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A. Reading
Unit 15:
Space Conquest
Vocabulary:
1. Orbit (n) /´ɔ:bit/ :
2. Cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/ = astronaut (n)
3. Weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/
4. Uncertainty (n)  /ʌn`sə:tnti/

5. Psychological tension (n) /,saikə`lɔdʒikl/ /`tenʃn/
6. Technical failure (n) /`feɪljə(r)/
7. Lift off (v) = take off
II. WHILE YOU READ
Task 1:Work in pairs. Read the text silently and match the headings to the paragraphs:
The paragraphs
The headings
Paragraph 1
A. The tragic accident
Paragraph 2
B. The lift-off
Paragraph 3
C. Congratulations
Paragraph 4
D. A view on Earth
Paragraph 5
E. Uncertainties
Task 2:Work in pairs. Scan the text and complete the table:
(1) Lifted off into space
(2) The 27 year-old Soviet cosmonaut
(1)______________
(2) ___________
(3) ______________
(4) __________
(3) Worldwide attention
(4) a hero
(5)______________
(5).s. President John F. Kennedy
(6)__________________________________
(6) in a plane crash on a routine training flight
(7)_________________
(7) his hometown
(8) _________________________
(8) the Cosmonaut Training Centre
Task 3: Work individual. 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 cosmonaut in space
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) _______________, 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
Homework:
Learnt by heat the new words
read and translate the text again
prepare B. Speaking