E9 Unit 10 Getting started

In 1947 a pilot saw nine large round objects traveling at about 2,800 meters an hour (in the USA). There were more than 1,500 UFO sightings (around the world)[r]

What is this?

It’s a UFO

Unidentified Flying Object

= UFO

Unit 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

 Getting started:

Look at the pictures of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) Ask and answer with a partner:

-Have you ever heard about UFOs? Do you think they really exist?

-Have you ever seen any films on UFOs? What were they about?

-What you want to know about UFOs?

Yes, I have/ No, I haven’t / I think ……

Yes, I have/ No, I haven’t / They talked about ……

Listen and read

 UFOs are strange flying objects that some people report they have

seen in the sky and believed to be spacecraft from onother planet Many scientists not believe so They say that if people see a UFO It might be an aircraft, a weather balloon or a meteo

Vocabulary:

- spacecraft (n)

- aircraft (n)

- meteor (n) - evidence (n) - alien (n)

- claim (v) - capture (v)

tàu vũ trụ máy bay băng

spacecraft aircraft

meteor

alien

Grammar:

Conditional sentence: type 2

Ex: If I saw a UFO, I would take a photo

If + S+ V(past simple), S + would/ could/ might ) + V (bare- inf) …

 Điều kiện loại 2- diễn tả hành động xảy tại.

Ex : I would buy a big house if I were rich.

a/ Find the words in the text having the following meanings. (beginning with the given letters)

1 proof, support

2 falling start, or shooting start

3 unknow /strange people or things 4 bringing together or gardering

5 caught as a prisoner

6 became impossible to see

b/ Complete the notes:

a/ _ or can be

mistaken for an alien spacecraft b/ In 1947, a pilot saw _

c/ There were over _ worldwide in 1952

d/ In 1954, a woman and her children saw house

e/ A farmer saw in 1964 f/ In 1971, two men _ g/ A pilot in 1978

Answers:

a/ An aircraft, a weather ballon / a meteor

b/ nine large round objects traveling at about 2,800 meters an hour

c/ 1,500 UFO sightings d/ a UFO above their …

e/ an egg-shaped object in one of his fields and also aliens collecting soil samples

f/ claimed that they were captured by aliens and taken aboard a spacecraft

g/ and his plane disappeared after sighting a UFO

1 What happened in 1947 in the USA?

How many UFO sightings were there in 1952? What did the farmer claim in 1964?

In 1971, were two men captured by aliens?

Answer the questions:

In 1947 a pilot saw nine large round objects traveling at about 2,800 meters an hour (in the USA).

There were more than 1,500 UFO sightings (around the world)

UFOs A pilot saw round objects traveling about 2,800 Meters an hour

There were over 1,500 UFO sightings over the world A woman and her Children saw UFO above their house A farmer saw

an egg-shaped object in

his fields Two men claimed

They were captured by aliens

A young pilot and his plane disappeared after sighting a UFO

Renato Nicolai saw a plate-like device at a

treetop 30 meters away from his garden

In 1947

In 1 952

In 1954

In 19 64 In 1971

Homework:

 Learn by heart vocabulary.

 Read the text again.