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Joy English · Level B1 · Sciencejoy-english.com

Why the moon changes shape

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Follow a short scientific explanation.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

reflect
To send light back from a surface.
cycle
A series of events that repeats.
between
In the space that separates two things.

Answer key

  1. The moon does not make its own light.“Its” has no apostrophe here.
  2. We only see the part that the sun lights up.“Lights up” links: “ligh-tsup”.
  3. As the moon travels around the Earth, we see more or less of that part.“More or less” links together.
  4. A full moon happens when the Earth is between the sun and the moon.Both words in “full moon” are stressed.
  5. The whole cycle takes about a month.“Whole” sounds like “hole”.

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