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Lesson 7 Skills 3

Reading

1 Before you read What do astronauts do
on the International Space Station? I thin they …

2 3.19 Listen and read.

LIFE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

he International Space Station (ISS) is When they aren’t working, astronauts
Ta satellite. It goes around the Earth read and take photos. One astronaut,
once every 90 minutes. It travels at 28,000
kilometres per hour! Ten astronauts live Commander Chris Hadfi eld, became
on it. They come from many different famous when he took beautiful photos
countries. The ISS astronauts travel around of the Earth and put them online.
the Earth many times a day, so they see
16 sunrises or sunsets every 24 hours! There’s one more important thing for
astronauts to do: exercise! People are
The astronauts have
The ast
a lot
a lot of jobs to do weightless in space, so their muscles
every day. They
ev can become very weak. To keep their
do experiments muscles strong,
d
t to fi nd out astronauts need
m
more about
space. They
s to exercise for
fi
fi x the station two hours a
an day. That’s a
and, sometimes,
they put on their
they
space long time!
spacesuits and walk
t id th
outside the station!

3 After you read Complete the sentences. Write one or two words.

1 The International Space Station is a with astronauts on it.
2 It goes round the Earth once every .

3 The astronauts every day to find out more about space.
4 Outside the station, they need to wear .

5 is very important for astronauts because their muscles
get weak in space.

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