Neil Armstrong
Pham Tuan
Yuri Gagarin
Who is the first human to fly into space?
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Can you name the first human to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
Pham Tuan
Pham Tuan and V. Gorbatko
Unit 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Period 89 - LESSON 1: READING
Teacher: Phi Tien Hieu
Lift off (v)
Phóng lên, cất cánh, bay lên
Orbit (n):
Qũy đạo
cosmonaut = astronaut (n):
Nhà du hành vũ trụ
Weightlessness = zero gravity (n):
Không trọng lực
Uncertainty (n):
Sự không chắc chắn,
điều không chắc chắn
Congratulate (v):
Chúc mừng
Congratulation (n):
Sự chúc mừng, sự khen ngợi
Tragic accident:
Tai nạn bi thảm
Plane crash:
Tai nạn máy bay
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 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 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.
Vocabularies
Lift off (v): phóng lên, cất cánh, bay lên
Orbit (n): quỹ đạo
Cosmonaut = astronaut (n): nhà du hành vũ trụ
Weightlessness = zero gravity (n): không trọng lực
Uncertainty (n): sự không chắc chắn, điều không chắc chắn
Congratulate (v): chúc mừng
Congratulation (n): sự chúc mừng, sự khen ngợi
Tragic accident: tai nan bi thảm
Plane crash: tai nạn máy bay
Lift off
Cosmonaut/ astronaut
Orbit
Plane crash
Weightlessness/ zero gravity
Congratulate
Task 1: True or False statements
1. Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space on 12th April 1963.
2. Y. Gagarin wasn’t able to view the earth from Vostok 1.
3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous uncertainties.
4. U.S. President congratulated the people of the Soviet Union and the Soviet scientists and engineers who made this feat possible.
5. Gagarin died because of tragic accident in March 1969
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1. Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space on 12th April 1961.
5. Gagarin died because of tragic accident in March 1968
At 9.07 am Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space aboard the Vostok 1.
He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
From his window in space, Gagarin was able to view the earth in away that no human beings had done before.
2. Y. Gagarin was able to view the earth from Vostok 1.
Task 2: Match the heading to the paragraphs.
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
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
2. How long was he in space?
3. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
4. What were the first words spoken from space?
5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?
Task 3: Answer the questions
Task 3: Answer keys
He was 27 years old.
He was in space for 108 minutes.
It was more than 17000 miles per hours
“I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful.”
Because he died in a plan crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
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.
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. He was 27 years old.
A. He was 27 years old.
B. He was 33 years old.
C. He was 34 years old.
The 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and drink in weightlessness.
(Paragraph 2 line 1,2)
B. He was in space for 108 minutes
A. He was in space for 17000 minutes.
C. He was in space for 100 minutes.
B. He was in space for 108 minutes
His flight lasted 108 minutes.
(Paragraph 1 line 4)
2. How long was he in space?
A. It was more than 107,000 miles per hour.
B. It was more than 170,000 miles per hour.
C. It was more than 17.000 miles per hour.
C. It was more than 17.000 miles per hour.
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.
(Paragraph 1 line 2,3,4)
3. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
B. “I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful!”
A. “I understand.”
C. “Everything is going well.”
B. “I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful!”
The first words spoken from space were “I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful!”
(Paragraph 2 line 4)
4. What were the first words spoken from space?
A. Because he died in a plan crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
B. Because he was not enough strong to make a new space flight.
C. Because the weather was bad, a new space fight was canceled.
A. Because he died in a plan crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
(Paragraph 5 line 2, 3)
5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
C. 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.
A. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
B. After his death, he was honoured as a national hero.
C. 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.
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. (Paragraph 5 line 3, 4, 5)
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?