LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERSBILLIONAIRE PLANS TRIP TO MOON
LinguaHouse
Oct. 10, 2021
Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2-C1)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Breaking News Celebrities And Historical Figures Challenges Innovation And Product Development The Future And Space Video Talk
Publication date: 03/10/2021
This lesson focuses on Yusaka Maezawa’s planned trip to the moon aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX and his desire to take s people with him. A listening exercise focuses on the news story, and a text goes deeper into his life and the life of Elon Musk. Exercises focus on related vocabulary, prediction, skimming for details, and comprehension (by Joe Wilson).
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TRANSCRIPT
Japanese billionaire - Yusaka Maezawa - is looking for eight people to join him on a flight to the moon. Could you join him? The fashion entrepreneur bought his tickets for Elon Musk’s SpaceX back in 2018, hoping to be the first civilian to fly there.
Originally, he planned to take a group of artists with him to record the trip. Now, he says he would like to take people from a variety of different backgrounds which he will pay for, meaning the lucky passengers will fly for free.
There are two criteria that applicants need to meet: the trip must advance their career which helps other people, and they must support other people on the trip. The project, called #dearMoon, will be the first lunar journey with humans since 1972.
Passengers will fly in a trajectory around the Moon allowing them to witness a view called “Earthrise” - when Earth rises over the horizon of the Moon the same way the Sun does on Earth. Initially, Maezawa thought that only he could go with a friend.
But then Elon Musk told him that ten passengers could go, so he started to think about who he would take, speculating that he may even take Musk himself, as the two billionaires are friends. Whoever he chooses, he doesn’t have too long to decide as the trip is planned for 2023.
Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/billionaire-plans-trip-to-moon. Accessed on December 27, 2021. LinguaHouse.com © 2008 - 2021.
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