unit 15 reading english 11

Moscow time on 12 th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space aboard the Vostok 1.. From his window in space, Gagarin was able to view the earth in a way that no human beings had

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Friday, April 5th, 2013

UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST

Lesson 1 :READING

I Before you read

Activity1 : Answer the questions below

Answer the questions below:

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?

Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin

Yuri Gagarin

Pham Tuan

Orbit (n) /'ɔ:bit/

VOCABULARY

quỹ đạo

Cosmonaut (n) /'k zmən :t / ɔ ɔ /

= astronaut /'æstrən :t ɔ /

phi hành gia, nhà

du hành vũ tru

Lift off (v) ['lift :f] ɔ

= take off

Bay lên

Gravity (n) Ex: Newton’s law of gravity

Sức hấp dẫn, trọng lực

Extreme ( adj) = very great in degree : vô cùng, cực độ

Venture ( n) = risky project : việc mạo hiểm

Tragic ( adj) = sad / disastrous : bi thảm

Psychological ( adj) : thuộc về tâm lý

•Cosmonaut (n)

• Astronaut (n)

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

•Orbit (n) : quỹ đạo

•Gravity (n) : sức hấp dẫn, trọng lực

• Extreme ( adj) : vô cùng, cực độ

•Tragic ( adj) : bi thảm

•Venture (n) : việc mạo hiểm

•Psychological : thuộc về tâm lý

nhà du hành vũ trụ

Complete the sentences by putting the words in box into the blanks.

II While you read

Read the passage

1 At 9.07 a.m Moscow time on 12 th April,

1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into 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.

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!”

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, 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….”

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.

1 Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident

2 Paragraph 2 B The lift-off

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 honor this national hero?

Suggested answer:

1 He was 27 then.

2 He was in space for 108 minutes.

3 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 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.

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 After you read

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.

cosmonaut

in space success

lasted view

gravity impossible named after

Complete the summary of the reading passage by

putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.

IV HOME WORK

1 Learn by heart the

vocabulary.

2 Prepare next lesson, Unit 15-Speaking

Task 2 Read the passage again and circle the correct answer

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?

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 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 honor this national hero.