7 metodika indd

Activity 3b Work in pairs. Read and check your answers. Complete the sentences. 10 min

Objective: to develop reading skills

STEP 1: The pupils read the text and check their answers in 3a.

STEP 2: Ask the pupils in pairs to fill the gaps with appropriate words given in the word cloud.

Activity 3c Listen and check. 5 min

Objective: to develop listening skills

The pupils listen to the DVD and check their answers.

DVD script and answer key:

A few hundred years ago travelling to the New World was very (1) dangerous. Today (2) travelling into space is as difficult as opening a new continent. Scientists have done a lot to make space travelling less dangerous. To travel into space a spaceship needs as much fuel as 42,000 cars! The (3) journey from Earth to space lasts around 8 minutes. Space starts at 100 km above the Earth. Russian spaceman Yuri Gagarin was the (4) first human in space. His flight was in April 1961. The first (5) spacewoman is Valentina Tereshkova. She flew in June 1963. Before her flight she was a factory worker. She loved sport and went parachuting. The first Uzbek spaceman is Vladimir Dzhanibekov. When he was at school, his favourite (6) subjects were physics and mathematics. His hobbies are photography and painting. Most of his works are about space. People can see them in museums and private collections. He is also interested in ballooning and flying around the world. Neil Armstrong was the first man, who (7) walked on the moon. It happened in July 1969. Since 2000, (8) spacemen from different countries can live and work at the International Space Station.

Activity 4. Work in pairs. Translate into your language. 5 min

Objective: to introduce a new structure: “as + adjective/adverb + as”

STEP 1: Explain to the pupils the construction “as + adjective/adverb + as” using the notes in the Remember box.

STEP 2: Help them translate the given sentences into their mother language.
Homework 2 min

Explain to the pupils that they must fill in the gaps with the words “travel, trip, journey”.