Questioning
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
NEIL ARMSTRONG
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
PHAM TUAN
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Work with a partner. Ask and answer the following questions.
Who is the first human to fly into space?
Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
Who is the first woman Korean to fly into space?
1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin
2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Pham Tuan
3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.
Pham Tuan
& Gorbotco
Yi So-yeon - South Korea`s First Woman Astronaut Lifts Off Into Space on 8 April, 2008
South Korea`s first astronaut Yi So-yeon,
left, and Russian cosmonaut, commander
Sergei Volkov, speak prior to launch in
Kazakhstan, 8 Apr 2008
What is the newest event of Vietnam
in its space exploration?
17 h 17, 18th April 2008 (Kourou time)
(5 h 17, 19th April 2008 – Hanoi time)
VOCABULARY
Orbit (n)
VOCABULARY
Cosmonaut (n)
= astronaut
Weightlessness (n)
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Gravity (n)
VOCABULARY
Extreme (adj)
Psychological tension (n)
Technical failure (n)
Venture (n)
Feat (n)
React to (v)
Deal with (v)

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

4-C
2-D
5-A
1-B
3-E
Task 1. Match the headings
to the paragraphs
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. When he was 25
B. When he was 26
C. When he was 27
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes
3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
A. What would happen to a human being in space?
B. How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?
C. A, B and “ How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?”

Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour
B. It was 17,000 miles per hour
C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because of a car crash
B. Because of a tragic accident
C. Because there were a lot of astronauts
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero?
A. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
B. After his death, the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero.
C. Both A and B

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.

cosmonaut

in space
lasted
success
gravity
view
impossible
named after
Task 3. Read the passage again and complete the numbered gaps with suitable information.
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