Урок 26. Space museum near Moscow
Предмет: Английский язык, 7 класс

7 класс. Урок 26
Space museum

In this lesson

you will read about the Space Museum of RSC Energia.
you will talk about the Russian impact in space exploration.
you will learn about famous Russian cosmonauts who made the first steps in space research.
you will learn what it is like to travel in space.
you will share your opinion about people doing in space in 1,000 years.

Ключевые слова: capsule, spacecraft, spacewalk, view, find out, replica, crew, descent module, operate, float, orbit, satellite.

Речевой материал: capsule, spacecraft, spacewalk, view, find out, replica, crew, descent module, operate, float, incredible.

Основное содержание урока

We are visiting a space museum near Moscow. It contains an incredible record of Russia’s history of space travel. There are many things to see and do at the museum. You can touch the capsule in which Yuri Gagarin became the world’s first cosmonaut. You can see the Voskhod 2 spacecraft that Aleksei Leonov left behind when he made the first spacewalk. You can also view a space kitchen, a space shower and even a space toilet! If you want to know what it’s like to be in space, then this is your chance to find it out. You can enter a replica of the Mir Space Station and sit in the crew commander’s or the flight engineer’s chair. When you enter a descent module of the Soyuz spacecraft, you can operate many of the important control handles. You will feel just like a real cosmonaut, floating in space, ready for re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Going round the space museum is really fun and it shows how far space travel has come in the last 40 years. Maybe in another 40-years’ time we’ll be discussing space travel to the distant galaxies.

Vocabulary:

capsule
spacecraft
spacewalk
view
find out
replica
crew
descent module
operate
float

Тренировочные упражнения

Find definitions of the words.

spacecraft

to stay on the surface and not sink

crew

to work to keep sth running properly

operate

an accurate copy of sth

replica

a rocket that can travel in space

find out

to learn something new

float

people who work on and operate the spacecraft

Put the lines of the dialogue in the correct order.

I think it must be very exciting but a little bit scary. I would like to know how it feels like to be weightless because there is no gravity. I would also like to see what the Earth looks like from space.
Well, I think it would be amazing to see the Sun and the Moon and may be even go to Mars one day.
How was your visit to the Space Museum?
What do you think it is like to travel into space?
What else would you like to see in space?
Hi, Anton! Where have you been?
Oh, it was fantastic! I went into a machine that makes you feel like you are really in space.
I’ve been to the Space Museum near Moscow with my class.

Read the text and choose the best answer.

Every day aboard a spacecraft is different in many ways, but the crew is always busy on a mission in orbit.

Every morning, Mission Control wakes the crew up with music at exactly 6:41 pm CST (Central Standard Time – that’s the same time that people in Chicago use). The pieces of music are always different. For example, they might wake up to a traditional Japanese song one day, and a new American rock song the next! After that, they have a couple of hours to wash, have breakfast and get the morning messages from Mission Control.

Washing isn’t easy in space, and it’s impossible to have a shower, so the crew wash themselves with a wet sponge. Shaving is also a difficult task up there, so the men have to use special space razors.

At around 8:45 pm CST, the crew starts work. Most of the time they work on projects involving satellites and the spacecraft itself. They also take photos of their activities and the view from the spacecraft to send home. Each day there are also two six-hour space walks. So they have to work very closely and help each other. The crew take a short break for lunch during the afternoon.

They need a lot of energy, so they eat a lot of food. According to NASA, the crew’s special meals are “tasty and very good for them”. After lunch, they go back to work until around 8:45 am CST.

Fortunately, it’s not all work and no play aboard the spacecraft. In the evening they all have a couple of hours to have dinner and relax. Most of them read and send personal e-mails in this free time, but they also like to read books or listen to music. Sometimes they sit by the window and admire the Earth and the stars. After that, at exactly 10:41 am CST, it’s time for the crew to go to bed, while Mission Control and the spacecraft’s computers take over for the “night”.

1) Mission control wakes the crew up with music at exactly 7:41 pm/6:41 pm CST/8:45 pm CST.

2) Washing isn’t easy/difficult in space

3) Each day there are also two six-hour/six two-hour space walks

4) Sometimes we sit by the window and admire the Earth/the Moon and stars.

Choose the appropriate heading to each passage

1) Astronauts Need to Rest, Too!

2) Let’s Get Busy!

3) Good Morning!

a) Every day aboard a spacecraft is different in many ways, but the crew is always busy on a mission in orbit.

Every morning, Mission Control wakes the crew up with music at exactly 6:41 pm CST (Central Standard Time – that’s the same time that people in Chicago use). The pieces of music are always different. (1) ______ For example, they might wake up to a traditional Japanese song one day, and a new American rock song the next! After that, they have a couple of hours to wash, have breakfast and get the morning messages from Mission Control.

Washing isn’t easy in space, and it’s impossible to have a shower, so the crew wash themselves with a wet sponge. Shaving is also a difficult task up there, so the men have to use special space razors.

b) At around 8:45 pm CST, the crew starts work. Most of the time they work on projects involving satellites and the spacecraft itself. They also take photos of their activities and the view from the spacecraft to send home. Each day there are also two six-hour space walks. So they have to work very closely and help each other. The crew take a short break for lunch during the afternoon.

(2) ______ According to NASA, the crew’s special meals are “tasty and very good for them”. After lunch, they go back to work until around 8:45 am CST.

c) Fortunately, it’s not all work and no play aboard the spacecraft. (3) _____ Most of them read and send personal e-mails in this free time, but they also like to read books or listen to music. Sometimes they sit by the window and admire the Earth and the stars. After that, at exactly 10:41 am CST, it’s time for the crew to go to bed, while Mission Control and the spacecraft’s computers take over for the “night”.

Read the text again and fill in the gaps with the sentences below.

In the evening they all have a couple of hours to have dinner and relax.
For example, they might wake up to a traditional Japanese song one day, and a new American rock song the next!
They need a lot of energy, so they eat a lot of food.

Choose the correct word.

John plays different parts/pieces of music on his morning radio show.
Washing is difficult work/task in space.
Our department usually works on several different projects /works at the same time.
Grandpa spends hours admiring/looking the view from his bedroom window.
We work during the day, then the night staff takes up/takes over for the night.

Find the best preposition in the phrases.

in /on / at orbit
on/ in / for a mission
wake sb up / to
work on / at / for projects
go back to / for/ at work
sit by/ on / for the window
according of /to/ for NASA
take over at / for/ to the night

Complete the sentences.

• orbit • space agency • spacecraft • crew

The_________ of the ship welcomed the passengers aboard.
The __________is going to send tourists to the Moon.
Valentina Tereshkova became the fifth Russian cosmonaut to _______the Earth.
The ___________weighs 8.5 tonnes and could land anywhere.

Контрольные задания

Вариант 1

Complete the sentences.

In 1,000 years …

We will be able

and there will be no pollution.

We will have our own

teach children at schools.

People will have to wear a special clothing to protect from

private spaceships.

Robots will

the heat and cold.

People will find new sources of energy

to travel from one planet to the other.

Choose the correct answer.

Who made the world’s first spacewalk?
Gagarin
Leonov
Tereshkova
Where is the Space Museum situated?
In Moscow
In Voronezh
In Korolyov
What is the name of the spacecraft Leonov left behind?
Mir
Soyuz
Voskhod 2

Use the words to complete the text.

• cosmonaut • spacecraft • museum • capsule • replica • experience

Visiting a space 1) _____________near Moscow was a great 2) ___________, as there were many things to see and do. You could touch a 3) ___________, see a 4) _____________ and enter a 5) _____________of the space station. You could feel like a real 6) _____________.

Вариант 2

Complete the sentences.

In 1,000 years …

People will be

a common thing.

People will have to wear masks

all the cooking and cleaning at home.

Robots will do

to perform different experiences.

People will have laboratories in space

to help them breathe.

Flying cars will be

living in space.

Choose the correct answer.

1) Who was the world’s first cosmonaut?

Alexei Leonov
Yuri Gagarin
Sergei Korolyov

2) Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?

Helen Sharman
Neil Armstrong
Alexei Leonov
What is the name of Gagarin’s spacecraft?
Voskhod 2
Mir
Vostok 1

Use the words to complete the text.
• find out • cosmonaut • experience • operate • spacecraft • museum

Arranging a journey to a space 1) ____________not far from Moscow was really exciting 2) _______________. We could 3) _____________a lot of interesting things: how to 4) ___________the control handles of the 5) _____________.We could feel like a real 6) ________________floating in space.