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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Space Conquest
Unit 15
Section: Reading
Vocabulary
* lift off (v)
+ lift into space aboard
* orbit (n)

* astronaut
= cosmonaut (Nga) (n)
* gravity (n)

* weightlessness (n)

* psychological (a)


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Thuộc về tâm lý
Checking vocabulary
weightlessness
orbit
gravity
cosmonaut
(to) lift off
Thuộc về tâm lý
psychological
Task 1: T/F statement prediction
___Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to lift into space.
___His flight lasted 208 minutes.
___His success attracted only attention in his country.
___ Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous uncertainties.
___He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968


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Task 2: Match the headings to the paragraphs
Paragraph 1 A. The tragic accident
Paragraph 2 B. The lift-off
Paragraph 3 C. Congratulations
Paragraph 4 D. The view on earth
Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B
D
E
C
A
Task3: Answer the questions
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
2. How long was he in the space?
3. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
4. Did he die in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968?
5. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?

How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
He was 27 then
How long was he in the space?
 He was in space for 108 minutes
What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
 It was more than 17,000 miles per hour


4. Did he die in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968?
 Yes, he did
5. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?
 After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City , Russia, was given name of this national
hero

On 12th April, Yuri Gararin, a Russian (1) cosmonaut
became the first human being (2) in space. Although his
flight (3) lasted only 108 minutes, its (4) success made
him a national hero. He also became the first person to
eat and drink in zero (5) gravity, and he was able to (6)
view the Earth in a way that no one had done before.
Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made
Gararin’s desire of revisiting space (7) impossible. After
his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training
Center at Star City, Russia were (8) named after him.

impossible
named after
cosmonaut
lasted
success
view
in space
gravity
What have you known about VINASAT?
It’s the first satellite of Vietnam.
It was launched into space on April 19th, 2008
It helps telecommunication of Vietnam develop more
Please watch the video of lifting
the VINASAT off on April 19th , 2008
Prepare for the next lesson
Learn new words
Redo the exercises in textbook