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Unit 15: Space conquest
Period 90 : Reading
*. Warm up :*
WHO IS
IN EACH PICTURE
PHAM TUAN
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
NEIL ARMSTRONG
1
2
3
4
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
 The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
I. Pre – reading :
Work in pair : 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?
Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
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 beings was in orbit around the Earth at a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour. His flight lasted 108 minutes
The lift-off
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 see 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.”
A view on Earth
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.
Uncertainties
4.The success of Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide attention and made him a hero. In a telegram to Moscow, US. President John F. Kennedy wrote, “The people of the United States 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 Soviet scientists and engineers who made this feat possible….”
Congratulations
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. Orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
VOCABYLARY
Đường bay của một hành tinh, ngôi sao, mặt trăng... quanh một thiên thể khác; quỹ đạo
VOCABULARY
2. Cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/
= astronaut /`æstrənɔ:t/= spaceman
phi hành gia, nhà du hành vũ trụ
3. Weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/
VOCABULARY
Sự không có trọng lực
VOCABULARY
Gravity (n)/ `græviti/
Sức hấp dẫn, trọnglực
Orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/ Đường bay của một hành tinh, ngôi sao, mặt trăng...
quanh một thiên thể khác; quỹ đạo
2. Cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/ = astronaut /`æstrənɔt/ = spaceman:phi hành gia,
nhà du hành vũ trụ
3. Weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/Sự không có trọng lực
4. Gravity (n) /`græviti/ Sức hấp dẫn, trọnglực
5. Psychological tension /,saikə`lɔdʒikl `ten∫n / (n): sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
6 Venture (n) /`vent∫ə/:mạo hiểm
7. Feat (n) /fi:t/: kỳ công, thành quả
8. Deal with (v): đối phó, giải quyết, xử lý
9. Rename (v) /ri:`neim/ đặt tên mới, đổi tên, thay tên (người, đường phố...)
= name after






VOCABYLARY
II. While – reading
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs
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
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 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?”
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
III. Post – reading
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the given words/phrases 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.



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named after
lasted
gravity
success
view
in space
cosmonaut
Artificial Satellite
 Yi So-yeon - South Korea`s First Woman Astronaut Lifts Off Into Space on 8 April, 2008
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