Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Period 73, Unit 12: Life on other planets. Lesson 1: Getting started

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1. UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 73: Lesson 1 – Getting started NGUYEN THI KHUYEN
2. What could happen to Earth? Duong: Do you know, Trang and I saw a very interesting film yesterday! Nhi: What was it? Duong: Star Trek Into Darkness. Nhi: Oh, I like this series, but I've only seen Star Trek 2009. What's Into Darkness about? Duong: Well, after their adventures on the journey to Nibiru planet in Star Trek 2009, Captain James Kirk and his crew return to Earth on the Enterprise in 2259. However, they then have to fight a dangerous terrorist John Harrison, who wants to destroy Earth. Nhi: Sounds thrilling! Duong: Yes, it was! Actually, Kirk dies trying to stop him, but fortunately, he comes back to life. It's just a film, after all! Nhi: A happy ending! But it does make me think about the real world Could Earth ever be in that kind of danger? Duong: That's funny, Trang also asked me what I thought would happen to Earth in the future. Nhi: And how did you answer? Duong: I said I didn't know but that Earth might be run by aliens! Nhi: Ha! That's true; nobody knows.
3. * Vocabulary solar system (n) planet (n) spaceship (n) galaxy (n) weightless (a) UFO (n) NASA (n) unidentified space buggy (n) alien (n) National Aeronautics and flying object Space Administration
4. ACT 2. Use the words/ phrases in the box to label the pictures. Then Listen and repeat alien space buggy UFO weightless galaxy spaceship solar system planet
5. ACT 1a. Tick true or false √ √ √ √ √
6. Act 1 b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions 1. Who is the captain of the spaceship? James Kirk is the captain of the spaceship. 2. Where did the crew go in Star Trek 2009? They went to Nibiru planet. 3. When does the story in Star Trek Into Darkness happen? It happens in 2259. 4. What do you think is the Enterprise? It's the name of the spaceship that the crew travels on. 5. What does John Harrison want to do? He wants to destroy Earth.
7. Act 1c. Can you find the sentences in reported speech in the conversation?
8. Act 3. Use the words/ phrases in 2 to fill in the blanks. aliens space buggy galaxy planet weightless solar system spaceship UFO 1. The ___aliens were green and they had huge heads and big eyes. 2.The aliens came out of a___UFO , which looked like a disk. 3. Aspace___ buggyis a vehicle used for travelling on the surface of the moon. 4. A moon moves round a___planet and a ___planet moves round a star. 5. In a ___weightless environment, everything floats uncontrollably. 6.There are eight planets that move round the Sun in our___solar system. 7. We don't know how many solar systems there are in each___galaxy . 8.Vostok 1 is the name of the ___spaceship in which Yuri Gagarin flew into outer space.
9. HOMEWORK - Learn by heart the vocabulary - Prepare the next lesson: a closer look 1
10. UNIT 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 74: Lesson 2– A closer look 1
11. I. Vocabulary Act 1. Use the names of the planets in the box to label the diagram of the system Sun /sʌn/ Saturn Venus /ˈsổtən/ Neptune /ˈviːnəs/ ː Mars /ˈneptju n/ /ma:z/ Earth Mercury /ɜːθ/ Jupiter Uranus /ˈmɜːkjəri/ /ˈdʒuːpɪtə(r)/ /ˈjʊərənəs/
12. Act 2. Now scan the passage and check your answers The planets in the solar system are named after the Roman Gods. Mercury is the smallest and closest planet to the Sun. It is named after the Roman God Mercury, who was the fast-flying messenger of the Gods, because it moves very fast. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet. It is named after the Roman God of war. The fifth planet from the Sun is Jupiter. It is also the largest planet. The Romans named the planet after the Roman God of thunder and lightning. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet. It is named after the Roman God of agriculture. Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is named after the Roman God of the sea.
13. Act 3. Write the names of the planets that match the Roman Gods
14. Act 4a. Add suffixes – ful or – less to the words in the box. Note that some words can use either suffix. - ful full of Noun/verb + -ful = a new word colour – ful = colourful I saw a colourful rainbow. It’s colourful Joy – ful = joyful - less without Noun/verb + -less = a new word colour – less = colourless Water is colourless liquid Joy – less = joyless
15. Now use the topic of space to make a sentence for each new word. Compare your sentences with a partner.
16. II. Pronunciation – Stress in words ending in -ful and –less. water => waterless hope => hopeless/ hopeful forget => forgetful
17. Act 5. Put the stress in the correct place in the words. Then listen and repeat.
18. Act 6. Read the following sentences and mark the stress syllable on the words in italics. Then listen and repeat.
19. HOMEWORK - Learn by heart the vocabulary - Do part A in workbook - Prepare the next lesson: Review