LIVING IN SPACE

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?
 People will live no differently than small towns on Earth. It will have air so that the
inhabitants can breathe and not wear special space suits inside the buildings.

b) How long will each group stay in the space city?

 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

c) When will people live permanently on the moon?

 in ten years
d) Where will people take water from?
 They will get water from a large lake of ice on the moon

e) What is life on the moon going to be like?

 Life on the moon will be just the beginning

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.(fake)
 Someday people will live in space.
b) On the moon, people will have to wear special clothes. (fake)
 They will not need to wear special suits.
c) Astronauts will take water from the Earth. (fake)
 they will get water from a big lake of ice on the moon
d) Robots will do the work of humans. (true)

e) This is the first step of NASA’s latest plans (fake)

 We hope they will use the knowledge we get there to plan expeditions to Mars,
Mercury and even Pluto.

3. Read the text once more and find the following information;

a) Years it will take to build the space station

 It will take ten years to build.
b) Means of transport that could take things from the Earth
 in rockets
c) Material the space station will be made of
 of Cristal
d) Food that people will take
 They will take one pill three times a day.
e) Places For future expeditions.
  Mars, Mercury and even Pluto.

4. Choose a topic about the future in the year 2080 (food, transport, education, families,
environment, clothes, buildings, etc.) and develop a power point presentation using
simple future, the slides must contain image text and audio.

Example