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10 Stargazing
Speaking
A. Look at the three quotes from Arthur C. Clarke,
one of the most admired science fiction
writers of the 20 century and author of 2001:
th
A Space Odyssey, and answer the questions.
1. Which is your favourite? Why?
2. What ideas do you think he wants to convey in
each one?
How inappropriate to call this planet B. Match the two halves of each phrase.
“Earth”, when it is clearly “Ocean”. 1. I don’t really know
2. I thought
3. It turned out
4. I suppose
5. I’d imagined
6. I presume
7. I was
8. If it hadn’t been for...,
a. I never would’ve...
b. I should’ve known.
c. it’d...
d. pleasantly surprised.
I don’t believe in astrology; I’m
e. to be...
Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.
f. something a little more...
g. what I was expecting.
h. you’re going to...
Two possibilities exist: either we are
alone in the universe or we are not.
Both are equally terrifying.
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