1. Listen and read

(Nghe và đọc.)

A mission to Mars

Nick: Wow, is that you in this photo? The youngest astronaut in the world doing a spacewalk!

Phuc: Ha! Yeah, it was in a museum in Sweden.

Nick: You look so excited!

Phuc: Well, that trip made me crazy about space. Before I turned ten, I'd already collected lots of books about the universe. I'd learnt about the planets, the stars, satellites, rockets, and stuff.

Nick: You know, last year I visited an astronomy museum and I touched a meteorite.

Phuc: A meteorite! What was it like?

Nick: Honestly, it wasn't as impressive as I'd expected. It was just like an ordinary piece of rock.

Phuc: But perhaps it was from Mars. Think of that!

Nick: Maybe. Do you think there could be life on Mars?

Phuc: It's possibly habitable. It once had an ocean... Who knows, in 20 years we might be flying there on a discovery mission.

Nick: Haha, but we'd need to do some serious training first. They say you practise by scuba diving in a flight suit...

Phuc: That's right. And you also have to experience microgravity on a parabolic flight.

Nick: What's that?

Phuc: The plane flies at high altitude, then it climbs sharply for a few seconds and descends sharply, a bit like a rollercoaster. The people inside the plane start to float. I'd love to do that.

Nick: Sounds a bit scary. But let's take a look at your rock collection. There may be something interesting here...

Phuc: Yes, perhaps a meteorite that landed on Earth from the moon!

a. Draw lines to match the words with the definitions.

(Vẽ đường thẳng nối các từ với các định nghĩa.)

1b. Answer the questions. 

(Trả lời câu hỏi.)

1. What was Phuc interested in when he were young?

(Khi còn bé Phúc thích cái gì?)

2. What had Phuc done before he turned ten years old?

(Phúc đã làm gì trước khi 10 tuổi?)

3. Why does Phuc use the phrase "and stuff" at the end of his list?

(Tại sao Phúc sử dụng cụm từ " the stuff" trong danh sách liệt kê?)

4. What did Nick think of the meteorite in the museum?

(Nick nghĩ gì về mẩu thiên thạch ở viện bảo tàng?)

5. What are some ways to train as an astronaut?

(Một số cách để đào tạo trở thành phi hành gia là gì?)

6. What does Phuc compare a parabolic flight to?

(Phúc so sánh chuyến bay mô phỏng với cái gì?)

1c. Who is keener on space travel - Phuc or Nick? Why do you think so?

(Ai hứng thú với không gian hơn? Phúc hay Nick? Tại sao bạn nghĩ vậy?)

2. Find a word in the box to match the picture in each description.

(Tìm từ trong khung để tiền vào các bức ảnh với mỗi miêu tả.) 

1. A _______ travels round Earth to collect information or to communicate by radio, television, etc. It can also be a natural object which moves round a larger object in space.

2. With a _______ you can have a great experience watching the stars.

3. Our sun and its planets are just a tiny part of the Milky Way, and the Milky Way is just one galaxy in the _______.

4. A _______ is a piece of rock or other matter from space that has landed on a planet.

5. A _______ is shaped like a tube and moves very fast. It helps a space shuttle to be sent into space.

6. A _______ is a vehicle, with or without people inside, used for travel in space.