NASA gives SpaceX $50 million contract to launch new satellite

admin 2019年9月16日

Pre-reading questions:

1. Do you believe in aliens?
2. Do you want to go to outer space?

Vocabulary:

1. project /PROJ-ekt/

[noun] a piece of planned work or an activity which is done over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular purpose
Our company needs to finish a project about schools in Japan.

2. modern /MOD-ern/

[adjective] designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods
Modern technologies are a great help to the lives of people.

3. machine /muh-SHEEN/

[noun] a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type of work
Please turn off the answering machine after you use it.

4. believe /bih-LEEV/

[verb] if you believe in someone you have confidence in that person’s abilities
I believe that you can finish your homework tomorrow.

5. hope /hohp/

[verb] to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might
I hope to finish all my work tomorrow!

True or False:

1. IXPE is made of two telescopes that will help with the study in space.
2. The exact cost of the project is only $50 Million.
3. NASA wants the project to be made by Space City.
4. X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is made to study the light that comes from black holes and neutron stars.
5. NASA hopes that the project will help find other things in space that need to be found.

Vocabulary Check:

Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.

1. My boss wants me to finish the ________ that he has given me.
2. I ________ to win the singing contest next week.
3. Let us all _______ in the ability of our teacher.
4. It is easier to do all my work because of __________ technology.
5. I need the photocopying __________ to be available tomorrow.