This picture was drawn by Chase Stone who is a concept artist.
This picture shows an old lady and her grand son or grand daughter sitting in a space ship or a space station. They are looking at a blue planet in the distance.
There is a certain mystery and melancholy in this illustration because we don’t know what all this is about.
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Word practice
Do the following exercises
Exercise 1
https://www.anglaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-anglais-2/exercice-anglais-58461.php
Exercise 2
Here is a presentation of a sci-fi series entitled Star Trek. Fill in the blanks with the following words : universe / warp speed ( = vitesse vertigineuse) / century / explores / appeared / series / enemies / space / discovered / missions /
No other science fiction name has created so much media interest as Star Trek. It first …………… as a television ……….. written by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s.
Star Trek is set in the 23rd …………... People can travel through ……….. at ……………….. – faster than light. Many Earth-friendly planets have been………………. Together they form the United Federation of Planets. In the original TV series the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew travel to far away sections of the…………….. In each episode the Enterprise goes on new …………….. and ……………… new worlds and civilizations and « boldly goes where no man has gone before ». On their mission they meet many ……………… for example the Klingons. With Star Trek Gene Roddenberry tried to create a perfect universe, in which the peoples of planets live together in peace.
Members / respect / decisions / ship / ironic / crew / arguments / planets / commander /
The …………….. of the Enterprise is made up of ……………. from different countries and …………….: Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Mr. Spock from the planet Vulcan, Medical Officer Leonard « Bones » McCoy, the female Black Communications Officer Uhuru and others.
The original Star Trek series shows characters that are very different from each other but who work together in harmony on the same ………….. James Kirk is a real ……………….. who likes to make………………. Sometimes he is aggressive, at other times humorous and …………… Mr.Spock, with his pointed ears, always makes logical decisions and never understands when someone shows emotions, like crying or laughing. His ……………… with the ship’s doctor McCoy are legendary. Even though McCoy does not always understand the Vulcan, the two officers ……………. each other.
communicator / space shuttle / mobile phones / computer / transporter / technology
Star Trek also brought about new …………….: a ………………. that talks to you and gives you scientific answers for questions, or a ……………. that beams people to other places over great distances. The …………………….. that Kirk and his crew flips open was later on used for …………………… of the 90s. And NASA even named its first ……………………………. “Enterprise”.