Công ty Cổ phần Mạng giáo dục Bạch Kim - 27 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng, Đống Đa, Hà Nội
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UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST LESSON 1: READING I. BEFORE YOU READ
1. Look at the people in these pictures and then answer the questions:
NAME PEOPLE IN THE PICTURES Look at the picture 1:
Look at the picture 2:
Look at the picture 3:
2. Work with a partner: Ask and answer the following questions:
Work with a partner: Ask and answer the following questions 1. Who is the first human to fly into space? 2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? 3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? 3. New words:
Orbit (n): Quỹ đạo conquest (n): sự chinh phục Lift -off (v): cất cánh, rời đất cosmonaut (n): nhà du hành vũ trụ 3. New words I. BEFORE YOU READ plane crash (n): Tai nạn máy bay Gravity (n): trọng lực weightlessness (n): tình trạng không trọng lượng * Match the words with their meaning:

tình trạng không trọng lượng
Tai nạn máy bay
quỹ đạo
nhà du hành vũ trụ
cất cánh, rời đất
sự chinh phục
II. WHILE YOU READ
1. Listen and read. Then practice with a partner:
II. WHILE YOU READ 1. Listen and read. Then practice with a partner Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 1 At 9.07 a.m. Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off inot 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. Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 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!” Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 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. Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 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….” Paragraph 5:
Paragraph 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. 2. Task1. Match the headings to the paragraphs:
II. WHILE YOU READ 2. Task1. Match the headings to the paragraphs * Suggested match the headings to the paragraphs:
3. Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions:
II. WHILE YOU READ 3. Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions 1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? 2. How long was he in space? 3. What questions were raised before Gagarin ‘s space flight? 4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? 5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight? 6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero? * Lucky number:
a) Number 1:
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? He was 27 years old then b) Number 2:
2. How long was he in space? He was in space for 108 minutes. c) Number 3:
3. What questions were raised before Gagarin ‘space flight? They were what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psycholigical tension. d) Number 4:
e) Number 5:
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? It was more than 17,000 miles per hour. f) Number 6:
g) Number 7:
5 Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight? Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968. h) Number 8:
6. 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. III. AFTER YOU READ
1. Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words / phrases in the box into the blanks.:
II. WHILE YOU READ 1. Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words / phrases in the box 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. 2. Suggested complete the summary of the reading passage:

IV. HOMEWORK
1. Homework:
- Learn new words by heart and make sentences with them - Do exercise in the workbook - Summarise the text - Prepare the next lesson: Unit 14. Recreation. Speaking HOMEWORK 2. Let see a video: Neil Armstrong - First Moon Landing 1969:
Neil Armstrong - First Moon Landing 1969 3. The end: