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Fly
me to the Moon
1. Think about these questions. Prepare
answers and then
visit the Study Room.
Post your answers. Read and respond to the answers of your classmates.
- Do you think
moon travel of this type is a real possibility?
- Would you go?
What do you think you would enjoy and learn from the experience?
- Do you think
space travel in general is useful? What do you think we can learn
from travelling in outer space?
- Do you think
the money spent on space travel should be used for other things here
on Earth?
The Moon is referred to in many English expressions and idioms. Here
are some examples.
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expression |
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meaning |
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"once
in a blue moon" |
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something that
doesn't happen very often |
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"to be
over the moon" |
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to be very
happy |
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"to promise
someone the moon" |
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to promise
someone something
that you can't actually give them |
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"to
ask for the moon" |
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to want something
that you can't
have |
Do you know any
expressions in your own language about the moon? Post them in the Study
Room with a translation and explanation of what they mean.
2. Many countries and different cultures also have stories about the
moon. Here's
a Native American story about how the moon, the sun and the stars were
created….
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"Long
ago, when the Earth was young and the sky was still dark, there
was an Indian chief
who had two sons. The youngest son was very sad that the sky was
always so dark. So he made a mask
out of wood and coal,
put it on his face and set
fire to it.
Every day
he travelled across the sky making it wonderfully light. At night
he slept below the horizon, and when he snored
sparks
flew into the air and made the stars.
The older
son became jealous
and to impress his father he also made a mask. At night when it
was dark he too travelled across the sky. This is how the moon,
the sun and the stars were created."
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Do you have any
stories about the Moon in your country?
Write one and post it in the Study
Room. Or see if you can find an interesting story about the Moon
on the World Wide Web.
on to the next part of the demo...
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