourism.
A B C
It’s human nature to No, we need to focus Man would meet
stretch, to go, to on our problems here terrible dangers in
understand. on Earth. We’re faced space. The main ones
Exploration is not a with a large debt and being radiation and
choice, really; it’s an many of our citizens the danger of being
imperative. don’t have jobs or hit by meteors.
homes.
You may use the following expressions: not only …………..but also/ I think ……./ As far as I am
concerned….. / To my belief/ One can hardly deny that…. / Needless to say that…. / On the one
hand…. / On the other hand…../ All things considered…….
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