Welcome to our class
Warm up
NAME PEOPLE OR THINGS
IN THE PICTURES.
The moon
The earth
Pham Tuan
Neil Armstrong
Astronaut
Yuri Gagarin
SPACE CONQUEST
Friday, April 5th, 2013

UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST

Lesson 1 :READING
I. Before you read

Activity1: Answer the questions below
Answer the questions below:

1. Who is the first human to fly into space?


2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?





3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly
into space?
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Pham Tuan
Orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
VOCABULARY
quỹ đạo
VOCABULARY
Cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/
= astronaut /`æstrənɔ:t/
phi hành gia, nhà du hành vũ trụ
VOCABYLARY

Lift off (v) [`liftɔ:f]
= take off
Bay lên
VOCABULARY
Gravity (n)
Ex: Newton’s law of gravity
Sức hấp dẫn, trọng lực
Vocabulary:
Extreme ( adj) = very great in degree
: vô cùng, cực độ
Venture ( n) = risky project
: việc mạo hiểm
Tragic ( adj) = sad / disastrous
: bi thảm
Psychological ( adj) : thuộc về tâm lý
Vocabulary:
Cosmonaut (n)
Astronaut (n)
Lift off (v) : phóng, cất cánh (tàu vũ trụ, máy bay)
Orbit (n) : quỹ đạo
Gravity (n) : sức hấp dẫn, trọng lực
Extreme ( adj) : vô cùng, cực độ
Tragic ( adj) : bi thảm
Venture (n) : việc mạo hiểm
Psychological : thuộc về tâm lý
nhà du hành vũ trụ
Complete the sentences by putting the words in box into the blanks.





1. China ……… its first manned spacecraft into space on October 15th , 2003.
2. Who is the first Russian ….……….. to fly into space?
3. Students often have …………..... tension before examinations.
4. My close friend died in a …………accident two years ago.
5. Mercury follows an elliptical ………


tragic
psychological
lifted off
cosmonaut
orbit
II. While you read
Read the passage
1. At 9.07 a.m. Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into 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
Task 1. Match the headings
to the paragraphs
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 space flight?
6. What was done after Gagarin`s death to honor this national hero?
Suggested answer:
1. He was 27 then.
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 tension.
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.
III. After you read
Complete the summary of the reading
passage by putting the words/phrases
in the box into the blanks.
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
cosmonaut
in space
success
lasted
view
gravity
impossible
named after
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.
IV. HOME WORK
1. Learn by heart the vocabulary.
2. Prepare next lesson, Unit 15-Speaking.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH

Task 2. Read the passage again and circle the correct answer
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. 25 B. 26 C. 27
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes
3. What question 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?”
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. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because he died in a plane crash.
B. Because he died in a car crash.
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 honor this national hero.
C. Both A and B
A.
C
c.
A.
C.
A.
Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST