Flying to Mars! For several years, many people have talked about the possibility of flying to Mars.
One of the problem with such a trip, however, has been the cost: US 10 billion dollars (US$10, 000,000,000) to send one person to the red planet. Elon Mask, a billionaire businessman, recently announced his plans to change this. He is the CEO of Space X, a company that he created, and he hopes to change the world by selling tickets to Mars for only US$200,000. How can he do this? The answer is technology. With new technology, he believes, his company will be able to make the long trip to Mars affordable. He plans to send the first human to Mars by 2025, and after that his company wants to send one million people to Mars in the next 40 to 100 years. To do this, Space X needs to build about
1, 000 space ships. Will his company be successful? “I think he will be able to put humans on Mars because he wants to do it,” says Robert Zubrin, the president of the Mars Society. “Right now NASA can’t do it because they don’t want to.”
How much do you understand?
According to the article, write “T” (True) or “F” (False) next to each statement.
People have already been travelling to Mars for several years.
It costs a lot of money, now, to send people to Mars.
Elon Mask bought Space X for only US$ 200,000.
Space X wants to send people to Mars within the next 10 years.
Space X wants to send people to Mars who are between 40 and 100 years old.
NASA doesn’t seem very interested in sending people to Mars.
Дорогие Мама и Папа!
Все в порядке.Школа находится в красивом старинном замке. Роб и я в комнате с тремя другими мальчиками. Комната очень большая и просторная. Уроки на начинаются очень рано. Первый урок в 9:25, и урок продолжается всего 35 минут. Учителя добрые и мои одноклассники очень дружелюбные. Есть и другая хорошая вещь: я могу выбирать предметы. Такие как: математика, английский язык, английская литература, биология, химия, физика, немецкий, французский, история, география, IT, PE, латынь, искусство,
музыка, дизайн и технологии,религиозного образование. Я ношу замечательную форму: серые брюки, белая рубашка, синий и красный пиджак, серый пуловер, синий и красный галстук, желтую шляпу.
Люблю, Миша.
P.S. Не волнуйтесь! Я отлично провожу время.
My room is not very large, but is very nice.There is a bluecarpet on the floor. My comfortable bed is next to the mirror. There is a small table in the room with a telephone and a lamp on it. I've got a big bookcase?a large wardrobe and a tape-recorder in my room.There are a table? one arm-chair and one chair in the room.There is a TV set in the corner of the room. There are a clock and a picture on the wall. There is a computer on my desk.
There is no place like home.
Please? make yourself at home.
Моя кімната не дуже велика,та дуже гарна. У ній є голубий килимок на підлозі.Моє зручне ліжко знаходиться біля дзеркала.У кімнаті є маленький столик,на ньому телефон та лампа. У моєй кімнаті є велика книжкова шафа та шафа для одягу,а також магнітофон. У кумнаті є стіл,одне м'яке крісло та один стілець.У кутку кімнати є телевізор. На стіні годинник та картина. На письмовому столі є комп'ютер.
У гостях добре, а вдома краще.
Будь ласка, почувайся як удома.