Welcome To
Our Class
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Pham Tuan
Ask and answer the following questions.
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
and
Pham Tuan
Unit 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Reading
I. PRE – READING
VOCABULARY
orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit /: quỹ đạo
2. lift off (v) /`lift`ɔ:f /: phóng lên
3. cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/: phi hành gia
= astronaut (n) /`æstrənɔ:t/
4. weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/: trạng thái không trọng lực
5. gravity (n) /`græviti/: trọng lực
6. psychological tension /,saikə`lɔdʤikəl `tenʃn/: căng thẳng tâm lý
II. WHILE – READING
Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first human to fly into space and then do the tasks that follow.
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
A. The tragic accident
B. The lift-off
C. Congratulations
D. A view on Earth
E. Uncertainties
1. At 9.07 a. m Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space abroad the Vosstok 1…
1.
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.
3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous
uncertainties
3.

B. The lift- off
D. A view on the Earth
E. Uncertainties
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs.

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

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. The tragic accident
C. Congratulations.


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Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs.
When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1?
How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
How long was he in space?
What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space light?
What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space light?
What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?
II. WHILE – READING
Task 2. Answering the questions
Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space abroad the Vostok 1 on 12th April, 1961.
He was 27 years old
He was in space for 108 minutes.
They were what would happen to a human being in a space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension.
It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.
Because 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 Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.
III. POST – READING
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the given words/phrases 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.
impossible
success
view
cosmonaut
gravity
in space
named after
lasted
IV. WRAPPING – UP
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the following sentences and read aloud answers together.
What time did Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1?
B. 5.29 a.m C. 3.19 p.m D. 9.29 p.m
2. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. 29 years old B. 25 years old D. 28 years old
3. How long was he in space?
A. 90 minutes B. 100 minutes C. 105 minutes
4. What day did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1?
B. 29th May, 196 C. 19th January, 1961 D. 11st March, 1961

A. 9.07 a.m
C. 27 years old
D. 108 minutes

A. 12th April, 1961
HOMEWORK
Learn vocabulary by heart.
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