Стр.106 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 9 класс
What do you know about Russia’s space camp, Star City? Think of three questions you have about it. Listen to and read the text. Did it answer your questions?
Read the text again. Decide which of the statements (1–8) are T (True), F (False) or NS (Not stated), meaning you can’t give a clear answer to them.
1. Star City is just as important as it ever was.
2. Trainee cosmonauts aren’t allowed to leave Star City.
3. Reminders of Yuri Gagarin are everywhere.
4. The spacecraft replicas are smaller than in real life.
5. The ISS has a pool for the cosmonauts to practise spacewalking.
6. The centrifuge helps train a cosmonaut to spacewalk.
7. Landing the spacecraft is more difficult for the cosmonauts than the launch.
8. Space tourists have to prepare well for their flight.Match the words in bold in the text to their meanings.
1. available
2. difficult
3. accurate copies
4. demanding
Speaking & Writing
- Tell your partner what information you found the most interesting in the text and why.
- ICT Find out more information about Star City and/or Russia’s space programme. Report back to the class with your information.
- T — Star City is still at the heart of the Russian space programme.
- NS — it is not stated that trainee cosmonauts aren’t allowed to leave Star City.
- T — there is a huge statue of Yuri Gagarin, and cosmonauts traditionally place flowers there.
- NS — the text says there are full-sized replicas, so it does not say they are smaller.
- T — there is a giant pool with a replica of part of the ISS for spacewalk training.
- F — the centrifuge helps simulate G-force and weightlessness, not spacewalking.
- NS — the text mentions the force during launch, but does not compare launch and landing.
- T — space tourists still had to spend about 8 months training.
Ответ
- available
- difficult
- accurate copies
- demanding
- submerged
