Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global success - Unit 12: Life on other planets - Lesson 1: Getting started

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1. WARM-UP OPTION 1 Answer the questions: LIFE ON 1. Where and how fast do you think we can travel with those new OTHER technologies? PLANETS 2. Can we travel to other planets with those technologies?
2. WARM-UP OPTION 2 Answer the questions: 1. What one word would you The one-word use to describe the Earth? game Love, round, colourful, living, blue, beautiful....
3. PRESENTATION alien (n) /ˈeɪliən/ người ngoài hành tinh
4. PRESENTATION commander (n) /kəˈmɑːndə/ người chỉ huy, người cầm đầu
5. PRESENTATION creature (n) /ˈkriːtʃə/ sinh vật
6. PRESENTATION destroy (v) /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ hủy diệt/ tàn phá
7. PRESENTATION oppose (v) /əˈpəʊz/ chiến đấu, đánh lại ai
8. PRESENTATION spaceship (n) /ˈspeɪsʃɪp/ phi thuyền
9. PRESENTATION thrilling (adj) /ˈθrɪlɪŋ/ kịch tính
10. PRACTICE 1 Listen and read. Mai: What book are you reading, Nick? Nick: A journey back to Soduka. I’m on the last page. Mai: That’s a science fiction book, isn’t it? What’s it about? Nick: Yes, it is. It’s about four creatures Titu, Kaku, Hub, and Barb. They’re travelling back to Soduka, a planet like Earth. Along the way they have to land on Earth because their spaceship breaks down. They meet Tommy and become friends with him. Mai: What happens next? Nick: Tommy helps the four creatures repair their spaceship, so they can travel back to their home planet. But their commander forces them to return to Earth to destroy it. Tommy and the four creatures try to oppose the commander. Mai: Sounds thrilling! Nick: Tommy and the four creatures manage to stop the commander from destroying Earth. Mai: So it has a happy ending! What do you think about the possibility of aliens attacking Earth? Nick: I’m not sure about it. But I’m starting to think about it. I sometimes ask myself what we would do if aliens took over our planet.
11. PRACTICE 2 Read the conversation again and tick T (True) or F (False). Statements T F 1. Soduka is a planet that is very different from Earth. 2. Titu, Kaku, Hub, and Barb have to land on Earth because their spaceship breaks down. 3. Tommy helps the four creatures make a new spaceship so that they can return to Soduka. 4. The four creatures travel to Earth again to visit Tommy. 5. The novel makes Nick and Mai think about the possibility that Earth might be attacked by aliens.