Lesson 2: Keeping fit in space

A. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

1. Exercise help you keep fit and stay healthy.
2. It is important to have a diet that includes a lot of different foods.
3. There are a lot of bones in your hands and feet.
4. The muscles in your body are what make you able to move.
5. Dairy foods contain a lot of calcium.
6. Some people believe that vitamin C can help you get better faster when you are ill.

B. Read the interview on Student's Book page 88 and 89. Tick the main points the astronaut makes.

1. Astronauts don't need to be very strong in space, but they need to stay fit for when they get back to Earth. T
2. Astronauts never have emergencies.
3. Being in an environment without gravity can be bad for your muscles and bones. T
4. Exercise and diet can help astronauts stay health. T
5. Food tastes better in space than on earth.
6. Astronauts spend 20% of their time sleeping.
7. Sometimes it is hard tp get enough sleep when you are on space. T

C. Now complete these details supporting each main point.

1. Astronauts don't need to be very strong on space, ....

No gravity in space, so it is easy to move and the muscles don't get any exercise.

2. Being in an environment without gravity, ..

Can lose up to 20% of their strength, bones get weaker and break.

3. Exercise and diet ....

Use special machines to exercise muscles, eat food with calcium for bones and a balanced diet to give them necessary.

4. Sometimes it's hard ....

Because of the light and noise caused by other people. Theu use masks and earplug.

D. Use your notes to write a summary of the interview. Write about 60 more words. When you have finished, exchange books with a partner and check each other's work.

• Astronauts don't need to be very strong in space because it is easy to move around since there is no gravity.
• However, they need to stay fit for when they get back to Earth.
• This environment can be bad for the muscles and bones, so the astronauts have to exercise and have a healthy diet.
• They use special machines to exercise.
• They eat food with a lot of calcium and vitamins to help them sleep.
• They wear eyes masks to keep out the light and earplug to shut out the noise.

Find a new compound word in text. Then complete these compound words from Units 5 to 7 and write a sentence with one of the words.

• earplugs
• mouth guard
• headache
• knee pad
• toothache
• vitamin pill
• tooth brush
• radar map
• cough syrup
• test tube
• seat belt