Unit 15 Reading grade 11

The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.. Pham Tuan & Gorbatko At 01:33 on July 23, 1980 the spaceship cont

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Questions

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Match ONE name with a suitable

picture.

a) NEIL ARMSTRONG

c) YURI

GAGARIN

b) PHAM TUAN

a) NEIL ARMSTRONG c) YURI GAGARIN

b) PHAM TUAN d)BUZZ ALDRIN

d) BUZZ ALDRIN

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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?

Pictures

I.Before you

read

1 The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin .( April 12th, 1961 )

1 Who is the first human to fly into space?

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Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin

2 The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. ( July 20, 1969 ) July 20, 1969

2 Can name the first humans to set foot on the moon?

3 Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

3 The first Vietnamese to fly into space is

Pham Tuan.

Pham Tuan & Gorbatko

(At 01:33 on July 23, 1980 ( the spaceship controlled by Pham Tuan and Gorbatko was launched into space .)

Pham Tuan

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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin ( 1934-1968 )

• C o smonaut (n)

= a stronaut

Nhà du hành vũ trụ

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Lift off (v) (n)= take

off : rise into the air

from the ground

Cất cánh

The spacecraft is lifting off into space

orbit / ‘o:bit/ (n)

- orbit (v)

quỹ đạo [ to be in/ into orbit ]

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Weightlessness (n) : không trọng lượng

VOCABULARY

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Vocabulary:

•cosmonaut (n) : nhà du hành vũ trụ

• Astronaut (n)

* Lift off (v), (n) : phóng, cất cánh (tàu vũ trụ, máy bay)

* orbit (n): quỹ đạo [to be in/ into orbit]

orbit (v) :bay vào quỹ đạo

* W eightlessness (n) : trạng thái không trọng lực

* Venture (n) : việc mạo hiểm

* psychological tension : sự căng thẳng về tâm lý

• technical failure (n): sự thất bại / trục trặc kỹ thuật

• gravity (n): trọng lực

II While you

read 1 Task 1: Match the headings to the paragraphs

2 How long was he in space?

A 108 minutes B 105 minutes C 100 minutes

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

A What would happen to a human being in space?

B How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?

C A, B and “ How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?”

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

A It was more than 17,000 miles per hour

B It was 17,000 miles per hour

C It was about 17,000 miles per hour

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

A Because he died in a plane crash.

B Because he died in a car crash.

C Because there were a lot of astronauts.

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

A After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.

B After his death, the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero.

2.Task 2 LUCKY FRUIT

1 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?

A When he was 25

B When he was 26

C When he was 27

2 How long was he in space?

A 108 minutes B 105 minutes

C 100 minutes

Lucky fruit

3 What questions were raised before

Gagarin’s space flight?

A What would happen to a human being in space?

B How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?

C A, B and “ How would the mind deal

with the psychological tension?”

4 What was the speed of his spacecraft

in orbit around the Earth?

A It was more than 17,000 miles per

hour

B It was 17,000 miles per hour

C It was about 17,000 miles per hour

Lucky fruit

5 What couldn’t Gagarin make a new

space flight?

A Because of a car crash

B Because of a tragic accident

C Because there were a lot of

astronauts

6 What was done after Gagarin’s death

to honor this national hero?

A After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.

B After his death, the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City,

Russia, was given the name Gagarin to

honour this national hero.

C Both A and B

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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)

III After you read

Read the passage again and complete the numbered gaps with suitable information.

What is the newest event of Vietnam

in its space exploration?

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Satelites Vinasat 1 of Vietnam and Star One C2 of Brazil were lifted off into orbit. ( April 18th , 2008 )

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( 5 17p.m, 18th April 2008 (Kourou time, Guyana - France)

(5 17a.m, 19th April 2008 – Hanoi time)

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Lesson 1: Reading

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NEIL ARMSTRONG