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Jessica Peraza 902° J.M
Jose Luis Barrero 902° J.M

See this video and imagine your first travel for the space.

LOOK:
a) Look at the photos.

Who do you tink the man is?
Where do you tink he is from?
What do you tink he is doing?

Answer in the notebook.

2) READ:

Read the text quickly.
What is the main subject of the text?

A) Dennis Tito is a hero because he flew into space when he was 60.
B) For the first time in history, a tourist made a trip into space
C) The first tourist in space was sick when he drank a glass of fruit juice.

SPACE TOURISTS.

Saturday 28 April, 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. So what? You might think. Well, Mr. Tito’s journey was certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip.

The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting in board a Russian spaceship. He was in a journey to the international Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for the two cosmonauts who were travelling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey. Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space and he had paid the sum of $20 million to go here. As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the hearth’s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick. Luckily it was only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. When he arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. ‘’ A great trip!’’ he commented. ‘’ I love space’’

For a long time space travel was something for heroes. But if some people are right, all this is going to change. One of them is Charles Miller, director of a company called ProSpace. They are investing large amounts of money in space travel. ‘’Tito’s adventure was just the beginning. We’re going to see exciting new things in the next twenty years!’’ Charles Miller says.

Companies like ProSpace want space and space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other plans, like cruises through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to depart from New York at nine o’clock in the morning, and arrive and hour later- in Tokyo! Such a schedule would allow the business traveler to return to New York on the same day and still have eight hours for a meeting! How’s that for speed?

3) UNDERLINE.

Read the text again. Underline the word that means:

1) Starting a journey (paragraph 1)
2) Normal (paragraph 2)
3) Russian astronauts ( paragraph 2)
4) An amount of money (paragraph 2)
5) Got better (paragraph 2
6) Said (paragraph 2)

4) Discussion Box.

Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss these questions together and write the answers in the notebook.

1) Do you think that $20 Million for the trip is too much?
2) Do you think that space tourism will be successful? Why / why not?
3) Would you go in a holiday in space? Why / why not?