Life on Mars

Life on Mars

Journal of The Martian

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inconceivable

• unimaginable; beyond understanding

• very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods

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cutting-edge

• a vehicle used for travelling in space

• the newest and most modern (technology)

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techie

• short for technical equipment

• a person who is expert in technology, especially computing

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anticipated problems

• expected difficulties

• unexpected difficulties

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a daunting prospect

• frightening possibility or likelihood

• an impossible event

The colonizers are about to land on Mars.

How do they feel?

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in one piece

• acting in a calm, easygoing way

• not badly damaged or injured; alive

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hazardous

• causing fear, dread or terror

• risky, dangerous

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fatality

• an injury resulting from an accident or a disaster

• a death caused by accident, war, disaster etc.

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hostile environment

• unfriendly surroundings

• a place which invites and accepts guests

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to dampen enthusiasm

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• to weaken, lessen, make less lively or intense

What problems do they encounter during the landing?

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take for a spin

• to take a brief, leisurely ride in a vehicle

• to revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

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terrain

• the landscape, especially its physical features

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

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albeit

• although, even though

• used to express surprise

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pose a threat

• to present a difficult or dangerous situation

• to prevent a difficult or dangerous situation

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put your finger on

• to discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is

• to make physical contact with sth

What is the biggest problem the settlers have encountered so far?

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the odds

• the chances

• strange attitudes or habits

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drastically

• extremely, strikingly, severely

• in a dispirited manner without hope

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an insidious risk

• risk that causes immediate harm

• risk that causes slow but dangerous harm

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to combat

• to fight with/against

• to come to terms with

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to perish

• to generate wealth, grow stronger, or flourish

• to die or be destroyed

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exposed to

• having no protection from, under the impact of

• with details added to sth

What is the effect of space radiation on Mars?

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What are the good and the bad news?

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This was the last journal entry.

What do you think happened next?