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Some day people will live in space. By the end of the century there will, be permanent settlements
that will allow people to lead a normal life in space. Hundreds of astronauts are going to work and
live in the space station, which will take ten years to build.
In some way, living on the moon will be easier than living on a space station. And it will be cheaper
because people won’t bring everything from the earth by rockets. The space city will be like a
gigantic glass wheel that will contain buildings, forms, factories and special meeting-places. Inside
it, people won’t live differently from small towns on Earth. It will have air so that inhabitants can
breathe, and they won’t need to wear special space-suits inside the buildings.
Scientists also believe that they will obtain water from a large ice lake on the moon. People won’t
have to do housework because robots will do that for them. Food won’t be a problem, as settlers
won’t need to eat. Instead, they will take a pill three times a day.
The first group of astronauts will live on the moon for six months and then they will return to
earth and another group will travel. This will be repeated until the first settlers can establish
permanently in the new city. Life on the moon will only be the beginning. We hope they will use
the knowledge we get there to plan expeditions to Mars, Mercury and even Pluto.
1. Read the text and answer these questions
a) How will people live on the moon?
b) How long will each group stay in the space city?
c) When will people live permanently on the moon?
d) Where will people take water from? What is life on the moon going to be like?
2. Read the text again. Decide if these sentences are true or false. Correct the false.
a) Nowadays, it is possible for people to live on the moon..
b) On the moon, people will have to wear special clothes.
c) Astronauts will take water from the Earth.
d) Robots will do the work of humans.
e) This is the first step of NASA’s latest plans.
3. Read the text once more and find the following information;
Algún día la gente vivirá en el espacio. Para fines de siglo habrá asentamientos permanentes que
permitirán a las personas llevar una vida normal en el espacio. Cientos de astronautas trabajarán y
vivirán en la estación espacial, que demorará diez años en construir.
De alguna manera, vivir en la luna será más fácil que vivir en una estación espacial. Y será más
barato porque la gente no traerá todo de la tierra en cohetes. La ciudad espacial será como una
gigantesca rueda de vidrio que contendrá edificios, formas, fábricas y lugares de reunión
especiales. En su interior, la gente no vivirá de forma diferente a las pequeñas ciudades de la
Tierra. Tendrá aire para que los habitantes puedan respirar, y no necesitarán usar trajes espaciales
especiales dentro de los edificios
El primer grupo de astronautas vivirá en la luna durante seis meses y luego regresarán a la Tierra y
viajará otro grupo. Esto se repetirá hasta que los primeros colonos puedan establecerse
permanentemente en la nueva ciudad. La vida en la luna solo será el comienzo. Esperamos que
utilicen el conocimiento que tenemos para planear expediciones a Marte, Mercurio e incluso a
Plutón. 1. Lee el texto y responde estas preguntas
2. Lee el texto nuevamente. Decida si estas oraciones son verdaderas o falsas. Corrija lo falso.
respuestas .1
3 A) ten years
B) rockets
C) glass
D) they will take a pill three times a day
E) future expeditions to Mars, Mercury and even Pluto