E 11.unit 15. A.Reading

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.. Before Gagarin’

Goodmorning !

Welcome to our class

Warm up

 WHO IS HE?

 WHO IS HE?

Yuri Gagarin

Lesson 1: Reading

Unit 15: Space conquest

Prepared by:TRUONG NGOC THANH CLASS : 11A10

* New Words:

-Conquest (n) /'kɔηkwest/

-Psychological (a)

-Cosmonaut (n)

- Orbit (n)

-Precise (a)

-Enormous (a)

['kɔzmənɔ:t]

['ɔ:bit]

[pri'sais]

[i'nɔ:məs]

[,saikə'lɔdʒikl]

 Tension (n) ['ten∫n]

 Lift-off (n) [lift :f] ɔ

 Congratulation (n) [k n,grætju'lei∫n] ə

 Uncertainty (n) [ n's :tnti] ʌ ə

 Spacecraft (n) ['speis'kr :ft] ɑ

 Hero (n) ['hi rou] ə

 Telegram (n) ['teligræm]

 Astronaut (n) ['æstr n :t] = cosmonaut (n) ə ɔ

 Failure (n) ['feilj ] ə

II WHILE READING

 1.Listen the tape.

 2 Task 1

 3 Task 2

1, Listen the tape

2.Task 1: Match the headings to the paragraph

 1 At 9.07 a m Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space abroad the Vosstok 1…

1.B.

 2 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!”

2.D

 3 Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still

enormous uncertainties

3.E

Lifted off

View the earth

Uncertainties

 4 We congratulate you and the Soviet

scientists and engineers who made this feat

possible…”

4.C

 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…

5.A

congratulat

e

A tragic accident

3,Task 2: Read the passage a gain and choose

(T)or correct answers/ (F) for incorrect answers

-1,Gagarin was a cosmonaut of the United States T/F

-2, His flight on 12th April, 1961 lengthened 120

minutes

T/F

-3,The speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the

Earth was 17,000 miles/hour T/F

- 4, Gagarin was 27 years old, he became the first

person being in space T/F

F

F

T

T

-5, Every one could know precisely what

would happen to him before Gagarin’s space flight (paragraph 3) T/F

-6, Gagarin could have made another pace

flight T/F

-7 , After he died, his name – Gagarin became the name of his hometown of Gzhatsk and

the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia (paragraph 5) T/F

F

F

T

III POST- READING

 Task 3 (Work in 2 group- PLAY GAME-LUCKY

FLOWERS)

Fill in the blank in the sentences with suitable words below based on the passage (page 167)

impossible (n) named after lasted(v) gravity(n) success (n) view(v) in space (adv) cosmonaut(n)

Lucky flowers

Lucky flowers

1

6 8 2

3

4

5

6

8

3

3 2

1

4

5

6

7

8

6 Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made

Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7)……

4 He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero(5)

………… and he was able to (6)…… the Earth in a

(5)Gravity (6) view

5,he was the first person to be able to(5)……the Earth

in a way that no one had done before

view

1 On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian (1)

……… Became the first human being(2) ……

( 1) cosmonaut (2) in space (7)impossible

2, Although his flight (3)…….only 108 minutes, its(4)

……….made him a national hero.

(3)Lasted (4) success

8 After his death, his hometown and the

Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia

were()………… him

(8) Named after

 On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian

108 minutes, its (4) success made him a national hero He also became the first person to eat and

drink in zero (5) gravity and he was able to

before Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space

and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were (8) named after him

 IV CONSOLIDATION.

- Learn vocabulary by heart

- Read the text again and prepare for next lesson

Thanks for your attention