Unit4SPACEEXPLORATION

ListeningandTalking：

TalkaboutLifeinSpace1Toacquire

acquiresomewordsandphrasesrelatedtolifeinspace;3Toapplyapplyexpressionstoshowcuriosityandinquireproperly.LearningObjectives2Toanalyse

analysedetailsaboutastronauts’lifeinspace;“3A”KWLChartKWLWhatdoIKNOW?WhatdoIWANTtoknow?WhathaveILEARNED?WhatdoIknowaboutLifeinSpace?WhatdoIwanttoknowaboutLifeinSpace?WhathaveIlearnedaboutLifeinSpace?YourfriendJennifer,aspaceenthusiast,hasfoundavideoaboutlifeinspace.Shesharedwithyouandwouldlovetoknowyourthoughtsaboutit.Hellodear,lookwhathaveIfound?HiJen!Can’twait!Iamsupercurious!Youaregonnalovethis.Checkthisout!Thinkbeforewatchingthevideoaboutlifeinspace.Leadin:WhatdoIKNOW?SleepWorkFoodHygiene“K”Hygiene

zerogravitywetcloth

Food

warmedfoodincontainer

Work

experimenthouseholdchoresSleepsinglecabinmattressThevideoissourcedfromtheInternet.AllrightsreservedGuess

whetherthebelowitemswouldbeusefulforastronautinspace.Pre-listening:WhatdoIWANTtoknow?Themostusefulitemsbyfarinspacewouldappeartobethetapeandthetissues.Botharelightanddonottakeupmuchspace,andneitherofthemcancauseamess,whichisdifficulttocleanup.soaptowelguitarshowermicrowavepentapetissue“W”Areyoucuriousaboutastronaut’slifeinspace?Yes!Thevideohasopenedmyeyes.Well,afamousastronaut,CaptainBrowntalkedabouthislifeinspace.Iamdyingtosharewithyouhisinterview.Listentotheinterviewandanswerthequestions.Whilelistening:WhatdoIWANTtoknow?MaxisinterviewingCaptainBrownabouthislifeinspace.

“W”Whilelistening:WhathaveILEARNED?“L”SleepWorkFoodHygienetoweltissuemicrowavetapemattressPredictthespace-relateditemsMakeamindmapwhilelisteningWhilelistening:WhathaveILEARNED?1.WhatdidCaptainBrownusuallywearinsidethestation?2.Howdidhepreparehisfoodinspace?3.Howdidhekeephimselfcleaninspace?4.Howdidhespendmostofhistimeinspace?5.Whatdidhedoduringhisfreetime?6.Whatdidhelookforwardtomostduringhisstayinspace?focusonthegistandadddetailspauseifnecessary“L”Whilelistening:WhathaveILEARNED?Listentotheconversationandfillintheblanks.1.I’vegottenusedtofloatingaroundjust_____________________.2.Wedon’thaveto_____inspace.Wechoosewhatwe__________beforewe

gotospace,andthenthefoodis________________forus.Wejusthaveto

___________________it.3.Iknowastronauts____________inspacesincethewaterwould

_________,soI’dlovetoknowhowyou_________________.4.

Weuse__________________.Andwebrushourteeth______________

wedoon

Earth.Butastronautsusually___________________.5.Iwastherefor__________________.

Iwasusuallybusy

______________________.6.WhenIwasfree,I______________.I

also__________.Myfavouritethingtodo,though,wasto____________________withmyfamily.preparedandstoredwearingshortsandaT-shirtcookwanttoeatheatthefoodandenjoycannotshowerfloatawaykeepyourselvescleanasoapytoweltowashthesamewayasswallowtheirtoothpastemorethanfivemonthsdoingdifferentexperimentsplayedtheguitarplayedchesshavemyweeklyvideocall“L”Whilelistening:WhathaveILEARNED?1.WhatdidCaptainBrownusuallywearinsidethestation?2.Howdidhepreparehisfoodinspace?3.Howdidhekeephimselfcleaninspace?4.Howdidhespendmostofhistimeinspace?5.Whatdidhedoduringhisfreetime?6.Whatdidhelookforwardtomostduringhisstayinspace?“L”Conclude:

Whataspectsofthelifeinspacedoweknowabout?While-listening:WhathaveILEARNED?LifeinspaceClothesFoodpreparationKeepingcleanWorkFreetimeThefavoriteactivityshortsandT-shirtsstoredfood,microwavesoapytowelfacilitiesguitar,chesscameraforvideocalls“L”Whilelistening:WhathaveILEARNED?1.WhatdidCaptainBrownusuallywearinsidethestation?2.Howdidhepreparehisfoodinspace?3.Howdidhekeephimselfcleaninspace?HeworeshortsandaT-shirt.Thefoodwaspreparedandstoredforhim.Hejusthadtoheatthefoodandenjoyit.Heusedasoapytoweltowash.“L”Whilelistening:WhathaveILEARNED?4.Howdidhespendmostofhistimeinspace?5.Whatdidhedoduringhisfreetime?6.Whatdidhelookforwardtomostduringhisstayinspace?Hewasoftenbusydoingdifferentexperiments.Heplayedtheguitarandchess.Helookedforwardtohavingaweeklyvideocallwithhisfamilymost.“L”Conclude:

Howtoexpresscuriosity?Talking:WhathaveILEARNED?directquestionHowdoastronautssleepinspace?indirectquestionCanyoutellmehowastronautssleepinspace?statementofcuriosityI’dlovetoknowhowastronauts

sleepinspace.“L”Talking:WhathaveILEARNED?

Expressingcuriosity:●Iwonderhow/what/why/...

●I’dlovetoknow...●Well,I’dreallyliketofindout...●Iwishtoknow...●I’mmostcuriousabout...

●I’mverykeentoknow...●I’mmostinterestedtodiscover...●I’dparticularlyliketoknow...●Ihopeyouwon’tmindmeaskingabout...“L”Discuss:WhatquestionswouldyouaskCaptainBrown?Talking:WhathaveILEARNED?YourfriendJennifersentyoumessagestoinviteyoutomeetanastronaut,CaptainBrowninperson.YouwilldiscusswithJenniferaboutquestionsyouwouldaskCaptainBrownandshowyourcuriosityproperly.“L”Heysweetie!Joinmeinthespacecamp!I’dloveto,whatshouldIprepare?CaptainBrownwouldcomeandwecouldmeethim!Whynotpreparesomequestionstoask?Suchagoodchancetoshowourcuriosity.Ihaveplentyofquestionstoaskhim.Suchas?Oh,suchaswhatfacilitiesdotheyhaveinspacetosupporttheirdailylife?Thatsoundslikeagoodquestion.ButI’dliketoknowabouthowastronautssleep.Whatdotheydosoastonottofloataroundwhiletheysleep?Talking:WhathaveILEARNED?

Onepossibleconversation:Iwonderhowtheygetexerciseonspace...it’snotliketheycangooutjogging.I’dneverthoughtofthat.Butthenaftertheyexercise,I’mverykeentofindouthowtheywashtheirclothes.“L”KWLChartKWLWhatdoIKNOW?WhatdoIWANTtoknow?WhathaveILEARNED?WhatdoIknowaboutLifeinSpace?WhatdoIwant