LISTENING. Task 3.Listen to the text and decide which of your questions were answered.

Task 3. Listen to the text and decide which of your questions were answered.

Task 4. Listen to the text again and answer the following questions in pairs.

1. The article refers to the flights to the Moon in the 1970s as 'camping trips'. What does this mean?

2. Sheffield is about 150 miles from London. How high above the Earth does the Shuttle orbit?

3. Who produced these plans for a space settlement?

4. Why would gravity be so important?

5. Why is the Moon unsuitable for a settlement?

6. How and why would sunlight be controlled?

7. Why would the settlement look similar to 'modern' small towns on Earth?

8. What is L5?

9. 'There could be settlements in space that would house adventurers leading more or less normal lives.' What elements of living in space would be normal? What would be unusual?

DISCUSSION

Task 5. Express your point of view on the following issues.

1. The article does not say what would occupy people's time in space. What do you think they could do?

2. No reasons are given why there should be settlements in space. What reasons can you think of?

3. Does the article make living in space sound attractive? What would appeal to you?

4. Do you think the expense of such space programmes is justified?

WRITING

A survey report

· A survey report is a formal piece of writing based on research.

· A main heading is required in which the subject of the report and the people concerned are mentioned, e.g.

To: Paul Williams

From: Mary Nielsen

Subject:

· A survey report should consist of:

a) an introduction which states the purpose and content of your report,

b) a main body where all information collected is presented clearly in detail (sub-headings, numbers or letters can be used to separate each piece of information),

c) a final paragraph which summarizes the points mentioned before. If necessary, a recommendation can be included as well.

· Present Tenses, Reported Speech and an impersonal style should be used in survey reports. Use a variety of reporting verbs such as claim, state, report, agree, complain, suggest, etc.

· When reporting the results of a survey, the figures gathered should be given in the form of percentages or proportions. Expressions such as "one in four" or "six out of ten" can be used, or exact percentages e.g. 25% of the people questioned, 68% of those who filled in the questionnaire, etc. Less exact expressions such as: the majority of those questioned, a large proportion of, a significant number of, etc. can also be used.

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