UNIT 8, EXERCISES 1 & 2

[al.oliveira]

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?

Answer:

Yes, I think everything is possible, if the necessary people decides does a sufficiently investment, giving all the resourses. I believe that the money spent in exploration and colonization of the outer space is essential for the manking surviving in the far future, because the good conditions on Earth (and Solar System) don't will continue forever.

The Moon is referred to in many English expressions and idioms. Here are some examples.

expression meaning
"once in a blue moon" something that doesn't happen very often
"to be over the moon" to be very happy
"to promise someone the moon" to promise someone something
that you can't actually give them
"to ask for the moon" to want something that you can't
have

Do you know any expressions in your own language about the moon? Send them to the Study Room with a translation and explanation of what they mean.

Answer:

With the mind on the Moon: it means a person lost in own mind for a moment.

In the world of the Moon: it means a person disconnected by reality for a moment.


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….

Do you have any stories about the Moon in your country?

Answer:

Well, the east european folklores believe in werewolfs, and the full moon is the thing that starts the transformations... have a lot of myths about it.

[Lucy]

Hi!

It was interesting to read you answers to the questions.

Do you think that people will travel to the moon again in the next 50 years?