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Warm-up

Watch this video and answer
the following questions:

Answer the questions:

What's his name?
Yuri Gagarin
Where is he from?
Russia
Why is he famous ?
Because He is the first human to fly into
space.

Vocabulary

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Conquest(n) /ˈkɒŋkwest/:

Chinh phục

the act of conquering a country,area , or situation

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Space

/speɪs/

(n)

Vũ trụ

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Lift-off /ˈlift-ɒf/phóng
(v):
lên

Vinasat lifted off into space in 2008

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Orbit

Quỹ đạo

/ˈɔːbɪt/ (n)

Cosmonaut

/ˈkɒzmənɔːt/
(n)
Nhà du hành

= astronaut /'æstrənɔ:t/

vũ trụ

- Weightlessness /ˈweɪtləsnəs/
(n)

Trạng thái không
trọng lực

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Crash

/kræʃ/ (n)

Vụ rơi,

A plane crash

Vocabulary

• Conquest
/ˈkɒŋkwest/ (n) : chinh phục
• Space
/speɪs/ (n)
: vũ trụ
• Lift off
/ˈlift-ɒf/ (v)
: phóng lên
• Orbit
/ˈɔːbɪt/ (n)
:quỹ đạo
• Cosmonaut
/ˈkɒzmənɔːt/ (n) :nhà du hành vũ trụ
• Weightlessness /ˈweɪtləsnəs/ (n) : trạng thái không trọng lực
• Crash
/kræʃ/ (n)
: vụ rơi

Checking
Vocabulary

While reading

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.
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.”
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, 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.”
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.

UNIT15- READING

T

Activity 1: True (T) or False (F).

1961
1. Gagarin lifted off into space on 12th April 1960

√

P1-L1

2. Gagarin became the second
person to eat and drink in
first
weightlessness
P2-L1
3. Gagarin's flight attracted worldwide attention and
made him a hero
P4-L1

F

√
√

4. Gagarin could have made another space flight in
March 1968

He died in a plane crash in that year

5. The first words spoken from space were : “I see the
Earth. It's so beautiful”.

P2-L4

√

P5-L2

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Activity 2: Choose the best answer

1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. 25
B. 26 C. 27 D. 28
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 seconds B. 1 hours 08 minutes C. 1 hour 48 minutes D. 1 hour 108 minutes
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. How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?
D. all are correct.
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 108,000 miles per hour
C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
D. It was 108,000 miles per hour
5. Why couldn't Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968
B. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine flight in March 1968
C. Because he died in a car crash in March 1968
D. Because of his disease
6. What was done after Gagarin's death to honor this national hero?
A. His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
C. His name was renamed
B. The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia,
was given the name Gagarin to honor this national hero.
D. A and B are correct

Game

Activity 2: Choose the best answer

1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. 25
B. 26 C. 27 D. 28
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 seconds B. 1 hours 08 minutes C. 1 hour 48 minutes D. 1 hour 108 minutes
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. How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?
D. all are correct.
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 108,000 miles per hour
C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
D. It was 108,000 miles per hour
5. Why couldn't Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968
B. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine flight in March 1968
C. Because he died in a car crash in March 1968
D. Because of his disease
6. What was done after Gagarin's death to honor this national hero?
A. His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
C. His name was renamed
B. The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia,

Post reading

What do these numbers tell you?
1961

Yuri Gagarin flew into space in 1961.

27

He became the first human being in space.

108
1968

His flight lasted 108 minutes.
He died in a plane crash.

HOMEWORK
• Learn by heart vocabularies related to space
conquest.
• Do the other questions in task 2.
• Translate after you read.
• Prepare speaking part.

Homework