Welcome to class 11A12
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
GAGARIN
PHAM TUAN
BUZZ ALDRIN
NEIL ARMSTRONG
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NEIL ARMSTRONG
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
PHAM TUAN
Unit 15 Space conquest
Period 1: Reading
Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
period 1: Reading
gravity (n)
cosmonaut = astronaut (n)
extreme (adj)
- feat (n)
psychological (adj)
tragic (adj)
- venture (n)
- orbit (n)
- lift off (v)
trọng lực
nhà du hành vũ trụ
cực độ
chiến công
thuộc về tâm lí
bi thảm
việc mạo hiểm
quỹ đạo
phóng
vocabulary
Task 2: Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
2. How long was he in space?
3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new spaceflight?
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?
1. He was 27 years old.
2. He was in space for 108 minutes
3. They were what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension3.
4. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.
5. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
6. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.
KEYS:

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
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.
Impossible named after lasted
Gravity success view
in space cosmonaut

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
Who is the first human to fly into the space?
Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?







1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Gagarin.

















2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.


Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin








Pham Tuan
Pham Tuan and Gorbotko





3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.




Thanks for your listening !
Good bye !
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1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
He was 27 years old.
2. How long was he in space?
He was in space for 108 minutes
3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
They were what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension
Lucky number: you’ll get 10 marks if you give the correct answer
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4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.
5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new spaceflight?
Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
Lucky number: you’ll get 10 marks if you give the correct answer
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6. 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 Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.