THIRD BGU-WEEK 8- How did we start visiting outer space?
 Reading: Skimming and
Scanning TASK 1. Answer the following question: What
do you know about astronauts?
TASK 2. Read this text about Laika and practice your reading. Record an audio with the correct pronunciation and paste in your blog entry or send by email or Google drive. Don´t forget to write your names and the course in your tasks for week. Laika
During the era of the space race between the USA and USSR, the Soviet Union launched the first living thing into space. It was a dog named Laika. The objective of the trip was to prove that space travel for humans was safe, but technology hadn’t advanced enough to bring ships back yet. Laika was a street dog that became an astronaut because of her size and calmness. After some training, she was ready to go into space. Her ship, called Sputnik 2, was launched on November 3, 957. Laika was supposed to orbit the planet some days and the first reports from Russian space programs said so. However, in 1993, some Russian space program scientists revealed that Laika died soon after leaving the planet’s atmosphere because of stress and overheating. Many people in the world were in great sorrow because of her death. Since then, her story has spread around the world and has inspired many tales, songs, and poems. Some of them say that Laika became a star in the sky.
TASK 3. Write true or false. If it is false,
correct it. a. The objective of the trip wasn’t
to prove that space travel for humans was safe. b. In 1957, technology hadn’t
advanced enough to bring ships back yet.
c. Laika was supposed to orbit the
planet some days. d. Laika died soon after leaving the
planet’s atmosphere. _ e. Many people were inspired by Laika to create songs, tales, and poems. TASK 4. Give the definitions according each yellow word from the reading in task 2. Note: don't forget to study the definition of the 15 words in yellow to explain the meaning of each one. |
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