1. Unit 10 Space Tourism

2. READING AND SPEAKING

3. A. Warm up Do you want to take a vacation in outer space? Why or why not? Where do you want to go ?

4. 1. What is the name of Branson’s space travel company? a. Virgin Galactic b. Virgin Atlantic c. Virgin Tours B. Read

5. 2. How much is Richard Branson’s company going to charge for a flight to space? a. about $2,000 b. about $200,000 c. about $2,000,000 B. Read

6. Vocabulary 外太空 千萬富翁 ; 大富豪 蠻勇的 熱氣球

7. Vocabulary 機組人員 ( 天體等的 ) 運行軌道 漂浮的 太空船

8. C. Read again. 1.Branson’s new company is going to build spacecrafts that will hold a small number of passengers and crew. 2.Branson’s space travel company, virgin Galactic, is going to start offering passenger flights in just a few years. P Q

9. C. Read again. 3.Branson’s spaceships will reach a height of about 80 miles, which is about six times higher than an airplane can fly. 4.The cost for a seat on a Virgin Galactic flight is going to be about $200,000. P Q

10. D. Discuss 1.What are three reasons people might want to vacation in space? 2.do you think space travel is a good idea? Why or why not?

11. Compound Nouns VOCABULARY

12. A. Identify Closed Compound Nouns Open and Hyphenated Compound Nouns airlinecrew members hot-air balloon space travel businessman daredevil outer space spaceship

13. B. Pair work 1. Richard Branson is a successful and he is co-owner of a space travel company. 2. Branson is a. What dangerous or risky thing did he do? businessman daredevil

14. B. Pair work 3.Virgin Galactic is going to build a that can carry several passengers and a couple of. When will the company start offering flights? 4.Do you fly often? What’s your favorite ? spaceship crew members airline

15. B. Pair work 5. What do you think of ? Do you want to fly around in ? space travel outer space