UNIT 15. READING

Teacher : Lê Thị Hồng Quế Date: March 29 th , 2013 I. BEFORE YOU READ Neil Armstrong Yuri Gagarin Pham Tuan 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? Part A: Reading Vocabulary 1. Lift + off (v) 2. Orbit (n) 3. Cosmonaut = Astronaut (n) 4. Weightlessness (n) 5. Crash (n) phóng lên quĩ đạo phi hành gia trạng thái không trọng lượng vụ rơi (máy bay) II. WHILE YOU READ Task 1 Paragraphs Headings 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 B. The lift-off D. A view on earth E. Uncertainties C. Congratulations A. The tragic accident II. WHILE YOU READ 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 light? 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? Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Sun Question 1 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? A. seven B. seventeen C. twenty – seven D. seventy Saturn Question 2 How long was he in space? A. 108 minutes B. 12 minutes C. at 9.07 a.m. D. 27 years Earth Question 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. How would the mind deal with the psychological tension? D. All are correct Uranus . first humans to set foot on the moon? 3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? Part A: Reading Vocabulary 1. Lift + off (v) 2. Orbit (n) 3. Cosmonaut = Astronaut (n) 4. Weightlessness