HOA VANG HIGH SCHOOL
Welcome to our lesson
MINI GAME
LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND WRITE THEIR NAMES
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1. PLANET
2. TELESCOPE
3. SPACESHIP
4. ALIEN
5. ASTRONAUT
6. BLACK HOLE
7. SATELLITE

Part A: Reading
SPACE CONQUEST
Unit 15
I. BEFORE YOU READ
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Pham Tuan
Who is the first human to fly into space?
Can you name the first human to set foot on the moon?
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
 The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
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
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?
VOCABULARY





venture (n) = /`vent∫ə/
risk /rɪsk/
feat (n) /fi:t/ =
achievement /əˈtʃiːvmənt/
orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
lift off (n) /`lift`ɔ:f/
cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/
= astronaut /`æstrənɔ:t/
Weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/
Gravity (n)/ `græviti/
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 being 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 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!"
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, U.S. 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 the 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.
II. WHILE YOU READ
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs
1. Paragraph 1 A. The tragic accident
2. Paragraph 2 B. The lift-off
3. Paragraph 3 C. Congratulations
4. Paragraph 4 D. A view on earth
5. Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties



Answer keys:
P1 – B, P2 – D, P3 – E, P4 – C, P5 - A

Task 2: Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
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”

T
F
T
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
F
F
T
AFTER YOU READ
Watch this video and try to remember as much as possible.
Quizzes about space conquest
Question 1
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
C. Neptune
D. Earth
Question 2
Which is the hottest planet?
A. Venus
B. Earth
C. Mercury
D. Mars
Question 3
The sun is a planet?

A. True
B. False

Question 4
Which planet is often called the “dusty red planet”?
A. Earth
B. Saturn
C. Mars
D. Jupiter
Which is the 3rd hottest planet in our solar system?
A. Earth
B. Neptune
C. Mars
D. Venus
Question 5
Which is the 2nd hottest planet in our solar system?

A. Mars
B. Earth
C. Venus
D. Mercury

Question 6
Question 7
Mercury is the closest to the Sun, but Venus is hotter than Mercury. Why is this case?
A. Venus has a thicker atmosphere which absorbs the Sun’s heat.
B. Venus has a thinner atmosphere which absorbs the Sun’s heat.
C. There is an ice in Mercury which cools it down.


Which is the farthest planet from the Sun?

A. Uranus
B. Earth
C. Neptune
D. Jupiter

Question 8
HOMEWORK
- Learn new words by heart.
- Prepare lesson: Language focus.
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