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 READING       3    Read and write. Work with a partner.

                    Talk and write about a day in the space station.
 1  Listen and read. TR: 5.8
 A Day in the     Morning


 Space Station    •Get up at                                .  •Wash up and eat                                   .




                  •Start experiments at                                  .  •Exercise for             hour.
 Astronauts at the International Space Station
 are busy all day. They get up at seven o’clock.

 Then they wash up and eat breakfast. At eight   Afternoon
 o’clock they start experiments. In the morning they   •Eat lunch at    .  •Do more                              .

 also exercise for an hour.
 At one o’clock the astronauts eat lunch.    •Sometimes they space      .  •Exercise for                   hour.

 The food is prepared on Earth and put in special
 bags. The astronauts can choose from more than   Evening

 a hundred different foods. In the afternoon the
 astronauts do more experiments. Sometimes    •Eat dinner at    .  •Read, send e-mails, or take                  .
 they put on a space suit and space walk outside.
                                                                .
 They exercise for another hour, too.  •Go to bed at   www.english0905.com

 At seven o’clock they eat dinner. In the evening
 the astronauts read, send e-mails, or take photos   4  Answer the questions. Work with a partner.
 of space. At about ten o’clock they go to bed.
                     1. When do astronauts exercise?

                    2. What time do they start experiments?

                    3. When do astronauts space walk?

                    4. When do they read?                                              Astronauts grow about
                                                                                       5 cm (2 in.) in space.
 90 minutes         5. What time do the astronauts go to bed?
 eat lunch  go to bed


 2  Read and look. Check T for True

 and F for False.  5  Talk about your day. How                            The astronauts get


  1. Astronauts aren’t busy in the morning.   T     F  is it similar to an astronaut’s   up at seven o’clock.
                    day? How is it different?
 2. Space food is prepared on Earth.   T     F
                    Work with a partner.                                           I get up at seven o’clock,

 3.  The space station circles the Earth                                           too. What about you?
   in 90 minutes.   T    F
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