English 9 Unit 10 L2

Period 62: Unit 10:
Life on other planets
Lesson 2:
Speak + Listen +
Language focus 1

The Earth
The Moon
- Is there life on the moon?
- Do you know anything about the moon?

I. Listen:

expert (n):
crater (n) = hole (n):
one –sixth:

Science for Fun Program (n):
chương trình khoa học
vui
New words:
chuyên gia
hố, miệng núi lửa
1/6

10.
music

1.
air

4.
mountains
9.
lakes
8.
animals
5.
rivers
3.
plants
6.
great round holes
7.
sounds
2.
water
- What may be there on the Moon?

a) There is no air on the moon.
b) There are rivers and lakes on the moon.
d) It is very cold at night on the moon.
c) There are no sounds on the moon.
e) During the day temperature is even lower.
f) There are great round holes on the moon.
g) There are no mountains on the moon.
h) You will weigh 8 kilos heavier on the moon.
i) You will be able to jump very high on the moon.
j) One day on the moon lasts for two weeks.

Questions:

a. Why are there no sounds on the moon?
c. How much will you weigh on the moon if you weigh
50 kilos on the earth?
d. Will you sleep very well on the moon? why/? Why not?
- Because there is no air on the moon.
- There are about 30.000 craters on the moon.
- If I weigh 50 kilos, I’ll weigh only a little more
than 8 kilos.
- No, we won’t. Because one day on the moon
lasts for two weeks.
b. How many craters are there on the moon?

The
temperature
goes
down to -151
o
C
at night
no air
One day lasts
for 2 weeks
The
temperature
rises to 100
o
C
during the day
no water
- Is there life on the moon? Why? Why not?

The Solar System.
- Which planet is it?
- Do you know anything about Mars?

II. Speak:

water
mountains
gas
little creatures
minerals
gemstones
plants
Mars
microorganism

Nam: What do these drawings say, Hung?
Hung: There might be water in Mars.
Nam: And what about those black sparkling
spots on the right corner?
Hung: Well, they might be traces of gemstones.

There may be a lot of precious stones on
Mars.

1. Model verbs: May/ might
may/ might + infinitive.Form:
Use:
•

may/ might is used to talk about present or
future possibility.
•
might is normally a little less sure than may.
It may be a book or it might be a game.
Example 1:
book/ game

Example 2:
•
They might be traces of gemstones.

There may be a lot of precious stones
on Mars.

Practice
•
Work in pairs, making up similar
dialogues about the drawings.

Lan: What do these drawings say, Nga?
Nga: There might be plants in Mars.
Lan: And what about those dark shapes
on the left corner?
Nga: Well, they might be signs of gas.

There may be much of gas in Mars.

* Work in pairs, tell each other about
what you think there might be on

Mars, on the moon and on other
planets.
Ex:
- There might be life on Mars.
- There might be mountains on the moon.

box of crayons/ box of paints
It may be a box of crayons,
or it might be a box of paints.
football/ basketball
It may be a football,
or it might be a basket ball.
Language focus 1.

boat/ train
flying saucer/ meteor
evening star/ spacecraft
It may be a boat, or
it might be a train.
It may be a flying saucer,
or it might be a meteor.
It may be an evening star,
or it might be a spacecraft

Post Listening and speaking:
•
Discussion:
•
Is there life on the Mars? Why? Why
not?

•
Compare the difference between the
Moon and the Mars.

-
Who were the first people landing in the moon?
They were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.

Homework:
•
Learn by heart new words and the use
of might and may.
•
Use your knowledge to compare the
difference between the Moon and the
Mars.
•
Prepare lesson 3: Read

Thanks for your attention!