Space Tourism
In this week's English conversation classes we will be talking about Space Tourism, and looking at the difference between Trip, Travel and Journey.
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Spacecraft orbiting Earth
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In this first class we will be looking at a quote based on Space Tourism, and discussing some questions based on vocabulary related to the topic. We also recommend that you take some time to study the common pronunciation problems and common mistakes that our students make.
Quote:
Discuss the following quote with your native English teacher via Skype:
"I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars."
– Stephen Hawking
Questions to discuss with your teacher:
1. What images spring to mind when you hear the words space tourism?
2. What are the pros and cons of space tourism?
Now check your pronunciation of the vocabulary with your native English teacher, and discuss the questions below:
| Vocabulary | Question |
| Rocket | What do you think it would be like to leave Earth in a rocket? |
| Weightlessness | What happens when we experience weightlessness? Would you like to? |
| Gravity | Why is there no gravity in space? |
| Safe | Would you feel safe travelling in a rocket? Do you feel safe travelling by plane? |
| Spacecraft | If you were to invent a spacecraft, what would it be like? |
Common pronunciation problems: Astronaut Future Tourism
| ✘ In the next future | ✔ In the near future |
| ✘ A travel | ✔ A trip |
| ✘ If I would have to invent a spacecraft it would be... | ✔ If I had to invent a spacecraft it would be... |
Going on holiday... to space!
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In this class we will be looking at more questions and vocabulary related to Space Tourism.
We also recommend you to watch the video before your English class, so you can discuss it with your English teacher.
Questions to discuss with your teacher:
1. What do you think are space tourism will be like in the future?
2. Could the money used on space tourism be better used? How?
Check your pronunciation of the vocabulary with your native English teacher, and discuss the questions below:
| Vocabulary | Question |
| Risk | What are the risks involved in travelling into space? |
| Survive | What would you need to take with you to survive for a week in space? |
| Health | What possible health problems could you experience? |
| Item | If you could take one item to space with you, what would it be and why? |
| Alien | Do you believe in alien life forms? What do you think they are like? |
Now discuss the video with your English teacher in your online conversation classes via Skype:
Click to do the English listening exercise on this video!
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Reading Practice:
Travelling to space is not just a holiday with a difference. Indeed, there are many dangers with space travel, some of which are explained in this week's reading exercise.
Read and discuss the article on what makes space travel so dangerous with your native-speaking English teacher online via Skype:
“In July 1969 the world watched as two men set foot on the Moon. For the first time, humanity had ventured out of the planet we call home and touched the possibility of worlds beyond.” Read more…
Questions to discuss with your English teacher
1. What is the purpose of the spacesuit astronauts wear?
2. Talk about some of the invisible risks of space travel.
| Present | Past simple | Past participle |
| bring | brought | brought |
| break | broke | broken |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
English grammar review
Travel v Trip v Journey
Many students have problems with these three confusing words. Here is an explanation of how to use each one correctly, with examples to help you put each one into context.
A) TRIP (countable noun)
A trip include going to another place, spending some time there, and coming back.
Trip uses the verb to go on or take.
Examples
We can use trip as part of a compound noun:
B) TRAVEL (verb or uncountable noun)
Going to a different place.
Examples as a verb
Examples as an uncountable noun
C) JOURNEY (countable noun)
Going from one place to another, from point A to point B
Examples
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