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9 Cosmology

Listening and Language Skills

A. Read the four facts about space. Which do you
And pigs might fly!
find most interesting? Why?
As if!
Dream on!

In your dreams!
I should be so lucky!
Never in a million years!
No chance!
Yeah, right!

D. Listen again and tick the phrases from the
Everyday English Box you hear.

E. Listen again and complete the sentences with
words from the recording.

1. I know I am! with the first one.
= tell me
2. we aren’t sending more
people into space! = it doesn’t surprise me
3. You’re a who’s afraid of flying.
= coward
4. Let alone taking like you! =
untrained people who go into space

B. Discuss with a partner. F. Choose four of the following topics. Research

1. How much do you think a spacesuit costs? a fact related to each.
2. What do you think the temperature range in 1. your favourite planet in the solar system
space is?
2. an astronaut
3. How long do you think it takes to put on a 3. animals in space
spacesuit?
4. asteroids
4. What qualifications do you imagine you need 5. your favourite space-related film or series
to be an astronaut?
6. the moon
5. How much flight time do you think you need
to accumulate before going into space? 7. space tourism
6. Do you think it’s true astronauts grow in 8. the likelihood of life on other planets
space? By how much?

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C. Listen and check the answers.

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