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11B3
Presented by Ms Thuy Dinh
Instructor: Lê Kim Luông
Trainee teacher: Trần Thùy Linh
Unit 15: Space Conquest
A - Reading
Vocabulary

1. space (n): không gian
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2. conquest (n): chinh phục
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3. human = human being (n): con người
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4. orbit (n, v): quỹ đạo, di chuyển quanh quỹ đạo
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5. cosmonaut = astronaut (n): phi hành gia
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6. Weightlessness (n): tình trạng mất trọng lượng
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7. tension (n): tình trạng căng thẳng
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8. psychological (adj): tâm lý
9. venture = adventure (n): việc mạo hiểm
10. (to) lift off = launch (v): bay lên, phóng lên
11. (to) react (v): phản ứng lại
12. (to) deal with = solve (v): giải quyết
13. Failure >< success (n): thất bại >< thành công

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14. worldwide (n): toàn cầu
15. hero (n): anh hùng
16. telegram (n): điện tín
17. feat (n): chiến công, chiến tích
18. crash (n): sự rơi, đụng
19. gravity (n): trọng lực, lực hấp dẫn

Match one name with the suitable picture
1. Neil Armstrong
2. Pham Tuan
3. Gagarin
4. Buzz Aldrin
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B
C
D
NEIL ARMSTRONG
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
PHAM TUAN
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2
3
4
Answer the questions
“Do you know Gagarin?”
“Could you tell me about him?”

read the text in your textbook to more understand clearer about him
Task 1
Match the headings 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

Answer keys:
P1 – B, P2 – D, P3 – E, P4 – C, P5 - A
Task 2
1. Gagarin was 27 years old when he became the first human being in space.
2. He was in space for 107 minutes
3. The questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight were “what would happen to a human being space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension”
4. The speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth was more than 15,000 miles per hour
5. Gagarin made a new space flight
6. 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
Task 2
1. Gagarin was 27 years old when he became the first human being in space.
2. He was in space for 107 minutes
3. The questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight were “what would happen to a human being space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension”

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Task 2
4. The speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth was more than 15,000 miles per hour
5. Gagarin made a new space flight
6. 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
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Task 3
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into blanks
impossible named after lasted gravity
success view in space cosmonaut
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.
Answer keys
(1) Cosmonaut
(2) In space
(3) Lasted
(4) Success
(5) Gravity
(6) View
(7) Impossible
(8) Named after
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart all new words
Read again the text
Thank you for your attention
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