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27-Page Printable Breaking News English.com Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville “1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES Thousands more free lessons FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS” from Sean's other websites breakingnewsenglish.com/book.html www.freeeslmaterials.com/sean_banville_lessons.html Level 6 - 22nd July, 2020 UAE's historic mission to Mars under way FREE online quizzes, mp3 listening and more for this lesson here: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2007/200722-uae-mars-mission.html Contents The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15 Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16 Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17 Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18 Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19 Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20 Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21 Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22 Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23 Role Play 11 Free Writing 24 After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25 Student Survey 13 Homework 26 Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27 Please try Levels 4 and 5 (they are easier). Twitter twitter.com/SeanBanville Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/BreakingNewsEnglish/155625444452176 THE ARTICLE From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2007/200722-uae-mars-mission.html The space agency of the United Arab Emirates has launched its historic first mission to Mars. The UAE launched its Hope probe on an H2-A rocket from a spaceport in Japan on Monday. The probe is on an incredible 500- million-km journey to study the weather and climate on the Red Planet. Hope is scheduled to arrive in Mars' orbit in February 2021, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the formation of the UAE. The Emirates Mars Mission will stay in the Martian orbit for 687 days. It will collect data samples of the Martian atmosphere to analyse. Scientists in Dubai hope their findings will add to our understanding of how Mars lost a lot of its air and water, as well as springing up a few surprises. The UAE has joined the ranks of long-established pioneering space giants such as the USA, Russia, China, India and Japan. Entering the field of space exploration is a testament to the ambitions of this young country. The Khaleej Times newspaper explained how momentous the Hope probe is for the UAE. It wrote: "It's an understatement to say that the UAE made history last night. By using history as a springboard, the UAE has catapulted itself and along with it the world into the future - a future of insight and intelligence, beyond mere imagination. For more than 400 million Arabs in the world, one hour, 58 minutes and 14 seconds past midnight last night was a moment that epitomised an eternity." Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53394737 https://www.khaleejtimes.com/editorials-columns/uae-did-not-just-make-history-today-it-made- the-future- https://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/uae-joins-elite-space-race-nations-as-mars-probe- makes-first-contact-1.1051676 Level 6 UAE's historic mission to Mars under way – 22nd July, 2020 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2020 2 WARM-UPS 1. MARS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Mars. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life? space / agency / historic / mission / rocket / spaceport / anniversary / surprises / ranks / giants / exploration / ambitions / probe / springboard / future / intelligence Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. EXPLORATION: Students A strongly believe space exploration is highly important; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 4. PIONEER: How important is it for a country to be a pioneer in these areas? Why? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote. How Important? Why? Space exploration The arts Nuclear power Medicine The military Human rights 5. MISSION: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "mission". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. NATIONAL AMBITIONS: Rank these with your partner. Put the most important ambitions fro a nation at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings. • Space exploration • Health system • Human rights • Sporting prowess • No poverty • The arts • Education system • 100% equality Level 6 UAE's historic mission to Mars under way – 22nd July, 2020 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2020 3 VOCABULARY MATCHING Paragraph 1 1. launched a. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. 2. probe b. An unmanned exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment. 3. incredible c. The curved path around a planet or other object in space. 4. orbit d. Send a missile, satellite, or spacecraft on its course or into space. 5. formation e. Appearing suddenly or unexpected. 6. atmosphere f. Amazing and difficult to believe. 7. springing g. The action of beginning something new (like a country or business). Paragraph 2 8. ranks h. The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. 9. pioneering i. The action of travelling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. 10. exploration j. A deep understanding of a person or thing. 11. understatement k. The people or nations belonging to or constituting a group or class. 12. springboard l. Involving new ideas or methods. 13. insight m. Of unending time. 14. eternity n. A thing that helps boost a particular action, enterprise, or development. Level 6 UAE's historic mission to Mars under way – 22nd July, 2020 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2020 4 BEFORE READING / LISTENING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2007/200722-uae-mars-mission.html 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). a. The UAE has launched its second mission to Mars. T / F b. The voyage to Mars is around 500,000,000km. T / F c. The arrival of the probe should coincide with the UAE's 50th anniversary. T / F d. The probe will investigate how Mars lost all its air and water. T / F e. The article said the UAE is not yet a pioneering space giant. T / F f. The article said the probe is a sign of how ambitious the UAE is. T / F g. A newspaper called the launch an overstatement. T / F h. The newspaper said the launch epitomised an eternity for Arabs. T / F 2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms. The words in bold are from the news article. 1. historic a. innovative 2. scheduled b. specimens 3. formation c. awareness 4. samples d. momentous 5. springing up e. propelled 6. pioneering f. a long time 7. field g. establishment 8. catapulted h. planned 9. insight i. creating 10. eternity j. sphere 3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) 1. The space agency of the a. the Martian atmosphere 2. The probe is on an incredible b. up a few surprises 3. stay in the Martian c. eternity 4. collect data samples of d. pioneering space giants 5. as well as springing e. orbit for 687 days 6. joined the ranks of long-established f. and intelligence 7. a testament to the ambitions g. United Arab Emirates 8. the UAE has catapulted h. of this young country 9. a future of insight i. 500-million-km journey 10. a moment that epitomised an j. itself Level 6 UAE's historic mission to Mars under way – 22nd July, 2020 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2020 5 GAP FILL From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2007/200722-uae-mars-mission.html The space agency of the United Arab Emirates has launched its probe historic (1) _____________________ mission to Mars. The UAE launched coincide its Hope (2) _____________________ on an H2-A rocket from a springing spaceport in Japan on Monday. The probe is on an (3) _____________________ 500-million-km journey to study the first weather and climate on the Red Planet. Hope is findings (4) _____________________ to arrive in Mars' orbit in February 2021, to scheduled (5) _____________________ with the 50th anniversary of the formation incredible of the UAE. The Emirates Mars Mission will stay in the Martian (6) _____________________ for 687 days. It will collect data samples of orbit the Martian atmosphere to analyse. Scientists in Dubai hope their (7) _____________________ will add to our understanding of how Mars lost a lot of its air and water, as well as (8) _____________________ up a few surprises. The UAE has joined the (9) _____________________ of long-established catapulted pioneering space giants such as the USA, Russia, China, India and field Japan. Entering the (10) _____________________ of space exploration is momentous a (11) _____________________ to the ambitions of this young country. The Khaleej Times newspaper explained how mere (12) _____________________ the Hope probe is for the UAE. It wrote: ranks "It's an understatement to say that the UAE made history last eternity night. By using history as a (13) _____________________, the UAE has testament (14) _____________________ itself and along with it the world into the future - a future of insight and intelligence, beyond springboard (15) _____________________ imagination. For more than 400 million Arabs in the world, one hour, 58 minutes and 14 seconds past midnight last night was a moment that epitomised an (16) _____________________." Level 6 UAE's historic mission to Mars under way – 22nd July, 2020 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2020 6 LISTENING – Guess the answers.
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