Week 4

Marc Hasstedt
mhasstedt@rikkyo.ac.jp
 Warm-up
 Syllable Stress Review
 Unit 4 – Fly Me to the Moon – Space X to Fly Japanese Billionaire to Moon
◦ Preview
◦ 1st Viewing – Summarize Main Ideas
◦ 2nd Viewing – Fill in the Blanks
◦ 3rd Viewing – Comprehension Questions
◦ Discussion
 Homework
1. Did you read/see anything interesting in the
news recently?

2. Did you watch the Optional Video?

◦ If so, what are your thoughts on it?
◦ If not, why not? 
 Hundreds of people take to the streets of Seattle for rally in support of
Palestine
 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/hundreds-of-people-seattle-for-rally-in-support-of-palestine/281-1a1bd09b-7e8e-4fb8-aafd-fae720975f30
 How many syllables? Which syllable is stressed?

 book (1) book

 founder (2) FOUN / der
 exploration (4) ex / plo / RA / tion
 contribute (3) con / TRI / bute
 purchase (2) PUR / chase
 equip (2) e / QUIP
 deadline (2) DEAD / line
 investment (3) in / VEST / ment
 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Let’s Try!
 How many syllables? Which syllable is
stressed?

 tasty TAS / ty
 enjoy en / JOY
 suspect (v.) sus / PECT
 composition com / po / SI / tion
 philosophy phi / LO / so / phy
 highway HIGH / way
 open-minded o / pen / MIN / ded ai = diphthong
 underestimate un / der / ES / ti / mate
 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a tasty sandwich!

 My family enjoys reading biographies.

 I suspect the second suspect.

 This composition is well written.

 I like philosophy, biology, and chemistry.

 The highway is faster in the morning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My family enjoys reading biographies.

 I suspect the second suspect.

 This composition is well written.

 I like philosophy, biology, and chemistry.

 The highway is faster in the morning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I suspect the second suspect.

 This composition is well written.

 I like philosophy, biology, and chemistry.

 The highway is faster in the morning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I susPECT the SECond SUSpect.

 This composition is well written.

 I like philosophy, biology, and chemistry.

 The highway is faster in the morning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I susPECT the SECond SUSpect.

 This compoSItion is well WRITten.

 I like philosophy, biology, and chemistry.

 The highway is faster in the morning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I susPECT the SECond SUSpect.

 This compoSItion is well WRITten.

 I like philOsophy, biOlogy, and CHEMistry.

 The highway is faster in the morning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I susPECT the SECond SUSpect.

 This compoSItion is well WRITten.

 I like philOsophy, biOlogy, and CHEMistry.

 The HIGHway is FASter in the MORning.

 A leader should be open-minded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I susPECT the SECond SUSpect.

 This compoSItion is well WRITten.

 I like philOsophy, biOlogy, and CHEMistry.

 The HIGHway is FASter in the MORning.

 A LEAder should be Open-MINded.

 Don’t underestimate the power of a strong recommendation letter.

 Listening Skill: Syllable Stress
Challenge Round!
 Say the following sentences out loud. Pay attention to which syllable is stressed in each word.

 This is a TAsty SANDwich!

 My FAMily enJOYS READing biOgraphies.

 I susPECT the SECond SUSpect.

 This compoSItion is well WRITten.

 I like philOsophy, biOlogy, and CHEMistry.

 The HIGHway is FASter in the MORning.

 A LEAder should be Open-MINded.

 Don’t underEStimate the POWer of a strong recommenDAtion LETter.

A / ny / Ques / tions?
 Unit 4

Fly Me to the Moon

- SpaceX to Fly Japanese
Billionaire to Moon -
 Let’s warm up! Discuss the following questions with a partner

1. Who is Elon Musk, and what is SpaceX?

2. Do you know who the billionaire tourist in the photo is?

 Relax and watch the news video!
 Do not look in your textbook yet
1. Summarize the news report with a partner.
1. What is the report about?
2. Who is involved?
3. Where is this happening?

2. Was anything in the report interesting or surprising?

3. How much did you understand? (0%-100%)

◦ Were there any difficult points?
1. Look at the bottom of the page.

2. Choose the right word in each statement

 Choose the right word in each statement

 1. Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa paid CEO Elon Musk’s

company to (rent / repair / ride) Space X’s new big Falcon
Rocket on a trip to the Moon.

 2. After returning to Earth, the eight artists going on the

trip with Maezawa will (create / imagine / recommend)
something that will inspire people.
 Let’s listen to the news again
◦ Don’t use a dictionary!
◦ Concentrate on listening and do your best to fill in the blanks

 We will listen twice, then check answers together

John Dickerson: Japanese billionaire [sic] is the first
passenger to book a trip to the Moon on a SpaceX
rocket. CEO Elon Musk joined Yusaku Maezawa
at the company’s California headquarters
yesterday. Maezawa paid an undisclosed amount
to ride on SpaceX’s new Big Falcon Rocket.
Dickerson: Musk says the Moon Project will
1( cost five billion dollars ) and could be
ready as early as 2023. Mireya Villarreal
spoke to the Japanese billionaire after the
announcement.
Yusaku Maezawa: I 2( choose to go ) to the Moon.

Mireya Villarreal: In front of a packed house,

SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, introduced his
newest partner in space exploration, billionaire
Yusaku Maezawa.
Maezawa: I thought about how I can 3( give
back ) to the world, and how this can
contribute to world peace. This is my
life-long dream.
Villarreal: The founder of Japan’s largest retail
website, Maezawa purchased every seat on
the trip and plans to bring 4( up to eight
artists ) along for the ride.
Maezawa: These artists will be asked to create
something after they return to Earth. And
these masterpieces will ... will inspire the
dreamer within all of us.
Villarreal: The BFR rocket will be nearly 400 121.92
feet long and equipped with a reusable meters
booster rocket that will produce 200 tons of
thrust. The plan is to 5( send passengers
around ) the Moon and back, a more than
475,000-mile journey, in about five days.
764,438 km
Elon Musk: This is a dangerous mission. Yes … But
it’s definitely dangerous.
Maezawa: I’m not afraid of [sic] at all.
Villarreal: You’re not afraid at all?
Maezawa: No.
Villarreal: Why? How?
Maezawa: I trust the SpaceX team.
Villarreal: But SpaceX has 6( had problems
meeting ) deadlines. Its last rocket, the Falcon
Heavy, had its first successful launch nearly five
years later than expected.

What 7( makes you so sure ) that you can

actually meet that 2023 deadline?
Musk: It’s not 100 percent certain that we
succeed in getting this to flight. But we’re
gonna do everything humanly possible to
bring it to flight as fast as we can. Um … and
… 8( as safely as ) we can.
Villarreal: It’s a risky investment 42-year-old
Maezawa is willing to make for a shot at a
lunar legacy. For CBS This Morning, Mireya
Villarreal in Hawthorn, California.
Alliteration
 Watch the news again.
 Answer the True / False Questions
1. [ T / F ] Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is the
first passenger to reserve a flight to the
Moon on SpaceX’s new Big Falcon Rocket.

2. [ T / F ] Elon Musk met Maezawa at the SpaceX

company’s office in Tokyo, Japan.

3. [ T / F ] SpaceX’s Moon Project might be ready by

2023.
4. [ T / F ] There were only a few people in the audience
when Musk introduced Maezawa as his
newest partner in space exploration.

5. [ T / F ] Maezawa chose to go to the Moon to express

appreciation for his own success, and show
how space exploration can contribute to
world peace.
6. [ T / F ] Maezawa established the largest retail
website in Japan.

7. [ T / F ] Half of the available seats on the rocket were

bought by Maezawa.

8. [ T / F ] Eight artists will create masterpieces during

the trip to the Moon.
9. [ T / F ] The booster rocket for the BFR rocket can
be used again.

10. [ T / F ] The journey from the Earth to the Moon

and back will last about five days.

11. [ T / F ] Maezawa told the reporter that he is afraid

because it is a dangerous mission.
12. [ T / F ] The Falcon Heavy, SpaceX’s last rocket, was
launched ahead of schedule.

13. [ T / F ] Musk is not completely sure his company can

meet the 2023 deadline.

14. [ T / F ] The reporter thinks investing in the Moon

project is risky, but Maezawa is willing to
take a chance at achieving his dream and
making history.
Opinions

Critical
Thinking
Reasons
Examples

Questions

Connect

Communication
Skills
Organizing
Discussions
 Natural Phrases for Asking Others’ Opinions
Opinions
What does everyone else think?

Reasons Does anyone have any other ideas?

Examples
Would anyone like to add something?

Questions

Natural Phrases for Checking Understanding Communication

Does that make sense? Skills

Do you see what I mean?

Opinions

Communication
Reasons Skills
Examples

Questions

• Do you understand?
• Do you follow me?
• Do you see what I mean?

Yes / Uh-huh! / Mhmm

I see / Oh yeah? / That’s great!
Sorry, I don’t understand.
1) Can you explain/repeat?
2) Do you mean…?
1. Would you like to go on a space tour
to the Moon? Why or why not?

2. What are some advantages and

disadvantages of space tourism?

3. Is space exploration important? Why

or why not?
 No, I don’t want to die in a rocket.

 No, I get panicked in a confined space.

◦ →claustrophobia

 No, I have a fear of high places.

◦ →acrophobia
Advantages
.

Disadvantages
.
 The Earth will explode some day.

 Yes, we need to survive

 Most English dictionaries
will have this syllable
information:
• https://www.dictionary.com/

 Unit 6, p. 47: (2) Word Match • https://ejje.weblio.jp/

◦ Match each word or phrase with its definition.

◦ Look up how many syllables there are in each word
 Which syllable is stressed?
◦ Enter your answers into the Google Form:
 https://forms.gle/RZFetFXVWFYaoE217

 Review the Vocab from Units 1, 3, and 4

 (Optional*) If you want more listening practice:

◦ What Elon Musk's 42,000 Satellites Could Do To Earth (Tech Insider)
◦ https://youtu.be/Aw3R-4UC4wI?si=Tv3g_ioZ7y5xGYZF
◦ In the next few decades, Elon Musk is hoping to send 42,000 Starlink satellites to space. With these satellites,
SpaceX hopes to bring high-speed satellite internet to every corner of the world. But experts worry it may come at
a hefty cost, blocking astronomers' views and potentially space exploration for decades.
◦ https://forms.gle/SkQUYiUNkc3XxmJn6
Vocab Quiz

Vocab Quiz

Vocab Quiz

Vocab Quiz
Any questions?
See you next week!
mhasstedt@rikkyo.ac.jp