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Welcome to our English class
Designed by Huong Vu
Let’s watch a video clip then tell me the name of the
thing and the people you have seen from it
Spacecraft
Sputnik
A dog named Laika
Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova, the first Russian woman cosmonaut
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, American astronauts
Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese in space
John Glenn, the oldest American astronaut,
YangLiwei, the first Chinese in space
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Unit 15: Space conquest
Part C: Speaking
New words
Launch (v) into ….
Manned (adj)
spacecraft ( n)
Astronaut (n) = cosmonaut
Mark (v)
Milestone (n)
Project (n)
Artificial (adj)
Sputnik /satellite (n)
Orbit (n)
Aboard (n)
Phóng
có người điều hành
Phi thuyền
- Phi hành gia/ nhà phi công vũ trụ
Đánh dấu
Bước ngoặt/ mốc lịch sử
dự án
Nhân tạo
Vệ tinh
Quỹ đạo
Boang tàu
Checking new words
Orbit (n)
Astronaut (n)
= cosmonaut
Phóng
spacecraft ( n)
Bước ngoặt/ mốc lịch sử
Artificial (adj)
có người điều hành
Mark (v)
Vệ tinh
Project (n)
Quỹ đạo
Phi hành gia/ nhà phi công vũ trụ
Launch (v) into ….
Phi thuyền
Milestone (n)
Nhân tạo
Manned (adj)
Đánh dấu
Sputnik / satellite (n)
dự án


Task 1: Read the following piece of news then answer the questions according to the news
On 15th October in 2003, China launched its first manned spacecraft into space. The spacecraft was called “ Shenzhou 5”. Yang Liwei, China’s 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.
1. When did China launch its first manned spacecraft into space?
2. What was it called?
3. What is the astronaut’s name?
4. How old was he when he flew into space?
5. How important was the successful flight to China?
6. How many countries in the world have been able to independently carry out manned space flights?
Task 2: Base task 1 to ask your partner about the important events in space exploration then report it.
1: 4th October, 1957
* first artificial satellite: Sputnik
Made by the USSR
Mark beginning of Space Age


2: 3rd November, 1957
* A dog named Laika
* First living thing being in space
* Aboard Sputnik 2

On 4th October, 1957 the first artificial “Sputnik”, which was made by the USSR, was launched into space. It marked the beginning of Space Age
3: 12th April, 1962
Yuri Gagarin, a 27- year-old Russian cosmonaut
First human in space
108- minute flight

4: 16th June, 1963
Valentina Tereshkove
A Russian cosmonaut
First woman in space
5: 20th Juny 1969
Two American astronauts
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
First humans /people to set foot on the moon



6: 23rd July, 1980
First Vietnamese in space
Pham Tuan
Along with a Russian cosmonaut, VV Gorbotko,
Stay 8 days in orbit
7: 29th October, 1998
At the age of 77
John Glenn, an American astronaut
The oldest human ever to fly into space



8: 15th October, 2003
Yang Liwei, 38 years old
First Chinese in space
Spend 21 hours in space
Further practice
Pham tuan
Major-General Pham Tuan, born on February 14, 1947, was the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, Born in Quoc Tuan, Thai Binh in northern Vietnam, he joined the Vietnamese Air Force in 1965 and fought in the Vietnam War against American aggression. He joined the Soviet Union’s Intercosmos programme on April 1, 1979. On July 23, 1980, he went on board Soyuz 37 to outer space along with Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko. Pham was in space for 7 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes. He completed 142 orbits, and returned on July 31, 1980.
When was Pham Tuan born?
Am I a teacher? / an astronaut?..
Am I Vietnamese? / Russian?
Am I alive?
Did I fly into space?
What is my name?
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HOMEWORK
1. Practice task 2 and prepare listening
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Thanks for your attention