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A Japanese company plans to open the first space hotel within 15 years. The hotel will be located in an orbiting space station larger than the International Space Station. Holidays in space will cost around $90,000 for three days and will not be accessible to most people due to the high cost. While space hotels may become a reality someday, major technological and safety advancements are still needed first.

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Holidays in Space...

A Japanese company plans to open the first space hotel within 15 years. The hotel will be located in an orbiting space station larger than the International Space Station. Holidays in space will cost around $90,000 for three days and will not be accessible to most people due to the high cost. While space hotels may become a reality someday, major technological and safety advancements are still needed first.

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Holidays in Space...

It's a long time since men last went to the Moon; but there are now people living all
the time in the Russian space station Mir. Today, space is just for astronauts: but soon
ordinary people will be able to enjoy the experience.... if they can afford it.
Hotel in space When you're 50, what sort of holiday will you want to take?
If you're under 30 today, perhaps you'll be able to take a holiday in space!
A Japanese company, Shimizu, plans to open the first hotel in space within 15 years.
They want to offer 3-day holidays in a space station, which will be bigger than the
International Space Station. However, holidays in space will be very expensive! About
90,000 dollars for three days! Shimizu believe that there are enough people who will be
ready to pay the price.
Other firms, in Japan and the USA, want to open hotels on the moon! Trips to the moon
will be even more expensive!
The Japanese firm is quite serious; but they cannot yet start building their orbiting hotel.
First they will have to buy a commercial re-usable shuttle. Today there are no shuttles.
The old American shuttles, such as Atlantis and Columbia, were very expensive to launch.
They had to be launched into orbit with a big rocket which cannot be re-used. Tomorrow's
shuttles will take off and land on their own, probably like aeroplanes. They will therefore be
much more economical.
Such shuttles do not yet exist; the Americans are working on them, but they will not be
ready for several years.
However, there are other big difficulties too. How will ordinary people react to life in
space? Today's astronauts spend months training before going into space. They have to be in
top form too.
Holidays in space will not be for tomorrow, that is certain; but they will come. That is
virtually certain too!

Article or no article? Put back the articles (the, a or an) into this extract from the article
when they are necessary. Be careful; sometimes there must not be any article. But when?
They want to offer 3-day holidays in _______ space station, which will be bigger than
_______ International Space Station. However, _______ holidays in _______ space will be
very expensive! About 90,000 dollars for three days! Shimizu believe that there are enough
people who will be ready to pay _______ price.
Other firms, in _______ Japan and _______ USA, want to open _______ hotels on
_______ moon! Trips to _______ moon will be even more expensive!
_______ Japanese firm is quite serious; but they cannot yet start building their orbiting
hotel.
First they will have to buy _______ commercial re-usable shuttle. Today there are no
shuttles. _______ old American shuttles, such as Atlantis and Columbia, were very
expensive to launch. They had to be launched into _______ orbit with _______ big rocket
which cannot be re-used. Tomorrow's shuttles will take off and land on their own, probably
like _______ aeroplanes.
Write a couple of sentences on the subject; Why I would/would not like to take a holiday
in Space.

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WISH + Past Simple -ed/ 2nd

I wish I would make the baby stop crying.

I wish I could fly. Can /could

If I could fly….I would reach the sky.

I wish I had more money.

We wish we were at the beach.

I wish I were happy.

Had+ v3rd /-ed I had ridden well

Past wishes wish + past perfect had + V3rd /-ed

I wish the teacher had given me a 10.

I wish you had told me earlier that you weren’t coming.

If only he smiled.

If only he had smiled.

To be able to – a fi capabil sa

I am able to write with my left hand.

He is able to drink a lot of cola.

We are able to learn a lot of poems .

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