Speaking club B2.

Questions to discuss

1. Why do you think it is important to celebrate The Day of Human Space

Flight?

memorable – памятный

ahead of the world – впереди мира

to perpetuate – увековечить

arms race - гонка вооружений = armaments race

fatal
hose – шланг
to prove – доказывать

criteria were pointed out – критерии

criterion – criteria

pluto was included as a dwarf planet

meteorite – метеорит

2. What key events from the history of space exploration do you know?

Living being – живое существо (creature)

Fly-flew-flown

3. What do you know about space? What celestial bodies are there in our
galaxy?

No sounds
No gravity / Zero gravity

Celestial bodies:

Planets

Black hole

Asteroids/comets/meteorites

Constellation – созвездие

4. Why is it important to explore space? What planets remain unexplored by

now?

Named after – названа в честь

Launch - запускать

Committed – преданный верный своему делу

5. Have you watched the film Interstellar? What is it about?

 6. Do you know any other films about cosmonauts? Which one is your
favourite?

Observation – наблюдение

7. What do you know about the way cosmonauts live in space? How’s it
different from the way we live on Earth?

Work in pairs.

People shouldn’t invest money into space exploration, since there are a lot of
problems on Earth that should be solved first.

8. Some people believe in a conspiracy theory that Neil Armstrong actually

never was on the Moon. What’s your point of view on it?

Vocabulary.

A cosmonaut / astronaut – космонавт

Spaceship / spacecraft – космический корабль

galaxy – галактика

universe – вселенная

outer space – открытый космос

black hole – черная дыра

gravity – гравитация

zero gravity – невесомость

0,000 – naught point

solar system – солнечная система

beyond – за пределами
 alien – инопланетянин

assume / suppose/ suggest

infinite – бесконечный

Names of planets of solar system:

The Sun – солнце

Mercury – Меркурий

Venus – Венера

Earth – Земля

Mars – Марс

Jupiter – Юпитер

Saturn – Сатурн

Uranus – Уран

Neptune – Нептун

Pluto – Плутон