Section 6: Listening

Text 1

1. Listen to the text (audio and script are available) Malaysia Hopes Space Voyage Will Inspire Future Scientists

Vocabulary:

1. to orbit the Earth - to send (a satellite, spacecraft, etc.) into orbit; to move in or as if in an orbit а) выходить на орбиту (о космическом аппарате) The spaceship orbited successfully. — Корабль успешно вышел на орбиту. б) выводить, посылать на орбиту 2) вращаться, двигаться по орбите The satellite orbited the Earth several times. — Спутник несколько раз обогнул Землю по орбите.
2. micro-gravity- the very low apparent gravity experienced in a spacecraft in earth orbit) - микрогравитация
3. space radiation
4. conduct experiments on proteins
5. to develop an HIV vaccine - abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus; the cause of AIDS. Two strains have been identified: HIV-1 and HIV-2
6. raise the bar – поднять планку
7. honor Muslim religious duties while in space
8. in a weightless environment
9. Mecca [meka]
10. spacecraft
11. to dock with - стыковаться
12. to lift off - стартовать (о космическом корабле) What time does the spaceship lift off? — Когда старт космического корабля? Syn: blast off
13. to exempt smb from fasting while in space – to free from

2. Comment on the following:

- an HIV vaccine

- a new generation of Malaysian scientists

- Muslim religious duties

- $25 million

3. Answer the questions:

1. What does Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovations Minister, Jamaluddin Jarjis, hope to?
2. What difficulties did Muszaphar, a member of Malaysia's Malay ethnic group, have during the flight? How did he sort out these problems?

Text 2

1. Explain the following notions:

the Red Planet

Robotic missions

NASA rovers