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A CLOSER LOOK 1

Vocabulary

1 Fill the gaps with the verbs provided. Modify
the verb if necessary.

land orbit train experience launch
3 a Match these space-related idioms to their
meanings.
1. It takes 365.256 days for Earth to ______ the Sun.
2. Have you ever ______ weightlessness? 1. over the moon a. occasionally
3. The spacecraft was ______ last week.
2. once in a blue moon b. almost without limit
4. In 2014 a robot named Philae, part of the Rosetta
mission, successfully ______ on a comet.
3. out of this world c. delighted
5. Would you like to be ______ to become an
astronaut? 4. The sky’s the limit. d. amazing

2 Choose a word/phrase in the box to ll each
blank. b Now practise saying them with a partner.
A: How often do you play football?
B: Oh, once in a blue moon.
a ight suit spacewalks operate
good health parabolic ights 4 GAME

Which planet of our solar system is being
described in each sentence? Guess the
planets and write their names.
HOW ASTRONAUTS ARE TRAINED
1. This planet is the second brightest object in our
Anyone can apply to train as an astronaut night sky. Only the moon is brighter.
as long as they have a bachelor’s degree 2. Nearest to the Sun, this planet is extremely hot
in science, mathematics or engineering, during the daytime and extremely cold at night.
experience as a jet pilot, and are in
(1)______. If they get accepted, there are 3. The largest planet in our solar system that has
several phases of training. The first phase more gravity than Earth, and many storms.
requires them to pass a swimming test in 4. This planet has a surface of red dirt and rocks
(2)______. They take (3)______ that produce and there are signs of ancient oods on it.
weightlessness. They also learn about 5. This dark, cold planet is the farthest from the Sun
various spaceship systems. In the and takes almost 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
second phase, they are trained
to (4)______ spacecraft systems 6. This is the only planet in our solar system that is
and deal with emergencies. The known to have life.
training often takes place in a 7. Called ‘The Jewel of the Solar System’, this is the
water tank laboratory so that only planet whose beautiful rings can be seen
trainees become familiar with from Earth with a telescope. The day Saturday
crew activities in simulated was named after this planet.
microgravity in order to perform 8. The atmospheric temperature of this ‘ice giant’
(5)______. planet can be as low as -224°C, the coldest
temperature of any planet.

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