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Words to explain:
extraterrestrial - from another planet
alien - life from another planet
life forms - beings which are living
electro-magnetic field - this surrounds the Earth and protects us from harmful rays from space
orbit - going around the sun etc.
meteorite - an object that may crash into the Earth
evolve / evolution - life that grows and changes over long periods of time
cosmic - from the universe
comet - a huge ball of us that flies through space
B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each phrase?
1) Nevertheless
2) no expense spared
3) you've got another thing coming!
4) evidently
5) up to one's eyes
6) in the middle of nowhere
The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.
B1-level
1) knwldg - what is known
2) ancnt - very old
3) dstntn - the end of your journey
4) plnt - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars etc.
5) elmntry - easy
B2-level
6) wsdm
7) uncnvncd
8) figr ot - find a solution
9) ovrxctd - too nervous
10) hbtbl - a place where life can exist
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Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)
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