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178a space pioneer · Herman Potočnik
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lesson 178 · grammar + 5 cards

a space pioneer · Herman Potočnik

an idea that changed the world

A short biography of Herman Potočnik, a Slovenian engineer who imagined how people might live in space. A gentle B1 reading. Read, listen, and answer. About six minutes.

⏱️ ≈6 min🧩 45 nalog · repository🔥 warm-up → 🎯 grammar → 📝 practice → ⚡ quick → 🃏 cards
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warm-up

· ogrevanje — the 10-second version
dreaming of life in space
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text

· dreaming of life in space
Herman Potočnik je bil slovenski inženir in pionir vesoljske tehnike. Rodil se je leta 1892. V svoji knjigi je opisal, kako bi lahko ljudje živeli in delali v vesolju. Prvi je razložil idejo o geostacionarni orbiti, ki jo danes uporabljamo za satelite. Čeprav je umrl mlad, so njegove ideje spremenile svet.
show English
Herman Potočnik was a Slovenian engineer and a pioneer of space technology. He was born in 1892. In his book he described how people could live and work in space. He was the first to explain the idea of the geostationary orbit, which we use today for satellites. Although he died young, his ideas changed the world.
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practice

· answer about the text0 ✓
👷Kaj je bil Potočnik? 💡 inženir
What was Potočnik?
✓ inženir — “… slovenski inženir …”
🛰️O čem je pisal? 💡 o življenju v vesolju
What did he write about?
✓ o življenju v vesolju — “… kako bi … živeli … v vesolju.”
🌍Katero idejo je prvi razložil? 💡 geostacionarno orbito
Which idea did he first explain?
✓ geostacionarno orbito — “… ideja o geostacionarni orbiti …”
✨Kaj so naredile njegove ideje? 💡 spremenile svet
What did his ideas do?
✓ spremenile svet — “… so njegove ideje spremenile svet.”
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quick practice

· fast recall0 ✓
fast recall — tap the match.
👷inženir → English? 💡 engineer
✓ engineer
🌌vesolje → English? 💡 space
✓ space
🛰️satelit → English? 💡 satellite
✓ satellite
💡ideja → English? 💡 idea
✓ idea
🚀pionir → English? 💡 pioneer
✓ pioneer
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picture words

· see it, type it in Slovene
type the Slovene word for each picture — accents optional
👷 engineer
🌌 space
🛰️ satellite
💡 idea
🚀 pioneer
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memory match

· pair Slovene with English0 pairs
tap two cards to find a matching pair — clear the board
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cards

· drill the words
tap a card to flip · 5 cards
👷
inženir
engineer
🌌
vesolje
space
🛰️
satelit
satellite
💡
ideja
idea
🚀
pionir
pioneer
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