Giáo viên: Vũ Thanh Tùng
* Warm up :*
WHO IS
IN EACH PICTURE ?
PHAM TUAN
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
NEIL ARMSTRONG
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2
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4
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
Unit 15: Space conquest
Period 89 : Reading
 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
5/ 8/ 1930
20/7/1969
Apollo 11
20/ 1/ 1930
American astronauts
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?
14/ 2/1947
23/ 7/1980
7 days- 20 hours- 42 minutes-
142 rounds
Soyuz
3/ 12/ 1934
Listen to the text about Yuri Gagarin & underline new words
1. Orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
VOCABULARY
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/
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
Isaac Newton
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 /`æstrənɔ:t/phi hành gia,
nhà du hành vũ trụ
3. Gravity (n) /`græviti/ Sức hấp dẫn, trọnglực
4. Psychological tension /,saikə`lɔdʒikl `ten∫n / (n): sự căng thẳng về tâm lý

5. Venture (n) /`vent∫ə/: mạo hiểm
6. Feat (n) /fi:t/: kỳ công, thành quả
7. Deal with (v): đối phó, giải quyết, xử lý

8. Rename (v) /ri:`neim/ đặt tên mới, đổi tên, thay tên (người, đường phố...)
= name after






VOCABULARY
II. While- reading
1.Task 1: Match the headings to the paragraph
1. At 9.07 a. m Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space abroad the Vosstok 1…
1.B
2... 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!”
2.D
3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous uncertainties
3.E

lifted
off
view the Earth
uncertainties

4.... We congratulate you and the Soviet scientists and engineers who made this feat possible…”
4.C

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….
5.A
congratulate
a tragic accident
1.Task 1: Match the headings to the paragraph
2. Task 2: Read the passage again and choose (T)or correct answers/ (F) for incorrect answers
1,Gagarin was a cosmonaut of the United States T/F
2, His flight on 12th April, 1961 lengthened 120 minutes
T/F
3,The speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth was 17,000 miles/hour T/F
4, Gagarin was 27 years old, he became the first person being in space T/F
F
T
T
F
5, Every one could know precisely what would happen to him before Gagarin’s space flight (paragraph 3) T/F

6, Gagarin could have made another space flight T/F
7 , After he died, his name – Gagarin became the name of his hometown of Gzhatsk and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia. (paragraph 5) T/F
F
F
T
2. Task 2: Read the passage again and choose (T)or correct answers/ (F) for incorrect answers
III. Post- reading
Work in 2 groups- PLAY GAME- LUCKY FLOWERS
Fill in the blank in the sentences with suitable words below based on the passage
impossible (n) named after
lasted(v) gravity(n)
success (n) view(v)
in space (adv) cosmonaut(n)
Lucky flowers
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6
8
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3
4
5
6
8
3
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2
1
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1. On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian (1)……….. Became the first human being(2) ……
cosmonaut
in space
2. Although his flight (3)…….only 108 minutes, its(4)……….made him a national hero.
lasted
success
3. He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero(5)…………..and he was able to (6)……..the Earth in a
gravity
view
4. Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7)…………...
impossible
5. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were (8)………………..him
named after
On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian
(1) cosmonaut became the first human being
(2) in space. Although his flight (3) lasted only 108 minutes, its (4) success made him a national hero. He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero (5) gravity and he was able to
(6) view 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) impossible. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were (8) named after him
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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.
impossible (n) named after lasted(v) cosmonaut(n) gravity(n) success (n) view(v) in space (adv)