*. Warm up :*
WHO IS
IN EACH PICTURE
PHAM TUAN
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
NEIL ARMSTRONG
1
2
3
4
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
Unit 15: Space conquest
A :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
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/
adventure
feat (n) /fi:t/
results
deal with (v)
sovle (v)
orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
lift off (n) /`lift`ɔ:f
cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/
= astronaut /`æstrənɔ:t/
Weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/
Gravity (n)/ `græviti/
Orbit (n) /`ɔ:bit/
Lift off (n) /`lift`ɔ:f/
Cosmonaut (n) /`kɔzmənɔ:t/ = astronaut /`æstrənɔ:t/
Weightlessness (n) /`weitlisnis/
Gravity (n) /`græviti/
6 Venture (n) /`vent∫ə/
7. Feat (n) /fi:t/
8. Deal with (v)






VOCABULARY
Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
II. While – reading
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
II. While – reading
Task 2 : Read the passage again and answer the questions
How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?

2. How long was he in space?

3. What question were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?





4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?

5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?

6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero?










-> He was 27 then.
-> He was in space for 108 minutes.
what would happen to a human being in space
How the body react to the extreme changes in temperature
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 flight in March 1968.
-> After his death, his hometown of Gzatsk, the Cosmonaut Traning Center at Star City, Russia was given the name of the 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
named after
lasted
gravity
success
view
in space
cosmonaut
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