The Reading / Listening - Artificial Sun - Level 0

China created a 70,000,000ºC "artificial sun". This is five times hotter than the sun. It was hot for over 17 minutes. This is a record. Scientists reproduced nuclear fusion. This is what happens inside our sun. They are trying to make lots of clean energy. The heat project has cost more than $950 billion.

Scientists have worked on nuclear fusion for years. It makes clean energy. It needs no fossil fuels. It will make the world greener. It could also lower fuel bills. The project is not ready for us to use. A scientist said it is an important step. He said it was a good start towards making nuclear fusion work.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Artificial Sun - Level 1 Artificial Sun - Level 2   or  Artificial Sun - Level 3

Sources
  • http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-01/01/content_77964589.htm
  • https://news.yahoo.com/china-switches-artificial-sun-five-105253561.html
  • http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20211231/415ad5413d0f4f4880de7cb64972bbf0/c.html


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. China created a 70,000,000ºC
  2. five times hotter
  3. It was hot for
  4. This is a
  5. Scientists reproduced nuclear
  6. what happens inside
  7. make lots of
  8. The heat project has cost
  1. record
  2. artificial sun
  3. more than $950 billion
  4. fusion
  5. over 17 minutes
  6. clean energy
  7. our sun
  8. than the sun

Paragraph 2

  1. Scientists have worked
  2. It needs no fossil
  3. It will make the world
  4. It could also lower fuel
  5. The project is not ready
  6. A scientist said it is an
  7. He said it was a good
  8. making nuclear fusion
  1. greener
  2. for us to use
  3. work
  4. fuels
  5. start
  6. on nuclear fusion
  7. bills
  8. important step

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

China created a 70,000,000ºC "artificial sun". This (1) ___________________ hotter than the sun. It was (2) ________________ 17 minutes. This (3) _________________. Scientists reproduced nuclear fusion. This (4) _________________ inside our sun. They are trying to (5) ___________________ clean energy. The heat project (6) ___________________ than $950 billion.

Scientists (7) ___________________ nuclear fusion for years. It makes clean energy. It (8) ___________________ fuels. It will (9) ___________________ greener. It could also lower fuel bills. The project (10) ___________________ for us to use. A scientist said it is (11) ___________________. He said it was a good start towards making (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Chinacreateda70,000,000ºC"artificialsun".Thisisfivetimeshottertha
nthesun.Itwashotforover17minutes.Thisisarecord.Scientistsreprod
ucednuclearfusion.Thisiswhathappensinsideoursun.Theyaretryingt
omakelotsofcleanenergy.Theheatprojecthascostmorethan$950billi
on.Scientistshaveworkedonnuclearfusionforyears.Itmakescleanen
ergy.Itneedsnofossilfuels.Itwillmaketheworldgreener.Itcouldalsolo
werfuelbills.Theprojectisnotreadyforustouse.Ascientistsaiditisanim
portantstep.Hesaiditwasagoodstarttowardsmakingnuclearfusionwo
rk.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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