U 14-E11

the first market research on the demand for space tourism was conducted in Japan.. The percent of 3,030 Japanese under the age of 40 would like to visit space at least once in their li

Check up: Choose the best answers

1 There are over one hundred different stamps in my….

a collecting book b collected book

c collection d guide book

2 I sometimes… stamps with my friends who share

the same hobby with me.

a change b exchange

c changing d recharge

3 His …… include playing football, going fishing

and collecting stamps.

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2

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1 Who is he

 He was born on March

9, 1934 in Moscow.

 He is the first man

to fly into space

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TIME 10 3 5 9 4 2

2 Who is she

 She was born on March 6, 1937 in Russia

 She is the first woman to fly into space

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4 Who is he

 He was born on February 14, 1947 in Vietnam.

He is the first Vietnamese to fly into

space

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TIME 10 3 9 2

 He was born on August 5, 1930 in Ohio.

 He is the first man to set foot on the moon.

5 Who is he

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 He said the following famous sentence:

“That is one small step for a man, one giant

leap for mankind”?

7 Where was the first rocket engine invented

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6 What is the opposite word of “slowly”

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1 Pre-reading:

1.1 Activity 1: Match the column A with column B

1 aeronautics A shaped like a dome.

2 envisage B force that attracts objects

towards the centre of the earth.

3 shuttle C the border between two

6 frontier F aircraft, bus, etc…that travels

regularly between two places.

có dạng vòm trọng lực

đường biên giới

- dự kiến - frontier

- tàu con thoi - shuttle

- đường biên giới - gravity

2 While- reading:

2.1 Activity1: Matching ( paragraph

A)

FIGURES FACTS

1 70% A the first market research on the demand for

space tourism was conducted in Japan.

2 3,030 B The percent of 3,030 Japanese under the age of

40 would like to visit space at least once in their lifetime.

3 1993 C 70% of 3,030 Japanese under the ages of this

would like to visit space at least once in their lifetime.

4 80% D the percent of 3,030 Japanese of all ages would

pay up to three months’ salary for a trip to outer space.

5 60 E the numbers of Japanese of all ages were

surveyed in the first market research.

2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

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2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

1

What does NASA stand for?

a It stands for the National Airline and Space Administration.

b It stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

c It stands for the National Aircraft and Space Administration.

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2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

2

What project is NASA sponsoring?

a a project to build a hotel for holidaymakers

b a project to build a bridge for holidaymakers

c a project to build a space station for holidaymakerso

2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

How many people can the hotel envisaged by the Wimberley Allison Tong and Doo accommodate?

a 110 people

b 150 people

c 100 peopleo

2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

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By what might passengers be ferried

to and from the hotel?

a the present generation of space shuttles

b the next generation of space shuttles

c the previous generation of space shuttles

a.two Japanese engineers

b two Japanese businessmen

c two Japanese leaders

2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

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Who were able to afford to join a

Russian space trip in 2001?

a two Japanese engineers

b two Japanese businessmen

c two Japanese leaders

2 While-reading:

2.3 Activity 3: True or False Statements(para.C).

1 The shape of the space hotel designed by Peter

Inston would be round.

2 Tourist would walk on the Moon by wearing normal boots.

3 Passengers would take low gravity excursions outside the space hotel by Moon buses.

4 It would not have restaurants and even a beach on the Moon.

5 On the Moon, a hotel would get water from lunar ice and get food from farms on the Earth surface.

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special

would

Moon

3 Post- reading: Discussion

Discuss the following questions:

a If you were a space tourist, where would you go?

b What would you bring?

c How long would you stay there?

d What would you do there?

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a If I were a space tourist, I would go to…………

3 Post- reading: Discussion

3 Post- reading: Discussion

c I would stay there for a

day/ week/ month/ year.

3 Post- reading: Discussion

d I would…….

see real Martians

enjoy the feeling of weightlessness

collect the rocks

2 While-reading:

2.2 Activity 2: Multiple choice ( paragraph B)

o

Who were able to afford to join a

Russian space trip in 2001?

a two Japanese engineers

b two Japanese businessmen

c two Japanese leaders

3 Homework: Sentence Building

Make meaningful sentences using the

cues given.

1 Many people/ willing / pay/to/three

months/ salary/trip/ outer space.

2 Two Japanese/ pay/about $ 8 million / join/ Russian space trip/ 2001.