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Question
Write a paragraph listing all the sentimental and the scientific reasons given by the mother against the expedition to neighbouring galaxy.
Solution 1
Title: Mother’s Voice
Author: Vasil Berezhnoy
Characters: Astronaut and his mother
Theme: “Distant scene enchants the eyes”.
The astronaut’s mother was excited because it was her first visit to the moon. She looked around and admired the moonscape. She wondered that the moon was a very beautiful place. However, her sentiments dominated her.
She thought of her orchards as it was the time for blooming. She was dumb found at the enormous lily-shaped tent over a crater of a kilometre in diameter. It might be an exotic experience to have a swim on the moon.
But she was quite sentimental about the swim in the river. The Dnieper on the Earth. Long-range spaceships were ready for an expedition to a neighbouring galaxy. She asked why people should go off into the unknown place.
She was worried why should people invite trouble. The astronauts were keen on more expeditions. Their scientific thirst could never be quenched. Mother wanted the people to settle properly on the solar system, before going further. To his mother, life on the Earth seemed to be a miracle.
It was a cradle of life to her. Even she made her son realize the fabulous beauty of the native planet, Earth. She could make the astronaut feel that his expedition to another galaxy was not very significant.
But the astronaut had no other alternative as he had already got selected for space travel. It was a must for him but to the mother the life on the earth was everything, “There’s something cool about being involved in new missions to other planets” – David Grinspoon.
Solution 2
The astronauts’ mother admired the moonscape. She wondered that the moon was a beautiful place. But she thought of her orchards to bloom and yield fruits. She was excited to see the enormous lily-shaped tent over a crater. Though it might be an exotic experience to swim on the moon she prefers the river Deeper on the Earth. She was against the expedition to a neighbouring galaxy.
She asked why people should go off into unknown places. She did not want them to invite trouble. The astronauts were interested in more expeditions. Mother wanted the people to settle properly on the moon first, and then on the planets in the solar system before going further.
According to her life on Earth was a miracle. She wanted him to return to the Earth at least in Autumn. But he had made all arrangements to go to another planet. The astronaut could not help it even though he would not hear his mother’s voice.
‘There’s something cool about being involved in new missions to other planets’.
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