Unit 15 Reading (Chuan)11

NAME PEOPLE OR THINGS IN THE PICTURES. 2 4 6 3 The moon The earth Pham Tuan Neil Armstrong Astronaut Yuri Gagarin SPACE CONQUEST 1 5 Tuesday, March 13 th , 2010 UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PERIOD 91. READING I. Pre-reading: 1. Activity1: Questions-answers Answer the questions below: 1. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? 2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? 3. Who is the first human to fly into space? Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Yuri Gagarin Pham Tuan 2. Activity 2: Collecting information. Gagarin flew into space on …………………………. He was ………years old when he became the first human being in space. …………………………………… made him a hero. He died in a plane crash in …………… a. b. c. d. March 1968. The success of his flight 12 th April, 1961 27 - conquest (n) ['kɔηkwest]: sự chinh phục - lift off (n /v) [lift ɔ:f]: phóng tên lửa lên. - orbit (n) ['ɔ:bit]: quỹ đạo - astronaut (n) ['æstrənɔ:t] ̣ = cosmonaut (n) ['kɔzmənɔ:t] - weightlessness (n) ['weitlisnis]: zero gravity - uncertainty (n) [ʌn'sə:tnti]: sự không chắc chắn - precisely (adv) [pri'saisli]: exactly - react (v) [ri:'ækt]: phản ứng - extreme (adj) [iks'tri:m]: tột độ - psychological tension (n) [,saikə'lɔdʒikl 'ten∫n]: áp lực tâm lý - hero (n) ['hiərou]: anh hùng - venture (n) ['vent∫ə] việc mạo hiểm - feat (n) [fi:t]: chiến công 3. Activity 3: Vocabulary. Match the words / phrases in column A with their definitions or synonyms in column B. Lift off into space Orbit (around the earth) [...]... first manned spacecraft into space on October 15th , 2003 cosmonaut 2 Who is the first Russian ….………………to fly into space? enormous 3 Have you ever seen an ………………….monster? Failure 4 “ ……………is mother of success” psychological tension 5 Students often have ……….……………………… before examinations tragic 6 My close friend died in a ………… accident two years ago II While -reading: Main ideas Match the headings to the... 6 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 Post -reading: 1 Activity 1: Gap-filling Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/ phrases in the box into the blanks impossible named after lasted gravity success view in space cosmonaut On 12th April,1961, Yuri Gagarin,... 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, US President John F Kennedy wrote, “The people of the United States 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 Soviet scientists and engineers . Armstrong Astronaut Yuri Gagarin SPACE CONQUEST 1 5 Tuesday, March 13 th , 2010 UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PERIOD 91. READING I. Pre -reading: 1. Activity1: Questions-answers Answer the questions below: 1 / phrases in column A above. China ……………………its first manned spacecraft into space on October 15 th , 2003. Who is the first Russian ….………………to fly into space? Have you ever seen an ………………….monster? . ago. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. cosmonaut psychological tension lifted off tragic Failure enormous II. While -reading: 1. Activity 1: Main ideas Match the headings to the paragraphs (Task 1). Match the