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Mars is made of rock, iron, and aluminum. It has seasons and days similar to Earth, but thinner air too cold for an unsheltered life. Mars is more hospitable than other planets. Its dried riverbeds and lakes indicate it was once wetter than its current arid state. More space probes have been sent to determine if Mars ever supported life or still does due to its potential habitability. Elon Musk's company plans ambitious missions to Mars that would pose immense technical challenges and costs but satisfy human fascination with exploration. The challenges include developing life-support systems capable of functioning without resupply for years.

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Mars

Mars is made of rock, iron, and aluminum. It has seasons and days similar to Earth, but thinner air too cold for an unsheltered life. Mars is more hospitable than other planets. Its dried riverbeds and lakes indicate it was once wetter than its current arid state. More space probes have been sent to determine if Mars ever supported life or still does due to its potential habitability. Elon Musk's company plans ambitious missions to Mars that would pose immense technical challenges and costs but satisfy human fascination with exploration. The challenges include developing life-support systems capable of functioning without resupply for years.

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Part: You will hear a short extract about Mars.

Write NO MORE THAN


THREE WORDS for each blank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ticaLyuePjA

 Mars or the red planet is made from rock, iron,


_________________________________.
 Mars and Earth have some similarities: 24- hour day, 4 seasons. Although it has thin air
and its surface is too cold for _________________________________, it is much more
_________________________________ than other planets.
 Its riverbeds, _________________________________and dried lakes speak of a past
more watery than its _________________________________ present.
 The likelihood that Mars used to have life or still have today is one of reasons more
_________________________________ have been sent.
 Elon Musk’s space technology company has plans. Such missions would be among the
_________________________________ humans have ever undertaken.
 Yet the journey is possible in case the planets are
_________________________________, which occurs only every 26 months.
 The challenge of a _________________________________ which can be in operation
for years without resupply is daunting.
 Cost would be high and the _________________________________ immense but the
challenge is fascinating.

KEY
1. Fable and myth
 Fable (n):  a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with
animals as characters; these stories considered as a group
2. Unsheltered life
 Sheltered: designed for people, especially old people, who can still live fairly
independent lives, but with staff available to help them if necessary
3. Astronaut-friendly
4. Deltas: an area of land, like a triangle in shape, where a river has split into several
smaller rivers before entering the sea
5. Arid: dry
6. Space probes: a spacecraft without people on board that obtains information and sends
it back to earth
7. Biggest technical challenges
8. Properly aligned
9. Life-support system
10. Hurdles: a problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve
something

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