Unit 6 - British astronaut

Good afternoon!

First of all, here is the video of the space lesson by Tim Peake!. Wouldn't it be great to have a cosmic classroom here too?

Second, here is the text we read today with the questions and answers. Below you can also read the text and solution for the listening exercise.

Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to live in the Inernational Space Station which is 400km above the Earth. To get there he had to take the hardest training he has ever done, but it was worth it!. He there for six months and he carried out 30 experiments.

One of the experiments is about how food grows in space. Tim will studied more than a million seeds of a salad plant. When Tim landed, the seeds were shared among schools in Britain. Students were able to observe how they grow after six months in space. Do you think they are weaker or stronger?

Tim's mission was called Principia, which is part of the title a 300-year-old book by British scientist Isaac Newton. However, the logo for Principia is much modern and was designed by a 13-year-old British child!. British students were able to ask questions to Tim using a radio. Can you imagine speaking to someone in space?

Answer the questions with "Yes" or "No":

• Tim Peake is the third British astronaut to live in the International Space Station. [Answer]
  No. (He is the first!)
• Tim Peake did more than 20 experiments in the International Space Station. [Answer]
  Yes. (He did 30).
• British children received the seeds Tim took to space. [Answer]
  Yes. (Imagine having something that was in space!).
• British children communicated with Tim via Internet. [Answer]
  No. (They communicated via radio).

Answer the questions:

• How high is the International Space Station? [Answer]
  The International Space Station is 400km high.
• What was one of the experiments about? [Answer]
  One of the experiments was about how food grows in space.
• What is the name of Tim's mission. [Answer]
  Principia.

Here is the listening exercise solution!.

Question: How do you become an astronaut?
Tim Peake:Astronauts come from many different backgrounds. I am a [Profession]

pilot.

but there are also scientists or [Profession]

doctors.

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Question: How do you [Verb]

sleep

in space?
Tim Peake: There is no up or [Direction]

down

in space, you just float in your quarters, strap yourself and sleep.
Question: How do you get to the space station?
Tim Peake: In a [Vehicle]

Rocket.

. The trip can take two days!

Do you dare to find the full name of the Principia book?. See you next lesson!

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