Centro Cultural Colombo Americano

Independent Work
Lesson F

LESSON F – VIDEO LESSON

Student’s Name: Yusseth Vélez Gutierrez

Write the answers to the exercises in the video lesson that your teacher assigned to you.

2. Key vocabulary

a. Read the sentences. The words in bold are used in the video. Guess the meaning of the
words.

1. The best part of being a flight attendant is the great crewmates I get to work with.
Crewmates: a group of people who work on and operate a ship, boat, aircraft, spacecraft, or
train.

2. Stones don’t float on water, but pieces of wood usually do.

Float: Object that moves on the surface without sinking

3. Since I left home, the thing I miss most is my dad’s cooking. He makes a great pizza.
Miss: Something you want but don't have it at the moment

4. I’ve visited China so many times, and have a lot of friends there. I feel really connected to the
country.
Connected: Brought together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

5. We’d read amazing reviews of the movie, and when we saw it, we weren’t disappointed. It was
fantastic.
Disappointed: sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfill one's hopes
or expectations.

b. Match the words in bold in exercise 2a with these definitions.

a. To move slowly on the surface of water o in air - Float

b. Members of a team on a ship, plane, or spacecraft - Crewmates
c. To feel sad about things or people you aren’t with now - Miss
d. Feeling unhappy with something that wasn’t as good as you’d hoped - Disappointed
e. Linked or associated with a thing, place, or person - Connected

3. Watch part 1 of the video. What do you think astronaut Helen Sharman dreams about?

I think it must be a great experience to have those kinds of dreams, space is something so
unknown and strange but interesting at the same time
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4. Watch part 1 of the video again. Circle the correct option.

1. She dreams about the liftoff from Earth / being in space

2. She floats toward a door / a window

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3. She sees / doesn’t see the stars

4. Sergei and her other crewmates are / aren’t in the dream

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5. She looks out
some of / wants to leave through the window

5. Watch part 2 of the video. Complete the sentences with one word.

1. Everyone says the Earth looks beautiful

2. Helen Sharman felt disconnected and connected to the Earth

3. She knew it was her home

4. She wanted to return

6. Watch part 3 of the video. Answer the questions.

1. Astronauts talk about different things at the start of a space trip and after a couple of days
What do they talk about

Answer: At the beginning of the trip they talk about the countries they see from the ship, a
few days later they talk about the things they miss on earth

2. What do they think about when they go over different countries?

Answer: They think in the people of each country