Learning English

First Arab woman in space

The first Arab female astronaut, Rayyanah Barnawi, is part of a crew of space tourists who are visiting the International Space Station for eight days.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

NEWS REVIEW PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE - SUBSCRIBE HERE

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did you like that? Why not try these?

• Learning to smile again
• King Charles's Coronation
• Hollywood writers strike

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Images: Anadolu Agency and 3D sculptor via Getty)

The story  

The first Arab female astronaut, Rayyanah Barnawi, has blasted into space.

She is part of a crew of space tourists who are visiting the International Space Station for eight days.

As well as having a holiday, the tourists will conduct independent research, according to space company, Axiom.

Key words and phrases

out of this world
incredible; very good

• I had some amazing cake yesterday – it was out of this world.
• I went to an incredible concert last weekend – the music was out of this world.

swoop
fly quickly and efficiently

• The eagle swooped down from the mountain and caught a mouse.
• The plane swooped onto the runway.

paves the way
makes something possible

• The successful scientific trial will pave the way for new medicines.
• A university degree often paves the way for a successful career.

To do

Try our quiz to test yourself on today's language.

Downloads

You can download the audio and PDF document for this episode.

More

We hope you enjoyed News Review. You can find more episodes here.