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earth
n. 地球
moon
n. 月亮; 月球
news
n. 新闻; 消息
planet
n. 行星
model
n. 模型
spaceship
n. 航天器;宇宙飞船
astronaut
n.宇航员
space travel
航天旅行
I’ve just made a model spaceship for our school project.
Scientists have sent a spaceship to Mars. The journey has taken several months.
Astronauts have already been to the moon.
No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon.
Lots of scientists are working hard in order to send astronauts to Mars one day.
You can go online to search for information.
1. What are you up to? ——an informal way of saying “What are you doing?”
2. Sure, no problem. ——a familiar way of saying “Yes! Of course!”
4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
On today’s news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1) ____ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2) _______ on the (3) ______ after a journey of several months from the earth. Scientists have not (4) __________ life on Mars (5) ___.
sent
arrive