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1 twitter.com/seanbanville Thousands more free lessons from Sean's other websites www. Breaking News English.com Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville 1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, Contents The Reading Phrase Matching Listening Gap Fill No Spaces Survey Writing and Speaking 7 Writing Please try Levels 0, 2 and 3. They are (a little) harder. Twitter Facebook Google +

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3 THE READING From com/1610/ gardens-1.htm l NASA scientists want to get humans to Mars. Researchers are trying to find out what plants can grow on Mars. They hope astronauts will grow their own food on the Red Planet. Getting to Mars could take two-and-a-half years. The astronauts will need a lot of food for the journey. They can never come back to Earth. This means they will need to grow their own food from seeds. This could be a problem because Mars doesn't have good soil. It just has red dust. soil made of volcanic dust. It has no nutrients or organic material, so it is similar to Mars dust. The scientists grew lettuce in it and it tasted normal. The lettuce had weaker roots and took longer to grow. NASA said testing 'Martian gardens' on Earth would help to develop ways of growing food on Mars in the future. Sources: csmonitor.com /Scie nce/2016/1006/nasa-s-martian-g ardens-what-kinds-of-veggiescan-we-grow-on-mars techtime s.com /articles/ / /martiangardens-key-to-survivi ng-marscolonization-nasa.htm naturew orldnews.com /article s/29858/ /su rvival-in-mars-nasa-sc ientistsdeveloping-martian-ga rden.htm Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at com - Copyright Sean Banville 2016 Humans could be on Mars in the next 15 years. NASA has been testing "Martian gardens" using a

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5 Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville develop ways of PHRASE MATCHING From m/1610/ gardens-1.html PARAGRAPH ONE: 1. NASA scientists want to get 2. Researchers are trying to find 3. plants can grow 4. astronauts will grow 5. Getting to Mars could take 6. The astronauts will need 7. They can never come 8. Mars doesn't have good PARAGRAPH TWO: 1. Humans could be on Mars 2. NASA has been testing "Martian 3. soil made of volcanic 4. It has no nutrients or organic 5. it is similar 6. scientists grew lettuce in it and it 7. The lettuce had weaker

6 a. back to Earth b. their own food c. out d. two-and-a-half years e. soil f. humans to Mars g. a lot of food h. on Mars a. tasted normal b. dust c. material d. roots e. in the next 15 years f. growing food on Mars g. gardens" h. to Mars dust 3

7 come back to Earth. This means 4 LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS From NASA scientists (1) humans to Mars. Researchers are trying (2) what plants can grow on Mars. They hope astronauts will (3) food on the Red Planet. Getting to Mars could take two-and-a-half years. The astronauts (4) of food for the journey. They can never (5) to grow their own food from seeds. This could be a problem because Mars doesn't have good soil. It just (6). Humans (7) Mars in the next 15 years. NASA (8) "Martian gardens" using a soil made of volcanic dust. It has no nutrients (9) material, so it is similar to Mars dust. The scientists grew lettuce (10) tasted normal. The lettuce had weaker roots and (11) grow. NASA said testing 'Martian gardens' on Earth would help (12) of growing food on Mars in the future. Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2016

8 5 PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE From NASAscientistswanttogethumanstoMars.Researchersaret ryingtofin doutwhatplantscangrowonmars.theyhopeastronautswillg rowtheiro wnfoodontheredplanet.gettingtomarscouldtaketwo-anda-halfye ars.theastronautswillneedalotoffoodforthejourney.theyc anneverc omebacktoearth.thismeanstheywillneedtogrowtheirownf oodfroms eeds.thiscouldbeaproblembecausemarsdoesn'thavegood soil.itjust hasreddust.humanscouldbeonmarsinthenext15years.na SAhasbee ntesting"martiangardens"usingasoilmadeofvolcanicdust.i thasnonu trientsororganicmaterial,soitissimilartomarsdust.thescie ntistsgrew lettuceinitandittastednormal.thelettucehadweakerrootsa ndtooklon gertogrow.nasasaidtesting'martiangardens'onearthwoul dhelptode velopwaysofgrowingfoodonmarsinthefuture. Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2016

9 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3 6 VEGETABLE GARDENS SURVEY From Write five GOOD questions about vegetable gardens in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers. Q.1. Q.2. Q.3. Q.4. Q.5. STUDENT 1 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often. Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings. Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2016

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11 WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S) Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s). f) WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S) Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s). Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2016 a) b) c) d) e) a) b) Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at m c) d) e) f)

12 8 WRITING From Write about vegetable gardens for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner s paper. Level 1 Vegetable gardens tested for Mars 10th October, 2016 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2016 Portuguese Os cientistas da NASA deseja obter os seres humanos a Marte. Os pesquisadores estão

13 tentando descobrir o que as plantas podem crescer em Marte. Eles esperam astronautas vão cultivar seu próprio alimento no planeta vermelho. Obtendo a Marte poderia levar dois anos e meio. Os astronautas precisa de um monte de comida para a viagem. Eles nunca pode voltar para a terra. Isso significa que eles terão de cultivar seu próprio alimento a partir de sementes. Este poderia ser um problema, porque Marte não faz tem um bom solo. Ele só tem poeira vermelha. Os seres humanos poderia ser em Marte nos próximos 15 anos. NASA tem sido testando "jardins marcianos" usando um solo feito de poeira vulcânica. Isto não tem nutrientes ou material orgânico, de modo que é semelhante a Marte poeira. Os cientistas cresceu alface nele e tinha um gosto normal. o alface tinha raízes mais fracas e levou mais tempo para crescer. NASA disse teste 'jardins marcianos na Terra iria contribuir para desenvolver formas de cultivo de alimentos em Marte no futuro. Spanish

14 Científicos de la NASA quieren tener los seres humanos en Marte. Los investigadores están tratando de averiguar qué los plantas pueden crecer en Marte. Éllos esperan que los astronautas cultivan sus propios alimentos en el planeta rojo. Llegar a Marte podría tomar dos años y medio. Los astronautas necesitan una gran cantidad de comida para el viaje. Éllos nunca podrán volver a la tierra. Esto significa que tendrán que cultivar sus propios alimentos sembrando semillas. Ésto podría ser un problema porque Marte no tiene un buen suelo. Sólo tiene polvo rojo. Los seres humanos podrían estar en Marte en los próximos 15 años. La NASA ha estado haciendo pruebas "jardines de Marte" por medio de un terreno de polvo volcánico. Éso no tiene nutrientes o materia orgánica, por lo que es similar al polvo de Marte. Los científicos hicieron crecer lechuga en élla y sabía normal. Los lechuga tenía raíces más débiles y tomó más tiempo para crecer. La NASA dijo que las pruebas ''jardines de Marte en la Tierra ayudarían a desarrollar formas del cultivo de alimentos en Marte en el futuro.

15 Chinese 美国航空航天局的科学家们想让人类到火星 研究人员试图找出什么植物可以在火星上生长 他们希望 宇航员将在红色星球上种植自己的食物 得到到火星可能需要两年半 宇航员会 需要很多的食物的旅程 他们永远不会回来 到地球 这意味着他们需要种植自己的食物从种子 这可能是一个问题, 因为火星不 有好的土壤 它只是有红尘 人类可能在未来 15 年在火星上 NASA 已经 使用火山灰制成的土壤测试 火星花园 它没有营养物质或有机物质, 所以它类似于火星 灰尘 科学家在它生长了莴苣, 它尝起来正常 的莴苣根系较弱, 需要较长时间才能生长 NASA 说 地球上测试 火星花园 将有助于发展道路的食物在未来的火星上