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When an old weather satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere in 2011, it highlighted the growing issue of space debris orbiting the planet. NASA tracks over 20,000 pieces of orbital debris larger than 10 cm, but there are hundreds of thousands of smaller fragments that can't be tracked. On average, one piece of space debris falls back to Earth every day, usually harmlessly in the ocean or uninhabited areas. However, the debris travels at high speeds and poses a danger to current satellites and spacecraft. Two events in recent years significantly increased the amount of orbital debris. Every country that launches objects into space contributes to the problem, so international cooperation is needed to address it.

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When an old weather satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere in 2011, it highlighted the growing issue of space debris orbiting the planet. NASA tracks over 20,000 pieces of orbital debris larger than 10 cm, but there are hundreds of thousands of smaller fragments that can't be tracked. On average, one piece of space debris falls back to Earth every day, usually harmlessly in the ocean or uninhabited areas. However, the debris travels at high speeds and poses a danger to current satellites and spacecraft. Two events in recent years significantly increased the amount of orbital debris. Every country that launches objects into space contributes to the problem, so international cooperation is needed to address it.

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TASK1: 

When NASA announced in 2011 that an old weather satellite, a … piece of


space junk the size of a bus, was falling back to Earth, people worried.
Scientists knew when it would fall but not where. But this made us wonder how
much space junk is up there? And are we in danger? Well, we call it orbital
debris, not space junk. Well, we call it orbital debris, not space junk. That's …
Johnson, a scientist who studies debris in space. Most of it is created when
satellites collide or explode. Two recent events created one third of the debris
now in space. In 2007, an old Chinese satellite exploded. And in 2009, an old
Russian satellite hit an active American satellite. NASA tracks 210 large
fragments more than 10 in width or the size of a large apple. But there are
500,000 smaller fragments, the size of a grape, that we can't track.  And the
number of tiny particles, less than 1 could be in the hundreds of millions. So
this is the Earth. And you see here, each dot is a piece of debris larger than 10.
But on average, one piece of space debris falls to Earth each day, usually in the
ocean or a place where no people live. These fragments are dangerous because
they travel incredibly fast, about 8 km/second. That's eight times faster than a
speeding bullet. Our communication satellites, our weather satellites, our
navigation satellites are all in danger. That means our phone calls, TV signals,
weather reports and GPS map systems. Every country that sends a spacecraft or
satellite into space, we're all part of the problem. The international community
needs to cooperate. 

TASK 2: LISTENING 2

VOCABULARY

a. Crews

b. Innovations

c. Perspective

d. Precious

e. Promotes

COMPREHENSION

1. Innovation
2. Cooperation

3. Curiosity

TASK 3: ACHIEVEMENT TEST

PART 1: LISTENING SKILLS

A. COMPLETE THE OUTLINE

1. Metal fragments exist in space

2. Trip expenses

3. Prices might go down over time

4. Safety in space

B. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS

5. B   There are different types of space trips available.

6. B    Floating around in space

7. A    It is very expensive to take a trip into space.

8. B    Space travel

PART 2: PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING SKILLS

A. END SOUND

9. Turned /d/

10.landed /ed/

11. stayed /d/

12. fixed /t/

13. packed /t/

14.waited /ed/

15.headed /ed/

B. COMPLETE THE CLASS DISCUSSION


16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.F

21.E

PART 3: VOCABULARY

A.

22.D

23.H

24.A

25.F

26.B

27.G

28. C

29.E

B.

30.Cooperate

31.Crew

32.Satellites

33.Spacecraft

PART 4: GRAMMAR

34.Launched
35.Have visited

36. Started 

37.Traveled

38.Have walked

39.Entered

40.Explored

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