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1. A space shuttle is a spacecraft that is made
for repeated space travel (unlike a rocket), for
example, between earth and a space station
2. Use a dictionary to do the tasks below.
(1) Find out the meanings of the following words
and phrases (look up the words underlined in
the phrases)
(a) naturalised U.S. citizen
(b) space
(c) frontiers of space
(d) aboard
(e) lift off (How is it different from take off'?)
(1) crew
(ii) Notice the spellings of these words in this
lesson: airplane, program. This is how these
words are spelt in American English. How are
they spelt in British English?
Answers
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A. space shuttle is a spacecraft that is made for repeated space travel (unlike a rocket), for example, between earth and a space station.
Use a dictionary to do the tasks below.
Question 1.
Find out the meanings of the following words and phrases (look up the words underlined in the phrases).
(a) naturalised U.S. citizen ______________________
(b) space ______________________
(c) frontiers of space ______________________
(d) aboard ______________________
(e) lift off (How is it different from ‘take off ? ?). ______________________
(f) crew ______________________
Solution:
A.
(a) Naturalised U.S. Citizen. It refers to a person who has been granted U.S. citizenship although he was not born as a U.S. Citizen.
(b) Space. The term space refers to the sky above the earth’s atmosphere.
(c) Frontiers of Space. The phrase refers to the human desire to know the ultimate limit of space. In fact no such frontier is known to man. Many believe that the space has no frontiers.
(d) Aboard. It means being on a ship or an airplane or a spaceship etc. It is not used in context with the vehicles that move on earth.
(e) Lift off. (How is it different from “take off” ?) ‘Lifting off refers to the process in which some external agency makes a spaceship or even an airplane rise into the sky. Take off on the other hand is used when an airplane uses its internal power to rise in the sky.
(f) Crew. The employees of an airplane, a ship or a spacecraft are called ‘crew’.
Question 2.
Notice the spellings of these words in this lesson : airplane, program. This is how these words are spelt in American English. How are they spelt in British English ?
Solution:
The British spelling for these words are : Aeroplane, Programme.