Connect plus. Primary 6. Term 2. Unit 5. Go explore. Lesson 5 Page 12 Exercise 2 student book language

Listen and Read. How  do astronaut keep fit in space?

It's an astronaut's life

Would you like to be an astronaut? It's a great career, but you need to work very hard. First of all, you should study science at school and university. After this, you need to do a difficult, two-year astronaut course. If you are chosen to join the next space trip, you are very lucky!

In the training course, a new astronaut is taught many things by their teachers. They are taught how to fix a spaceship, and how to do experiments. The students are shown how to give first aid, too, in case someone becomes sick in space.

Astronauts need to be physically strong. They are regularly tested by doctors for their fitness. They are also usually asked to swim three lengths in their spacesuits in a swimming pool. Often, they are asked to go into a model spaceship. There, they are checked to see if they will be well in the spaceship. If they get sick, they cannot make the trip.

When the astronauts are on their mission, their things are stored safely on the spaceship while they are still on Earth. Their sleeping bags are attached to a wall so they don't float around when they sleep. This is because there's less gravity than on Earth. Food is put in drawers so it doesn't move around, too. See how the fruit is floating in the photo of the spaceship! At mealtimes, the food is heated up by the astronauts. The astronauts then eat from special bags, not from plates. This stops the food from floating away.

On the spaceship, it's important to keep everything clean. The team can't use cleaning liquids for cleaning as there's less gravity, so they use cleaning wipes. There's no shower or bath in the spaceship, so astronauts wash themselves with cleaning wipes, too. The astronauts sometimes wear the same clothes for a long time in the spaceship. Often, dirty clothes are then

thrown away The team needs to keep fit in space, so their bodies don't become weak. To do this, they run in a special area of the spaceship. Did you know that one astronaut, Sunita Williams, ran the Boston Marathon while she was in space in 2007? 

That's so cool! So, what do you think? Would you like an astronaut's life?

Are you tidy and organized ? Is your suitcase packed for space?

I think we can all see that traveling into space would be an amazing

experience, but is it for you?

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