English Listening B1 Episode 36 -
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Astronaut: They drive the crew to the launchpad. You stand
and look up at this spaceship seventeen storeys high, with its huge rocket
boosters .
You feel fear and excitement. Before, you were so busy
training that you didn’t have time .
You didn’t think you were risking your life. Now it
.
You take a lift to the launch platform .
You go into a white room and put on your equipment.
Next, you look into a camera and say goodbye to your family.
The other astronauts .
You’re used to them and their habits; you’ve been training
together for months. You enter the shuttle. Inside it’s tiny.
It’s one of many things you have .
You are strapped in and you check your equipment .
Space is silent, but the rocket isn’t. The engines make such
a loud noise you can’t hear .
Soon you’re travelling at 17,500 miles per hour. After
eight and a half minutes, you’ve .
Suddenly, the noise stops. You remove your helmet, let it
go, and watch .
You trained for these conditions. Everything is familiar.
Yet nothing will ever be the same after you’ve .
