WELCOME TO DAI MO HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 11
UNIT 15
SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
GAGARIN
PHAM TUAN
BUZZ ALDRIN
NEIL ARMSTRONG
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
Work with a partner. Ask and answer the following questions.
Who is the first human to fly into the space?

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


Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.
Pham Tuan
Pham Tuan and Gorbotko
Orbit (n)
Cosmonaut (n)
/’ko:zməno:t/
= astronaut
Weightlessness (n)
Gravity (n)
/’graviti/
Lift-off (n)
Checking vocabulary
Match each picture with a suitable word
E. astronaut
A. lift off
B.Orbit
C. weightlessness
D.gravity
Task 1.
Match the headings to the paragraphs
A. The tragic accident
B. The lift-off
C. Congratulations
D. A view on earth
E. Uncertainties
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
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2
4
3
6
5
8
7
Lucky numbers
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
Redo all the reading tasks
Prepare speaking lesson
HOMEWORK
Thanks for your attention
What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
A. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
B. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour
C. It was 17,000 miles per hour
B.
20
How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. When he was 25
B. When he was 27
C. When he was 26
B.
10
X 2
Lucky number!
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
C.
10
You are unlucky!
:2
You’ve just lost half of your points!
How long was he in space?
A. 100 minutes
B. 105 minutes
C. 108 minutes
C.
15
What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
What would happen to a human being in space?
How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?
A, B and “ How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?”
C.
25
What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because of a tragic accident
B. Because there were a lot of astronauts
C. Because of a car crash
A.