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1.What is the missing word in this sentence?
It only takes me about 1 hour to………from Hue to Ho Chi Minh city.
2. What is the missing word in this sentence?
Gagarin was a well-known……………..
3. What is the missing word in this sentence?
Gagarin became the first person to eat and drink in zero……………
4. What is the missing word in this sentence?
Spacemen travel into space at great………
a. speed
SPACECRAFT
a. go
b. fly
c. flew
a. boy
b. people
c. cosmonaut
a. weightlessness
c. gravity
b.weightless
b. space
c. success
Unit 15: Space conquest
Lesson B: speaking
I. Before you speak
- Mark
New words.
- Launch (v)
= lift of
- Manned spacecraft
: spacecraft has pilot
- Milestone (n)
: an important event
- Yang Liwei
- Shenzhou
- Artificial satellite:
While you speak
Task 1: Read the following piece of news, then ask and answer the questions.
On October 15 in 2003, China launched its first manned spacecraft into space. The spacecraft was called “Shenzhou 5”. Yang Liwei, Chinese first astronaut, was 38 years old then. The successful flight marked a milestone in China’s space project. China became the third country in the world to be able to independently carry out manned space flights.
Example:
When did China launch its first manned spacecraft into space?
Make questions with:
When
what
what
how old
how important
how many
Model:
A: When did Russia launch its first artificial satellite?
B: On October 4, 1957
A: What’s the name of Russia’s first artificial satellite?
B: Sputnik
A: How important was the artificial satellite to Russia?
B: The first artificial satellite marked the beginning of Space Age?
Task 2: Talk about the important events in space exploration.
4th October, 1957
first artificial satellite: Sputnik
mark beginning of Space Age
made by the USSR
3rd November, 1957
First living being in space
a dog name Laika
aboard sputnik
12th April, 1961
first human in space
Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
27 year old
108 minutes fly
16th June, 1963
first woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut
Task 2: Talk about the important events in space exploration.
23rd July, 1969
first Vietnamese in space
Pham Tuan
along with V.V Gorbotko, a Russian cosmonaut
stay 8 days in orbit
Task 2: Talk about the important events in space exploration.
29th October, 1980
the oldest human ever to fly into space
John Glenn, an American astronaut
at the age of 77
15th October, 2003
first Chinese in space
Yang Liwei, 38 years old
spend 21 hours in space
III. After you speak
Homework
- Review the lesson you have just learnt
- Learn the new words
- Prepare the next part
Goodbye!
Take a rest!