C.

Consider this illustration of a moon colony and a few facts about life on the
moon. Look at the sample clarification, probe, and challenge questions and
think of a new one for each type. Discuss the questions in a group.

The moon is covered with fine dust that covers everything.

At the moon’s south pole, there may be reserves of frozen
water; temperatures there are around 0º Celsius, twenty-four
hours a day, 365 days a year. Sunlight there is perpetually
weak. Elsewhere, temperatures go between 123º Celsius and
-233º Celsius. The surface of the moon is subject to heavy doses
of poisonous cosmic rays from which there is no protection.

clarification question: What minerals make up the moon dust?

probe question: How might dust interfere with communication equipment?

challenge question: Wouldn’t radiation make the windows impractical?

Listening   Science and Science Fiction with Andy Weir  

Andy Weir became famous for his
science fiction novel and movie,
The Martian, about a biologist left
behind by his crewmembers on Mars
because he was presumed dead.
The biologist’s innovative thinking helps
him communicate with Earth and stay
alive long enough to be rescued.
Science fiction often inspires both
the public and scientists about what
may be possible in the future.
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VOCABULARY
BUILD In the following exercises, explore key words from Listening 1.
A. Choose the best word in parentheses to complete each sentence. Key words
are in bold.
It was a ludicrous suggestion, and (everyone / no one) thought it was
unreasonable.
The books helped to sustain me, giving me mental (abuse / support).
The molecule was made of atoms that were (bonded together /
separated apart).
His main conceit was his insistence that the moon (was / was not) inhabited.
Asteroids are the small rocky bodies (orbiting / falling into) the sun.

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