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When his physics experiment goes wrong and all the stars disappear, the whole world
blames Dr Tomas Streyer. Are the stars gone forever?
Before reading
Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
Vocabulary
1. …… the prosecution
2. …… to charge someone
with something
3. …… a galaxy
4. …… a telescope
5. …… a particle
accelerator
6. …… guilty
7. …… to twinkle
8. …… a photon
Definition
a. a large machine that does physics experiments with
particles (the smallest pieces that everything is made of)
b. to say that someone broke the law
c. responsible for breaking a law
d. the lawyers who try to show that someone is guilty
e. a particle of light
f. a long metal thing with glass at one end which people use
to look at the stars
g. a system of millions of stars
h. to change from bright to less bright and back again, like
stars seem to do when we look at them
First star I see tonight
Dr Tomas Streyer looked around the control room at his team of scientists and
engineers. He was excited and frightened but he tried to seem calm. In a few minutes,
they might start to discover something amazing: how the universe began.
He looked out of the window at the beautiful blue summer sky and tried to breathe
slowly.
‘Ready,’ he said. He pressed the first button and the complicated computers and
machines came to life.
‘Set,’ he said. He pressed the second button and switched on the large particle
accelerator that lay under the towns and fields of Switzerland.
‘Go,’ he said. And, at exactly twelve o’clock, he pressed the final button.
TW HỘI KỶ LỤC GIA VIỆT NAM – VIỆN KỶ LỤC GIA VIỆT NAM
TT NGHIÊN CỨU, PHÁT TRIỂN, VÀ ỨNG DỤNG ANH NGỮ HỌC THUẬT VIỆT NAM – IELTS VIỆT NAM
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For a second, he felt as if he was blind, because everything went completely black.
Tomas shouted in shock, but the lights were already on again. That was not part of his
plan. He had no idea what had just happened.
‘Everybody, check the systems!’ he ordered. But nothing seemed to be wrong with
them. The particle accelerator was working perfectly.
‘Tomas,’ said his assistant. ‘Look outside.’ She sounded afraid.
The perfect summer’s day of five minutes ago had gone. Instead, the sky was
darker than the blackest night. But that wasn’t the worst thing. The sun wasn’t there, and
the moon and stars were also gone.
People were shouting and screaming. They started calling their families on the
telephone because they were afraid they had all gone too. Tomas felt as if it was hard to
