B1 – Intermediate
With all the space explorations being done these days, is it crazy to think that one day, humans would eventually populate space? Could this be the answer to our growing problem with overpopulation on this planet?
Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk want to turn this into reality.
Read the article about Jeff Bezos’ vision to have a trillion people live in space.
Be ready to answer the questions that follow.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2312/231225-a-trillion-humans-4.html
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “at any given time” mean? “He said if that happened, “we would have at any given time 1,000 Mozarts and 1,000 Einsteins.” Use this expression in your own sentence.
- What does ”collapse” mean in this context, ”Population collapse due to low birth rates is a bigger risk to civilization than global warming.”?Use this word in your own sentence.
- What does “resource” mean? “He said they could get resources from asteroids instead of from Earth.” Give two synonyms or similar expressions and make a sentence using ‘resource’.
Discussion Questions:
- What are your thoughts on Jeff Bezos’ ambition?
- What do you think about living in giant space stations?
- What could be the good and bad things about it?
- Will it be possible for humans to live in space? Explain your thoughts.