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LIVING IN A
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1 Warm up

Look at the homepage of a website and try to answer the questions below.

1. What organization does it belong to? Do you know anything about it?

2. What is the website about?

3. What can you see in the biggest photo?

4. What do the numbers in the blue stripe show?

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2 The International Space Station

Part A: Read the questions and make guesses. Use the numbers to help you with your guesses.

The 10 most frequently asked questions about the ISS

17,000 249 250 256

3,000 354 72 90

a. How far away from Earth is the International Space Station? → mi.

b. How big is the station? → feet long.

c. How fast does it move? → mi/h.

d. How long does it take the ISS to make one orbit around Earth? → minutes.

e. What is the temperature inside the station? → degrees Fahrenheit

f. How many people have visited the station? →

g. How many spacewalks have the astronauts done? →

h. How many experiments have they done? →

Now, listen to the podcast and check how many answers you got right. Correct your mistakes.

Part B: Complete the sentences with one of the words.

circle provide solar panels sunlight

1. The room has no windows so there is no .

2. We get electricity from the on the roof.

3. A lot of satellites our planet all the time.

4. Rivers water for many cities.

Part C: Answer the questions.

1. What does the Moon circle?

2. Can wind provide electricity?

3. What happens to your skin if you stay too long in sunlight?

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3 Space routines

Part A: Think about living in space. Answer the questions.

1. What do you think is different when you live on a space station?

2. Which everyday activities are easier and which are more difficult?

Part B: You are going to read the text, Living in zero gravity – from an interview with an astronaut.
Before you do, scan the sentences and tick which you think might be true about Earth and which are
true about space. Read the text and check your choices.

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Living in zero gravity – from an interview with an astronaut

Astronauts on the International Space Station live like people on the

ground. We sleep, get up, wash, eat, work and relax. But there is
one big difference – there is almost no gravity in the station.
Because of that, we don’t walk but float around.

This makes some things easier to do. For example, lifting heavy
things is easy and dropping things to the floor is not a problem. But
there are things which can cause problems, for example eating
cookies or cutting hair.

Tiny pieces of cookies or hair float everywhere and they can get
inside the equipment and damage it.

We don’t cook. That’s why we eat dried food or liquid food out of
tubes. Because of zero gravity, our muscles don’t have to work very
hard and as a result, they get weak, so we have to exercise at least
two hours a day.

Another problem is water. There is very little of it in the station. We

produce our own water and over 90% of used water is recycled.
There is no running water, taps or sinks because in zero gravity
water floats everywhere.

We drink using straws. We don’t take baths or showers. We have to

wash up with special washcloths.

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4 Language focus: can, can’t, have to, don’t have to

Match the sentence functions (1-4) to the example sentences (a-d) below.

When we want to talk about what is impossible or unnecessary, we can use

these modal verbs:

can, can’t, have to, don’t have to

Which of the sentences below talks about what is

1. possible? a. They can’t take a shower.

2. necessary? b. Astronauts can lift big objects.

3. impossible? c. Their muscles don’t have to work hard.

4. unnecessary? d. They have to recycle water.

Now write the sentences in a different way. Use one of the modal verbs and don’t change the meaning.

1. It is possible to use solar energy to heat our homes.

2. It is not necessary to cut down trees to keep warm.

3. It is necessary to protect our skin from solar radiation.

4. It is not possible for us to live on the Moon.

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5 Practice
Part A: Decide if the statements about astronauts on the ISS are true (T) or false (F).

1. They can’t walk.

2. They have to drink with straws.

3. They don’t have to drink out of cups.

4. They can’t do exercise.

5. They have to recycle water.

6. They can wash with washcloths.

Part B: Complete the sentences about living in the space station with the correct modal verb.

can’t can have to don’t have to

1. They use water for washing.

2. They bring water from earth. They produce and recycle water.

3. They put things on a table because they float away.

4. They stick things to walls.

5. They use their legs to move around the station.

6. They bring food from Earth.

7. They relax without sitting down or lying down. There is really no up or down in
space.

8. They fix their sleeping bags to walls so they don’t float around when they are
asleep.

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6 Let’s play

Play in a group (or multiple groups) with an even number of players. Try to explain the words provided
by the teacher to the other players in your group.

7 Optional task: living on another planet

Work in groups. Imagine that you live on an imaginary planet in another galaxy. What is life like there?

• Choose a name for your planet.

• Complete the boxes with some ideas.

We can We can’t

We have to We don’t have to

Now present your planet to the class.

8 Homework

Is living in a space station fun? List the nice and not-so-nice things about living in the space station.

Living on the station is nice because

Living on the station can be difficult because

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