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Welcome to our class 11A7
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin ( 1934-1968 )
Period 1: Reading
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a) NEIL ARMSTRONG
c) YURI
GAGARIN
b) PHAM TUAN
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a) NEIL ARMSTRONG c) YURI GAGARIN
b) PHAM TUAN d)BUZZ ALDRIN
d) BUZZ ALDRIN
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1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.( April 12th, 1961 )
Who is the first human to fly into space?
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Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin
2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. ( July 20, 1969 )
2. Can name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
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3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.
Pham Tuan & Gorbatko
(At 01:33 on July 23, 1980 (the spaceship controlled by Pham Tuan and Gorbatko was launched into space.)
Pham Tuan
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VOCABULARY
Cosmonaut (n)
= astronaut
Nhà du hành vũ trụ
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. Lift off (v) (n)= take off : rise into the air from the ground
Cất cánh
The spacecraft is lifting off into space
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orbit / ‘o:bit/ (n)

- orbit (v)
quỹ đạo
[ to be in/ into orbit ]
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Weightlessness (n) :
không trọng lượng
VOCABULARY
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* psychological tension (n):
technical failure (n):
sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
sự trục trặc / thất bại về kỹ thuật
.venture (n):
Việc mạo hiểm
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Vocabulary:
cosmonaut (n) : nhà du hành vũ trụ
Astronaut (n)
* Lift off (v), (n) :phóng, cất cánh (tàu vũ trụ, máy bay)
* orbit (n): quỹ đạo [to be in/ into orbit]
orbit (v) :bay vào quỹ đạo
* Weightlessness (n) : trạng thái không trọng lực
* Venture (n) : việc mạo hiểm
* psychological tension : sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
technical failure (n): sự thất bại / trục trặc kỹ thuật
Precisely (adv) : exactly

You are to read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
Gagarin the first person to set foot on the moon
2. Gagarin became the first person to eat and drink in weight
3. Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide attention and made him a hero
4. Gagarin could have made another space flight in March 1968
5. Gagarin was 27 years old when he became the first person being in space.
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1. Task 1: Match the headings to the paragraphs
1. Paragraph 1
- B. The lift-off
2. Paragraph 2
- D. A view on earth
3. Paragraph 3
- E. Uncertainties
4. Paragraph 4
5. Paragraph 5
- C. Congratulations
-A. The tragic accident
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2.Task 2
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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
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2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes
C. 100 minutes
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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?”
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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
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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
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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
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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
III. After you read
Read the passage again and complete the numbered gaps with suitable information.
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What is the newest event of Vietnam
in its space exploration?
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Satelites Vinasat 1 of Vietnam and Star One C2 of Brazil
were lifted off into orbit. ( April 18th , 2008 )
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( 5. 17p.m, 18th April 2008 (Kourou time, Guyana - France)
(5 . 17a.m, 19th April 2008 – Hanoi time)
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Lesson 1: Reading
Before you read: Cosmonauts in Vietnam and in the world
While you read: Read about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
- a Russian astronaut
III . After you read:
Home work:
Tell something about one of the cosmonauts you know.
Prepare speaking.
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NEIL ARMSTRONG
YURI
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
PHAM TUAN
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