A closer look 1 Unit 10: Space Travel

A closer look 1 Unit 10: Space Travel

Unit 10 of A closer look 1 focuses on Space Travel and helps students review vocabulary, learn new words and structures, and practice listing events or objects. The unit provides exercises related to the theme of Space Travel to enhance students' understanding of the topic.

Vocabulary

1. Fill in the blanks with the verbs given. Modify the verb if necessary.

Examples:

- It takes 365.256 days for Earth to orbit the Sun.

- Have you ever experienced weightlessness?

- The spacecraft was launched last week.

- In 2014 a robot named Philae, part of the Rosetta mission, successfully landed on aet.

- Would you like to be trained to be an astronaut?

2. Choose a word/phrase from the box to fill in each blank.

Example:

- 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 good health...

3a. Match space-related idioms to meanings.

Example:

- Over the moon – delighted

- Once in a blue moon – occasionally

- Out of this world – amazing

- The sky’s the limit – almost without limit

3b. Practise saying these idioms with a partner.

4. Game: Guess the planets described in each sentence and write their names.

Examples:

- This planet is the second brightest object in the night sky. Only the moon is brighter. => Venus (sao Kim)

- Nearest to the Sun, this planet is extremely hot during the daytime and extremely cold at night. => Mercury (sao Thủy)

Pronunciation

- Practice listing items with varying intonations to indicate the start and end of a list.

5. Practise saying statements and short dialogues, then listen to the recording and check your pronunciation.

Examples:

- 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!

- On his farm, his father used to have five horses, four cows, four hens, and one cat.

6. Work in pairs and ask each other to list the names of the planets in our solar system, or talk about what you did yesterday.