UNIT 10 GETTING STARTED LISTEN AND READ

The highest mountains on the moon are about 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters high. And here is something very interesting to know: on the moon you weigh one sixth of what you weigh on earth[r]

Lesson2: Speak – Listen Unit 10:

LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

Word square:

S E A R T H

M U M E R C

U R N S A U

S S R U B R

A A R V C Y

Which planet is the nearest to the sun? Which is the biggest?

a) Vocabulary:

microorganism (n) Vi sinh v tậ

gemstone (n) Đá q

sparkling (a) Lấp lánh creature (n) Sinh vật

trace (n) Dấu vết

b) Model sentences:

There might be water on Mars. This may be gas on Mars.

Form: May

Might + V infinitive

minerals microorganism

plants gemstones

little creatures water

a) What’s this?

This may be ……….on Mars. b) What are they?

They might be ……… on Mars.

a) Making dialogue:

Your friend: There may be mountains on Mars.You : What these drawings say?

Your friend: Well, they may be gas on Mars. You : And what about the red signs

on the left corner?

b) Discussion:

What may there be on Mercury / on the moon?

2 Listen:

a) Vocabulary:

expert (n) Chuyeân gia

crater (n) Hố, miệng núi lửa one-sixth Một phần sáu

Set the scene: you will listen to the description of the moon. But before listening, you should read these statements and guess which is correct and which is incorrect.

Questions:

a) Why are there no sound on the moon?

b) How many creature are there on the moon?

c) How much will you weigh on the moon if you weigh 50 kilos on the earth?

c) Will you sleep very well on the moon? why/? Why not?

Because there is no air on the moon.

There are about 30,000 creatures on the moon.

If I weigh 50 kilos, I’ll weigh only a little more than kilos. No, we won’t Because one day lasts for two weeks

Tape transcript:

Good evening Welcome to our Science For Fun Program This week, we’ve received a lot of questions asking about life on the moon.

We’ve talked to some experts and this is what we’ve found out There is no Water or air on the moon It is all silent because there is no air Of course, there will be no music, no sounds There are no rivers and no lakes At night, it is very cold The temperature goes down 1510 C below zero But during

the day the temperature rises to 1000 C above zero.

There are great round holes on the moon They look like big lakes They are called craters There are more then 30,000 craters on the moon There are

also high mountains The highest mountains on the moon are about 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters high.

And here is something very interesting to know: on the moon you weigh one sixth of what you weigh on earth If you weigh 50 kilos, on the moon

you will weigh only a little more than kilos You will be able to jump very high, even higher than an Olympic Champion You can take very long steps as well. And … may be you want won’t sleep very well because one day on the moon lasts for weeks.

HOMEWORK:

Learn by heart new words.