Welcome to our class What is it Its

Welcome to our class

-What is it? ● ● It’s a spaceship(spacecraft). -What is it used for ? It’s used for travelling into space.

Unit 15: Space Conquest ● A: Reading * Before you read

A B Pham Tuan Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin

C Buzz Aldrin D Neil Armstrong

Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Pham Tuan * Work with a partner: Ask and answer the following questions. 1. Who is the first human to fly into space? 2. Who is the first human to set foot on the moon? and 3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? (At 01: 33 on July 23, 1980, the spaceship controlled by Pham Tuan and Gorbotko was launched into space. )

VOCABULARY - ( to) lift off: ● - Orbit (n): Phóng lên quỹ đạo ● -Cosmonauts (n): Những phi hành gia ● - Gravity (n): ● = astronauts trọng lực ● -Weightlessness(n): trạng thái không trọng lực ● ● -psychological tension (n): sự căng thẳng về tâm lý ● ● - technical failure (n): sự trục trặc / thất bại về kỹ thuật

* Checking vocabulary: Quỹ đạo Trọng lực orbit gravity weightlessness Cosmonauts = astronauts Lift - off

*While you read 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 A. The tragic accident Paragraph 2 B. The lift-off Paragraph 3 C. Congratulations Paragraph 4 D. A view on Earth Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties

Task 2: Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1? 2. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space ? 3. How long was Gagarin in space ? 4. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ? 5. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the earth? 6. Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ? 7. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ? 8. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?

Task 2. Play a game “lucky pictures” 10 G

Task 2: Read the pasage again and answer the questions. 1. When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1? On 12 th April, 1961. 2. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space ? He was 27 years old. 3. How long was Gagarin in space ? - He was in space for 108 minutes. 4. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ? - They were “What would happen to human being in space? ; How would the body react …. . temperature? ; How would the mind deal with the psychological tension? ”

Task 2: Read the pasage again and answer the questions. 5. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the earth? -It was more than 17, 000 miles per hour. 6. Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ? -U. S. President John F. Kennedy. 7. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ? - Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968. 8. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero? - 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.

When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1 ? On 12 th April, 1961

How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space ? He was 27 years old.

How long was Gagarin in space ? He was in space for 108 minutes.

What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ? They were “ What would happen to a human being in space? ; How the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature? ; How the mind would deal with the psychological tension? ”

What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth ? It was more than 17, 000 miles per hour.

Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ? U. S. President John F. Kennedy.

Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ? Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.

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

* After you read Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words / phrases in the box into the blanks. impossible success named after view lasted in space gravity cosmonaut On 12 th 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.

*Homework -Learn Vocabulary -Answer the questions -Prepare Part B: Speaking

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