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Artificial Satellite
Unit 15: Space Conquest
A - Reading
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I. BEFORE READING
Match ONE name with a suitable picture
GAGARIN
PHAM TUAN
BUZZ ALDRIN
ARMSTRONG
NEIL ARMSTRONG
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
PHAM TUAN
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 The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
Work with a partner. Ask & answer the following questions
Buzz Aldrin
 The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Pham Tuan
 The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.
Pham Tuan & Gorbotco
3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
 Yi So-yeon - South Korea`s First Woman Astronaut Lifts Off Into Space on 8 April, 2008
4. Who is the first woman Korean to fly into space?
II. WHILE READING
Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
 Orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
VOCABYLARY
Đường bay của một hành tinh, ngôi sao, mặt trăng... quanh một thiên thể khác; quỹ đạo
VOCABULARY
 Cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/
= astronaut /`æstrənɔ:t/
phi hành gia, nhà du hành vũ trụ
 Weightlessness (n):
VOCABULARY
Sự không có trọng lực
VOCABULARY
 Gravity (n) /`grævəti/:
Sức hấp dẫn, trọnglực
MORE VOCABULARY
 Extreme (adj) /iks`tri:m/: rất xa
 Psychological tension (n): sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
 Technical failure (n): lỗi kỹ thuật
 Venture (n) /`vent∫ə/: mạo hiểm
 Feat (n) /fi:t/: kỳ công, thành quả
 React (v) /ri:`ækt/: phản ứng trở lại, tác động trở lại
 Deal with (v): đối phó, giải quyết, xử lý
 Enormous (ajd) /i`nɔ:məs/ = huge: to lớn, khổng lồ
What is the newest event of Vietnam
in its space exploration in?
 The VINASAT 1 lauched into space at 5h 17, 19/4/2008
17 h 17, 18th April 2008 (Kourou time)
(5 h 17, 19th April 2008 – Hanoi time)
VINASAT1
1. At 9.07 a.m. Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off inot space aboard the Vostok 1. approximately 12 minutes later, the first human being was in orbit around the Earth at a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour. His flight lasted 108 minutes.
2. The 27-year –old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and drink in weightlessness. From his window in space, Gagarin was able to view the earth in a way that no human beings had done before. The first words spoken from space were: “I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful!”
3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous uncertainties. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space. How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature? How would the mind deal with the psychological tension? If there was a technical failure, Gagarin might never get back to the Earth.
4. The success of Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide attention and made him a hero. In a telegram to Moscow, U.S. President John F. Kennedy wrote, “The people of the United Stated share with the people of the Soviet Union their satisfaction for the safe flight of the astronaut in man’s first venture into space. We congratulate you and the Soviet scientists and engineers who made this feat possible….”
5. Gagarin could have made another space flight if a tragic accident had not occurred. He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.
1. Paragraph 1 A. The tragic accident
2. Paragraph 2 B. The lift-off
3. Paragraph 3 C. Congratulations
4. Paragraph 4 D. A view on earth
5. Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties
4-C
2-D
5-A
1-B
3-E
Task 1. Match the headings
to the paragraphs
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. When he was 25
B. When he was 26
C. When he was 27
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes
3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
A. What would happen to a human being in space?
B. How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?
C. A, B and “ How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?”
Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour
B. It was 17,000 miles per hour
C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because of a car crash
B. Because of a tragic accident
C. Because there were a lot of astronauts
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero?
A. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
B. After his death, the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero.
C. Both A and B
On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian (1)______ __ became the first human being (2)___________. Although his flight (3) _____ only 108 minutes, its (4) ______ made him a national hero. He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero (5)______, and he was able to (6)_____ the Earth in a way that no one had done before. Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7) _________. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were (8) ___________ him.
cosmonaut
in space
lasted
success
gravity
view
impossible
named after
Task 3. Read the passage again and complete the numbered gaps with suitable information.