Page 21 - Exercise 2A

Page 21 - Exercise 2A

Star travellers

‘Good evening, Star Travellers. Welcome to the spaceship Galaxy.

We hope you will enjoy your time here. Tomorrow, 1 January 2135, Galaxy will leave the Moon’s orbit and you will start the journey to your new home on Sigma 3.’ ‘Will we be the first people on Sigma 3, Dad?’said Josie. ‘Yes, we will. In fact, we’ll be the first people from Earth to live on another planet.’ ‘When will we get there?’asked Tom. ‘Well, Sigma 3 is about 20 light years from Earth,’said their father. ‘So the journey will take 250 years.’

But I’ll be 263 years old by then,’said Josie. ‘Yes, and you still won’t have any brains!’ ‘Yes, and you still won’t have any brains!’

Josie ignored her brother. ‘You won’t be 263 years old,’said their mother.’You’ll still be thirteen.’

See? I was right,’said Tom.’ You won’t have any brains, because you haven’t got any now!’ ‘Well, I’ll still be a year older than you,’ said Josie. ‘So .’ ‘That’s enough, you two,’ said their mother. ‘You won’t be any older than now, because you’ll be In suspended animation for the journey.’

Yes, you’l I go to sleep for 250 years,’ said their father, . ‘Wow! Cool’. Said Tom, ‘So will you and Dad look after us when we’re asleep?’ asked Josie. ‘No, we won’t. We’ll be in suspended animation, too,’ said their father. ‘PJ9 will look after us.’

‘Who’s PJ9?’ said Tom. ‘I am.’ Tom and Josie turned round. Behind them was a young woman. ‘I’m PJ9 and I’ll look after you.’she said. ‘But how will you do that for 250 years?’ asked Josie. ‘You’ll grow older, too.’ ‘No, I won’t. Robots can’t grow old.’ ‘You’re a robot?’ said Tom. ‘Wow! Cool!’ “You don’t look like a robot,’said Josie.’ You look like a . w ell. a person.’ ‘PJ9 is one of the latest robots,’ said their father.’But she’s definitely a robot. She’ll show you. Look.’ ‘Yes, Mr Reed,’said PJ9 and opened a small door in her chest. Inside was a small electric motor. ‘Wow! Cool!’said Tom. ‘Oh, please stop saying that,’said Josie,’or I’ll.’ ‘I’ll show you to your rooms now,’said PJ9.’Please follow me.’

As they picked up their bags, Josie looked through one of the spaceship’s small windows. ‘Look, Tom,’ she said. ‘There’s the Earth.

Isn’t it beautiful? After tomorrow we’ll never see it again.’ ‘Yes, but just think,’said Tom.’We’ll be the first people on Sigma 3.

We’ll have a whole planet for ourselves.’ ‘Wow! Cool!’ said Josie. : ‘Come on,’ said Tom. ‘I’ll race you to the room!’