UNIT 6:

LIFE IN OTHER PLANETS

LESSON 1
LESSON SUMMARY
VOCABULARY CD2-09
Word/Phrase Meaning Example
Earth (n) the planet on which humans and Scientist believe Earth is about
/ɜːrθ/ animals live 6.4 million years old.
temperature (n) the degree scale used to express The temperature on the planet is
/ˈtemprətʃər/ how hot or cold something is extremely high. Humans can’t live
on it.
gravity (n) the force that makes things fall to Gravity pulls things down to the
/ˈɡrævəti/ the ground ground.
Mars (n) the fourth planet from the sun in the People sometimes call Mars the
/mɑːrz/ solar system in terms of distance Red Planet.
Venus (n) The second planet from the Sun in Venus takes 225 Earth days to
/ˈviːnəs/ terms of distance complete one rotation.
space station (n) a vehicle that researchers send into William wants to work in a space
/ˈspeɪs steɪʃn/ space and stays above the earth as a station when he grows up.
base for astronauts
oxygen (n) an essential gas for people, animals Animals and plants need oxygen
/ˈɒksɪdʒən/ and plants to survive to survive.
GRAMMAR
Future Simple with will
Usage: We can use the Future Simple to predict what we think will happen based on our own opinions
and experiences.
Form:

Affirmative Negative
I think people will move to the Moon in a Humans won’t live on Venus.
century.
Yes/No questions Answers
Do you think scientists will find evidence about Yes, I do. They will soon show the evidence./
life on other planets?
 No, I don’t. There will be no such thing.
Wh- questions Answers
Why will we live on the Moon in the future? Because Earth will become overcrowded.
Where will humans live in the future? Humans will live on space stations.
How will we communicate with each other on We will contact each other with a very special
Mars? radio receiver.
PRONUNCIATION
Intonation for opinion and interest words - CD2-10
In a sentence, intonation falls on the words that express interest or opinions and we often pronounce
them longer than the others.
That’s interesting! That sounds great!  That’s terrible! 
PRACTICE
Pronunciation
Circle the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.

1. A. disaster B. century C. history D. energy

2. A. oxygen B. volunteer C. gravity D. hospital
3. A. library B. dialog C. interest D. afternoon
4. A. performance B. engineer C. importance D. agreement
5. A. diamond B. badminton C. definition D. management
Vocabulary
a. Match the descriptions to the words from Lesson Summary. Write them on the lines.
1. This is the place where people and animals live. _________________
2. This shows how hot or cold a place or thing is. _________________
3. It is the fourth planet from the Sun by distance. _________________
4. The survival of both people and animals depends on this gas. _________________
5. Researchers use this large spacecraft as a place to live and work in space. _________________
b. Complete the sentences using the words in the boxes.
temperature gravity space station oxygen Venus
6. Like humans, plants and animals live on _________________.
7. The _________________ can fall below zero degrees Celsius in winter.
8. Venus has the same _________________ as Earth.
9. Every 225 Earth days, _________________ completes one orbit around the Sun.
10. Astronauts stay in a _________________ when they are in space.
Grammar
a. Circle the correct options.
1. __________ believe there will be life on Venus in the future?
A. Will you B. Did you C. Do you D. Can you
2. __________ we live on Venus in the future?
A. Do B. Will C. Did D. Are
3. What will we do when Earth __________ overcrowded?
A. is B. are C. were D. will be
4. It __________ safe for humans to live on the moon because there is not enough oxygen.
A. was B. wasn’t C. aren’t D. won’t be
5. Researchers __________ still in search of life on Mars. They hope they will find evidence of life
there.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
b. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms of the Future Simple.
6. _________________ (you/take) a trip to space in the future?
7. I think there _________________ (be) life on Mars in two hundred years.
8. In the near future, researchers _________________ (build) more space stations.
9. Do you think other planets _________________ (have) houses and buildings in the future?
10. I think people _________________ (not/live) on Earth because they will live on Venus soon.
Reading
a. Read the text about life in space. Match the paragraphs to the information.
LIFE IN SPACE
A. The first astronauts to come into space only went up for short trips to see what it was Like.
Astronauts may now spend weeks or even months living and working in space. They live in a large
spacecraft that they often call a space station, which circles or travels around Earth. The astronauts on
board spend their days doing scientific studies such as examining the effects of space on the human
body and the growth of plants. They also keep the space station running in the right way.
B. Living in space for a long time will affect an astronaut's body. Many astronauts get space sicknesses,
such as a cold head, stuffy nose or puffy face, shortly after entering space. That is because there is not
enough gravity in space. Astronauts will have to exercise to stop their muscles from becoming weak.
They also need to monitor their bodies to ensure good health and research the effects of space travel on
the human body. Besides doing their jobs, astronauts do the same activities back on Earth. For example,
they will eat their meals, sleep, relax and enjoy themselves.
C. Eating food in space is a real challenge. In space, everything will become weightless and start to
float away. For instance, food will not stay on a plate, and drinks will drift away from a glass. For that
reason, people will have to put them in some special packages, so the astronauts will be able to eat the
food directly from the packages. For each space travel, astronauts will bring freeze-dried food. The
food will become soft and sticky after the astronauts add water and heat them. They have fresh food
delivery from Earth, too.
1.  Having difficulty in eating
2.  Doing exercise to keep the body strong
3.  The same daily activities even in space
4.  Keeping the machine working perfectly
5.  Doing some research on the impact of space on humans and plants
b. Read the text again. Answer each question with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
6. Where will an astronaut live while in space? ______________
7. What will an astronaut experience soon after going into space? ______________
8. What will an astronaut need to do to avoid weak muscles? ______________
9. What type of food will astronauts carry when going into space? ______________
10. Where do astronauts receive a supply of fresh food? ______________
Speaking
Ask and answer the questions about life in the future.
- Do you think people will move to Mars?
- No, I don’t
- Why?
- Because Mars doesn't have enough water for US to drink.
- Do you think people will leave Earth?
- Yes, I do
- Why?
- Because …
MARS not enough water / dust storms / extreme cold at night / a lot of CO2 in the air
MOON no air to breathe / no water / extreme temperatures / long days and nights
VENUS active volcanoes on Venus / CO2 covers the planet / super-hot temperature(465°C)/ flat
land to build homes
SPACE zero gravity causes health problems / difficult to have meals / difficult to have regular
STATION showers / have a full view of Earth
EARTH many diseases / full of oxygen / different types of pollution / enough food and water
Writing
a. Make sentences using the prompts.
1. where / think / we / live / two hundred years?
____________________________________________________________________________2. I /
think / people / have / find / new / home / another / planet.
____________________________________________________________________________3. why /
people / have / move / other / planets?
____________________________________________________________________________4. there /
not I be I enough / space/ us / live / Earth.
____________________________________________________________________________5. you /
think / Venus / be / great/ place / us / live / on?
____________________________________________________________________________b. Put
the words in the correct order to make complete sentences.
6. It / be / will / very / on / Mars. / cold
____________________________________________________________________________7. has /
a / high / temperature. / Venus / very
____________________________________________________________________________8. will /
move / to / humans / planet / in / the / future. / think /I / another
____________________________________________________________________________9. you /
think / Do / a /space / will / station / be / a / good / 2100s? / place / to / live / in
____________________________________________________________________________10. do /
you / overcrowded? / Where / think / will / humans / live / when / Earth / is
____________________________________________________________________________
 UNIT 6:
LIFE IN OTHER PLANETS
LESSON 2
LESSON SUMMARY
VOCABULARY CD2-011
Word/Phrase Meaning Example
UFO (n) an object in the sky that people The kids were out on the street
/ˌjuː ef ˈəʊ/ think is a spaceship from another when a UFO landed.
plural UFOs world
flying saucer (n) an object in the sky that has the Many people still believe there are
/ˌflaɪɪŋ ˈsɔːsər/ shape of a disk flying saucers these days.
disk-shaped (adj) in the shape of a disk that is flat, People still don’t know why most
/dɪsk ʃeɪp/ thin and round galaxies are disk-shaped.
appear (v) to begin to exist or arrive in a Bright objects sometimes appear
/əˈpɪr/ place in the sky over the farmland.
 disappear (v)
/ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/
 appearance (n)
/əˈpɪrəns/
strange (adj) unusual or surprising in a way that A strange noise often comes from
/streɪndʒ/ is hard to explain the barn on the farm.
 stranger (n)
/ˈstreɪndʒər/
alien (n) a creature that doesn’t come from What an alien looks like is still a
/ˈeɪliən/ Earth mystery.
huge (adj) extremely large or amount A huge disk-shaped flying saucer
/hjuːdʒ/ is the idea for his new movie.
tiny (adj) very small in size or amount Aliens in movies generally have
/'taɪnɪ/ large heads and tiny eyes.
terrified (adj) very scared or frightened Children are often terrified of the
/ˈterɪfaɪd/ dark.
 terrifying (adj)
/ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ/
 terrify (v)
/ˈterɪfaɪ/
circular (adj) in the shape of a circle UFOs often appear in the shape of
/ˈsɜːrkjələr/ a circular object.
 circle (n)
/ˈsɜːrkl/
triangular (adj) in the shape of a triangle UFOs are sometimes triangular,
/traɪˈæŋɡjələr/ not always disk-shaped.
 triangle (n)
/ˈtraɪæŋɡl/
GRAMMAR
Past Continuous
Affirmative Negative
I/He/She was working on the farm. l/He/She was not living in the mountains.
We/You/They were watching a strange object. We/You/They were not reading newspaper.
It was flying across the area. It was not sleeping in the cave.
Wh- questions Answers
What was he doing? He was flying a kite.
What were they doing? They were running after something.
Past Simple
Affirmative Negative
I/He/She was terrified. I/He/She was not scared.
You/We/They were terrified. You/We/They were not scared.
Andy ran away very quickly when he saw a UFO Sue did not see a flying saucer on her way home
last night. from the farm.
Wh- questions Answers
What did it look like? It was huge and triangular.
When did you/we/they/he/she see the alien? l/We/They/He/She saw the alien last Friday.
Usage:
 When telling a story, we often use the Past Continuous to describe the situation then use the Past
Simple (often following when) to introduce the main event.
I was waiting for a bus when I saw a strange object in the sky.
My parents were work! on the farm when they heard a very loud strange noise.
Notes:
• Time expressions of the Past Simple: ago, yesterday, last night, in the 1940s, etc.
PRONUNCIATION
 Sound changes CD2-12
-ing often sounds like /ɪŋ/.
I was walking the dog in the park.
What were they playing?
 Pronouncing -ed CD2-13
Ending in In Words
/t/, /d/ • reported /rɪˈpɔːtɪd/ • needed /'ri:dɪd/
/p/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /k/ • shaped /ʃeɪpt/ • laughed /lɑːft/ UK
• missed /mɪst/ • washed /wɒʃt/ UK
• walked /wɔːkt/ • watched /wɒtʃt/ UK
Other sounds • believed /bɪ'li:vd/ • raised /reɪzd/
• appeared /əˈpɪrd/ • solved /sɒlvd/ UK
PRACTICE
Pronunciation
Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. called B. visited C. followed D. believed
2. A. appeared B. started C. decided D. succeeded
3. A. finished B. stopped C. agreed D. laughed
4. A. traveled B. opened C. learned D. passed
5. A. caused B. asked C. promised D. practiced
Vocabulary
a. Complete the text using the words in the box.

aliens
UFO
huge
terrified
disappeared
Some farmers told the local newspaper that they were (1) _____________ by what they saw. They
were working on the farm when they saw a(n) (2) _____________ object flying across their farmland.
They believed that it was a(n) (3) _____________. Some of them even said they also saw (4)
_____________. After that, the disk-shaped flying object (5) _____________ in the dark sky.
b. Put the words in brackets into the correct forms.
6. They were _____________ of what they saw in the mountains. (TERRIFY)
7. After a while, an alien-shaped creature _____________ without a trace. (APPEARANCE)
8. He was fishing in the lake when he saw a _____________ object over the mountains. (CIRCLE)
9. Last night, they were walking home when a huge _____________ machine appeared. (TRIANGLE)
10. They were watching a soccer game when they saw a _____________ object in the sky.
(STRANGER)
Grammar
a. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets using the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.
1. I _____________ (finish) my homework and _____________ (watch) a movie about UFOs
yesterday.
2. Some hikers _____________ (walk) up the hills when a flying saucer _____________ (land).
3. Helen _____________ (do) the cooking when there _____________ (be) a loud noise from the
garden.
4. Last night, I _____________ (jog) in the park when a huge frog _____________ (appear). It was
terrifying!
5. The kids _____________ (play) basketball in the yard when the trees _____________ (start) to
shake in the wind.
b. Circle ONE mistake in each sentence.
6. Eden locked the door, puts on his coat and started walking his dog.
A. locked B. puts C. started D. walking
7. What was Andy doing? - He practiced soccer for his school tournament.
A. was B. doing C. practiced D. his
8. Some villagers was telling stories about aliens and flying saucers in the forest.
A. was telling B. about C. and D. flying
9. The little boy liked to read magazines, watch movies and listens to stories about UFOs.
A. liked B. read C. watched D. listens
10. Max was watching a basketball game on TV when a strong wind breaks the window.
A. was B. watching C. on D. breaks
Listening
a. Listen to some records of UFO sightings. Write NO MORE TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER. CD2-14
Speaker 1
1. What were the boys doing when the UFO appeared? _________________
2. What did the UFO look like when he saw it? _________________
Speaker 2
3. How did the woman feel when she saw the creature? _________________
Speaker 3
4. Where was the game taking place? _________________
5. How many people were watching the game? _________________
b. Listen to the conversation between Diane and Andy. Write T (true) or F (false. CD2-15
6. There are some records of aliens. _____
7. Diane saw an alien in the past. _____
8. The creatures were robots. _____
9. The aliens showed up and disappeared quickly. _____
10. Diane and Andy thought it was exciting to see an alien. _____
Speaking
Complete the conversation using the sentences in the box.
A. It looked like a saucer.
B. They had big eyes, and they were green.
C. I don’t know, but they looked very strange.
D. I watched a movie on a scientific channel last night.
E. It showed some evidence of UFO and alien sightings.
Emma: Do you think UFOs are real?
Liam: I have no idea. Why?
Emma: (1) ___________________________________________________________________
Liam: What was the movie about?
Emma: (2) ___________________________________________________________________
Liam: Do you think UFOs and aliens were real in the movie?
Emma: (3) ___________________________________________________________________
Liam: So what did a UFO look like in the movie?
Emma: (4) ___________________________________________________________________
Liam: How about the aliens?
Emma: (5) ___________________________________________________________________
Liam: How interesting!
Writing
a. Make questions for the underlined words.
1. The UFO was huge and triangular.
 _______________________________________________________________________________
2. Some bright objects appeared over the fields.
 _______________________________________________________________________________
3. When a UFO landed on the street, the child was flying his kite.
 _______________________________________________________________________________
4. The boys were terrified when they saw a ugly creature in the yard.
 _______________________________________________________________________________
5. Researchers started to search for evidence of aliens many years ago.
 _______________________________________________________________________________
b. Make sentences using the prompts.
6. triangular / UFO / appear / mountains / few / years / ago.
__________________________________________________________________________________
7. everyone / my / neighborhood / terrified / alien/ sightings.
__________________________________________________________________________________
8. farmers / feed / sheep / when / see / disk-shaped / machine / sky.
__________________________________________________________________________________
9. hiker / walk / up / mountain / when / come / face to face / alien.
__________________________________________________________________________________
10. what / you / do / when / flying / saucer / appear?
__________________________________________________________________________________
 UNIT 6:
LIFE IN OTHER PLANETS
LESSON 3
LESSON SUMMARY
VOCABULARY CD02-16
Word/Phrase Meaning Example
narrative (adj) telling a story or describing an His notebook was full of narrative
/ˈnærətɪv/ event texts about UFOs and aliens.
 narrator (n)
/ˈnæreɪtər/
sighting (n) an occasion when somebody sees Local newspapers reported on a
/ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ somebody or something unusual UFO sighting in the mountains.
 sight (v) very quickly
/ˈsaɪt/
visitor (n) a person who comes to see a Newspapers sometimes describe an
/ˈvɪzɪtər/ location or someone alien as a visitor from space.
 visit (n)
/ˈvɪzɪt/
character (n) a person that acts in a book, play or She turned a scary alien into a
/ˈkærəktər/ movie popular character.
 characteristics (n)
/ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk/
passage (n) a short section or part of a book, He found a narrative passage about
/ˈpæsɪdʒ/ poem, speech or other pieces of visitors from space in the library.
writing
hover (v) to stay in one place in the air, They saw a flying saucer hover in
/ˈhʌvər/ usually by moving the wings the air, and then it disappeared.
quickly
WRITING
A narrative passage
1) The main idea 1) I'll never forget the day I saw a UFO on my way home from
2) The situation and main school. 2) I was thirteen years old. My classmates and I were riding
characters our bikes home from school. 3) We were talking about our school
3) The plot when we saw a huge bright light in the sky. The light was very
4) other details (what you strange. Then we saw a huge aircraft. It was circular and looked like a
saw or heard) saucer. It started to make a very loud and scary noise. A door on the
5) Your feelings or opinions flying saucer started to open. Then my classmates shouted, "Run, or
we'll get kidnapped." We started to run as quickly as we could. 4) We
were so terrified. 5) My classmates think it was a UFO from space,
but I don't. I believe it was just an unusual aircraft, and the pilots
needed help.
PRACTICE
Vocabulary
a. Put the words in brackets into the correct forms.
1. There aren't many ______________ passages about UFOs and aliens in our school library.
(NARRATOR)
2. He described aliens and UFOs as harmless ______________ in his books. (VISIT)
3. The young boy told us about a ______________ of a huge creature with green skin. (SIGHT)
4. She became famous for her alien ______________. (CHARACTERISTICS)
b. Complete the sentences using the words in the boxes.
sighting passages narrator characters hover visit
5. The movie starts with a ______________ of an alien to the Moon.
6. They saw a triangle UFO ______________ and fly off the tall building.
7. Yoda is one of the most famous alien ______________ of all time.
8. He was a great ______________ and was popular among young listeners for alien stories.
9. She found it difficult to write narrative ______________ about unwanted visitors from space.
10. A ______________ of a disk-shaped object in the sky started to appear in local newspapers.
Listening
a. Listen to a report on a sighting of a strange animal. Fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN
TWO WORDS. CD02-17
REPORT
 When it happened
It was over a (1) ______________ ago.
 Where it happened
Smallville
 Details
They were (2) ______________ when they heard the sound.
They were terrified because the creature was (3) ______________.
Some people thought it was a strange (4) ______________ but others didn't.
The creature looked like a (5) ______________ with wings.
b. Listen to a radio show about UFO and alien sightings. Write T (true) or F (false). CD02-18
6. In the radio talk, Andrew was a guest. _____
7. Andrew’s parents saw the aliens in 1980. _____
8. There were only Andrew’s parents at the campsite. _____
9. The strangers had big eyes and green skin. _____
10. Andrew’s parents are still scared when thinking about it. _____
Reading
a. Read the text about past explanations for UFOs. Write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
An unidentified flying object, or UFO, is anything in the sky that the person who sees it cannot explain.
Some people believe UFOs are alien spacecraft. However, most scientists believe that it can be easier
to explain UFOs. A UFO has different descriptions. It can take the form of a disk, triangle or even an
egg. After a sighting of a disk-shaped UFO in the 1940s, the term "flying saucer" became popular. It
soon became fashionable to call all UFOs flying saucers. Nowadays, there are records of thousands of
UFO sightings. These are photographs of UFOs and conversations with the people who saw UFOs. In
the 1950s, a government asked a group of scientists to study hundreds of sightings. However, most
sightings were just space objects like stars, planets or meteors. A lot of other sightings were only
aircraft, birds or hot gases. However, such things didn't stop people from reporting UFOs. By the mid-
1960s, there were even more sightings of UFOs than ever. People also found that most UFO or alien
sightings happened in bad weather. But governments around the world still believed that UFOs were
unreal. Other scientists agreed. But it was hard to explain why UFOs still appeared. Nowadays,
researchers believe that UFOs might be visitors from space.
1. It is easy for a person to describe a UFO when he or she sees it. _____
2. Most researchers believe that explaining UFOs will be easier. _____
3. A UFO can be a disk-shaped or egg-shaped object. _____
4. The term “flying saucer” was popular in 1940s. _____
5. There are thousands of UFO sightings these days. _____
b. Read the text again. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
6. When did the researchers start to study UFO sightings? __________________
7. In what kind of weather did UFOs or aliens often appear? __________________
8. When were there even more reports on UFOs than before? __________________
9. How did some governments describe UFOs in the past? __________________
10. How do scientists describe UFOs these days? __________________
Speaking
Circle the correct options.
1. Liam: You won’t believe what I saw. - Ava: __________________
A. Yes, it was. B. It was good. C. What happened? D. It was a good idea!
2. Noah: I think it was a UFO! - Ben: __________________
A. Really? B. That’s fine. C. That’s okay! D. How important!
3. Olivia: What did it look like? - Mia: __________________
A. It liked us. B. It was okay. C. It was huge. D. It was yesterday.
4. Alex: Where did you see it? - Ellen: __________________
A. It was in the garden. B. I saw it last night.
C. I was walking a dog. D. It was very strange.
5. Kim: What was he doing when he saw the alien? - Alexis: __________________
A. The alien was walking. B. He was in his room.
C. The alien was scary. D. He was cooking dinner.
Writing
a. Complete the passage using the phrases in the box.
A. when he talked
B. I told other people about that
C. I was twelve years old
D. I saw an alien on an island in Oceania
E. We were walking along a footpath
I still remember the day 1) __________________. When I saw that strange creature, 2)
__________________. My classmates and I were on a summer trip to an Oceanian island. We were
excited when we arrived. It was still fifteen minutes earlier until the event started. So, we decided to get
to know the area. The scenery was beautiful. 3) __________________ when we saw an old man. He
looked very strange. He had green skin and very big eyes. He made strange sounds 4)
__________________. We were terrified. We screamed and ran. 5) __________________, but they
think it was just an animal with an unusual look.