Welcome to class 11A2
Answer the following questions
Whom is the video clip about?
It’s about Gagarin (Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin).
He is a Russian cosmonaut (nhà du hành vũ trụ).
He is the first human to fly into space.
When did he fly into space?
On 12th April, 1961.
What missing word is there in the below sentence?
Yuri Gagarin opened the era of ______ conquest (sự chinh phục) of humanity.
space
Unit 15 SPACE CONQUEST
A. Reading
Before you read

Vocabulary
Conquest [`kɔηkwest] (n): Sự chinh phục
Lift off (v) [`liftɔ:f] bay lên
Orbit (n) [`ɔ:bit]: quỹ đạo
Cosmonaut (n) [`kɔzmənɔ:t] = astronaut (n) [`æstrənɔ:t]: nhà du hành vũ trụ
Weightlessness (n) [`weitlisnis]: tình trạng không trọng lượng = zero gravity (n.ph)
Precisely (adv) [pri`saisli] chính xác
React (v) [ri:`ækt]: phản ứng
Psychological (adj) [,saikə`lɔdʤikəl]: thuộc về tâm lí
Tension (n) [`tenʃn ] : sự căng thẳng
Feat (n) [fi:t]: kỳ công, thành quả
Failure (n) [`feiljə] : sự trục trặc/thất bại
Venture (n) [`vent∫ə]: sự mạo hiểm
How many new words can you remember?
- Look at the pictures, then guess the words
- How can you say “quỹ đạo” and “bay lên” in English?
orbit, lift off
- Look at the transcriptions, then read the words and their Vietnamese meaning [ri:`ækt] [pri`saisli]
react(v): phản ứng precisely(adv): chính xác
- Listen to two words then read them and their Vietnamese meaning
psychological(adj) thuộc tâm lí conquest(n) sự chinh phục
- Fill in the blanks:
1/ He’s in the state of psychological __________
2/ The synonym of risk is _____________
- Arrange the letters into the words give their Vietnamese meaning tafe lurefia
tension
venture
feat
failure
Cosmonaut
weightlessness
Reading the names
Moscow
Yuri Gagarin
Vostok 1
U.S (United States)
John F. Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
Soviet Union
Gzhatsk
While you read
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 Stated 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.
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
Task 1. Match the headings
to the paragraphs

Task 2: Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
Gagarin lifted off into space on 12th April 1960
2. Gagarin became the second person to eat and drink in weightlessness
3. Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide attention and made him a hero
4. Gagarin could have made another space flight in March 1968

5. The first words spoken from space were : “I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful”.
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1961
first
He died in a plain crash in that year
Game: Lucky numbers
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8
7
6
5
4
3
2
The winner will receive an award at the end of this class.
How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
He was 27 then
Lucky Number
1
7. How long was he in space?

He was in space for 108 minutes
What questions were raised before Gagarin’s flight ?
Question 1: What would happen to a human being in space?
Question 2: How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?
Question 3: How the mind would deal with the psychological tension?
A. Question 1 B. Question 2
C. Question 3 D. All of them
5. What was the speed of Gagarin`s spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.
Lucky Number
1
Why couldn`t Gagarin make a new space flight?
Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968
Fill in the blank:
After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk _____ ____________ Gagarin, and _____ ___________ ___________ ________ at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero
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2
4
6
5
3
was
renamed
the
Cosmonaut
Training
Centre
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
cosmonaut
in space
a
success
lasted
view
gravity
impossible
named after
AFTER YOU READ
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.
Yuri Gagarin is the first human to fly into space
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
It’s Pham Tuan
Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to fly into space in 1965. Is that right?
No, she is the first woman to fly into space in 1963.
Can you name the first humans to set food on the moon?
They’re Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
What is the first living to be in space?
A. dog B. cat C. mouse D. Chicken
What is the name of the first Vietnamese satellite lifted into space?
It’s Vinasat 1
Homework :
Learn by heart new words
Summarize again the reading passage
Prepare the next lesson: Part B Speaking
Some pictures about space conquest