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1) He says he hasn't heard 'that one before'. What is 'one'
referring to?
a) the rocket
b) the noise
c) the theory
2) He says people are influenced by ______ ?
a) space movies
b) real footage
c) poor science
3) In reality, he says lasers _________ .
1056 More Moon Hoax
Jonathan continues his discussion about the Moon Hoax and
what he believes.
Todd: Jonathan we are talking about
conspiracy theories. What about the one
where the sound? That when the rocket
lands, they have actually audio of the rocket
landing and you can't hear the rocket
engine, and the rocket engine should be
making a really loud noise?
a) are silent in space
b) make a tchoo tchoo sound
c) make great entertainment
4) People have questions about the _____ .
a) capsule
b) space suit
c) buggy
Jonathan
Todd
Jonathan: I don't remember if I've heard
that one before. I would think that perhaps though the engine
might be situated in such a location that the noise is being
dispersed out into open space.
Todd: So you're saying that because in space there's no
pressure. There's nothing for the sounds to bounce off of so it
would just be silent.
Jonathan: I mean, people have grown up watching movies like
Star Wars and they think that when spaceships go through outer
space that they go "vooooom" as they travel. The reality is that
there is no sound in space. You know, there are no lasers that go
"tchoo tchoo tchoo" as they go from one ship to another. It makes
great entertainment. It doesn't make great science.
5) What do you need to take into account?
a) the atmosphere
b) the surface of the moon
c) the gravitational pull
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Vocabulary
conspiracy theory
The moon hoax is one of many conspiracy
theories.
A conspiracy theory is a belief that some
historical event is either fake or a lie, and
that the real story is being kept a secret,
usually by the government. Sometimes
conspiracies are referred to as a cover-up. People who
believe in conspiracy theories are conspiracy theorists.
Here are a few more conspiracy theories:
1. There are many conspiracy theories to the death of
famous people like John F Kennedy, Marylin
Monroe and Elvis.
2. Some conspiracy theorists think Area 51 in the
United States has captured UFO's and aliens.
slow-mo
The buggy is going slow-mo.
Todd: Fair enough. What about the buggy? Some people say
that they buggy is going slow-mo. That maybe they filmed it in
Area 51?
Jonathan: Yes, I've read about this. That apparently if you speed
up the footage to a certain point that it looks as if they are
walking around normally and such, but the think is that when you
take into account the gravitational pull, they've sped it up too
much for it to be realistic. I don't remember the exact figures but
it's something like if you speed it up to and a half times instead of
three and a half times as the conspiracy theorists did then it looks
completely natural, that like they're on the surface of the moon.
Slow-mo is just a shortened word for slowmotion, which is when something is being
done slower than natural speed. Notice
the examples:
1. I like to listen to songs in slow-mo when studying
English.
2. A drunk person sounds like they are speaking in
slow-mo.
Speaking Challenge
Answer these questions related lesson.
Q1
Do you believe any conspiracy theories?
A1
Q2
Do you know the exact figures of you GNP?
A2
Q3
Is work dispersed equally at your job?
fair enough
A: It doesn't make good science.
B: Fair enough.
The response 'fair enough' is used when
the listener thinks the speaker has made a
good point to a comment or criticism.
Basically, 'fair enough' means 'good point'.
Here is another example:
A: You are failing the lecture class. You must
study harder.
B: But it is in English and English is not my
first language.
A: Well, fair enough.
A3
dispersed
Q4
Is listening in slo mo a good way to learn English?
A4
Q5
A5
When do you say the phrase 'fair enough'?
The noise is being dispersed out into
space.
When something is dispersed, it is broken
up or spread out. For example, vending
machines disperse food. Here are a few
more uses:
1. The police told the crowd to disperse.
2. Food was dispersed to the villagers after the
earthquake.
exact figures
I don't remember the exact figures.
Figures are numbers, so 'exact figures'
would be specific or detailed numbers.
Figures are often numbers relating to
some calculation. Notice the following:
1. The report gave the exact figures of the last year's
sales.
2. We disagree on the exact figures, but agree about
the outcome.
Vocabulary Quiz
conspiracy • dispersed • fair enough
slow mo • exact figures
1. Well,
, you make some good
points.
2. We watched the footage in
.
3. The crowd
when the police got
there.
4. There is a
that super rich
people control the world .
5. I do not have the
but I can look
them up.
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