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Cross new frontiers @ GROUP WoRK From March 22, 952 to April 30, 1954, Collier's FEEEIZY scientists and engineers working towards man's explo- ‘magazine published a series of articles that et 2 Pr eadichelecieaaanccelsrivatuiliz itn ration of the great new frontier know now that they are going to disturbing precision. The articles were written send aloft! a robot laboratory as the first step - a ... which, for by members of a panel of experts who offered 60 days, will circle the earth at an altitude of 200 miles and a speed a project for space exploration. of 17,200 miles an hour, serving as scout for the human pioneers to follow, [...] Three more cameras, located inside the cone, will trans- a Collier's mit equally exciting pictures: the first sustained view of life in space. 2. into space EEETEED We will go to the «.. in the next 25 years. We have the knowledge and the tools! to do it now, but years of preparation and detailed planning are needed first. What we can do now is get the project started. (...] Within the next 10 or 15 years, we can expect to see a permanent station erected’ in space, {...] The station will be built of materials carried to the two-hour orbit by great rocket ships ~ called three-stage rockets because they will have three separate batteries of motors. a. technology 2. built «BD Read the introductory paragraph on the left and observe the magazine covers. Read your group's text and match it with the corresponding cover. & Aillin the gaps of the text with word(s) from the cover. e E BB ingroups, present your text and your cover to the class in your own words. Justify your choice. Word —Spot______ rocket: fast space vehicle crowded /kraudtd/, packed: spaceship: spacecraft with a lot of people aerial view: view from above daring: audacious technologically advanced momentous: significant equipment forecast, foresee: predict, pioneer: a person who goes anticipate Grammar somenhere fest. be determined arena tn Spot__——_ milestone, breakthrough do sth ee major change, innovation _be confident: be self-assured, Phrasal verbs fio © +p. 148 achievement, accomplishment: bold "The lunar module touched success seta challenge: set a goal down.” groundbreaking: very carry outa scientific “The astronauts set up several innovative experiment: try scientific experiments.” remote: distant procedures

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