Unit 15 Reading (Chuan)11

From his window in space, Gagarin was able to see the earth in a way that no human beings had done before.. He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.. After hi

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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 ………

- 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)

A B lift off

cosmonaut enormous failure

tragic uncertainties psychological tension

f very big

g worry about something

2 6 4

tragic Failure

enormous

II While-reading:

1 Activity 1: Main ideas

Match the headings

to the paragraphs (Task 1).

Match the headings to the paragraphs

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 beings 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 see 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, 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 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

Match the headings to the paragraphs

1 B 2 D 3 E 4 C 5 A

2 Activity2: Questions-answers

Answer the following questions (Task 2):

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?

- He was 27 then

- 108 minutes

- 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?”

2 Activity2: Questions-answers

Answer the following questions (Task 2):

1 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human

being in space?

2 How long was he in space?

3 What question were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?

- It was more than 17,000 miles per hour

- Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.

- His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.

- The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero.

2 Activity2: Questions-answers.

Answer the following questions (Task 2):

4 What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?

5 What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?

6 What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this

national hero?

1 He was 27 then.

2 He was in space for 108 minutes.

or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension.

4 It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.

5 Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training

flight in March 1968.

Gagarin and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONAS

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.

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 Activity 2: Talking about Yuri Gagarin, using the given numbers below.

108

27 1968

He was 27 years old when he became the first human being into space.

His flight lasted 108 minutes.

He died in a plane crash in March 1968.

IV HOME WORK

1 Reviewing vocabulary learnt today

2 Translating the text into Vietnamese.

On 12th April,1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian ( )

………became the first human being ()……… Although his flight ( )………… only 108 minutes, its ( )

……… made him a national hero He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero ( ) ……… , and he was able to ( )……….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 ( )

……… After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were ( )

………… him.

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5 6

7 8

success

lasted

in space