UNIT14: SPACE CONQUEST CHINH PHỤC KHÔNG GIAN VOCABULARY A. READING accommodate (v) cung cấp nơi ở adventurous (adj) thích phiêu lưu architectural (adj) (thuộc) kiến trúc Cơ quan hàng không và vũ trụ Hoa Kỳ complex (n) khu liên hợp conduct (v) tiến hành conquest (n) chinh phục domed (adj) hình vòm engine (n) động cơ envisage (v) dự kiến xây ferry (n) lái ra sân bay frontier (n) biên giới generation (n) thế hệ sau giant (adj) khổng lồ gravity (n) trọng lực holidaymaker (n) người đi nghỉ mát International Institute of Tourism Studies Học Viện Nghiên Cứu Du Lòch Quốc Tế lack (n) sự thiếu leap (n) bước nhảy lunar (adj) (thuộc) mặt trăng NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration (n) orbit (v) bay theo quỹ đạo outer space (n) ngoại tầng không gian pole (n) cực (của trái đất) propose (v) đề nghò revel (v) tiết lộ rocket (n) hỏa tiễn Space Policy Institute Học Viện Chính Sách Không Gian space shuttle (n) tàu con thoi sponsor (v) bảo trợ stand for (v) tượng trưng cho survey (n) sự khảo sát vast (adj) rộng lớn B. LISTENING (pages 199-203) astronaut (n) phi hành gia candidate (n) người ứng cử, thí sinh diverse(adj)gồm nhiều lọai # nhau educator (n) nhà giáo dục exploration (n) sự thám hiểm integrity (n) trung thực military (n) binh lính, quân đội mission (n) sứ mệnh, nhiệm vụ nationality (n) quốc tòch pilot (n) phi công psychological (adj) (thuộc) tâm lý selt-confidence (n) sự tự tin status (n) đòa vò strong mind : có ý chí C. SPEAKING (pages 195-196) entrance (n) lối vào lab (n) phòng thí nghiệm pale (adj) nhợt nhạt possibility (n) khả năng D. WRITING (page 196) float (v) nổi look (v) ngắm temple of the Emerald Buddha đền thờ Đưcù Phật nổi tiếng Emerald E. LANGUGE FOCUS (pages 197-198) disturbed (v) quấy rầy foggy (adj) có sương mù spread (v) tràn lan stuck (v) giữ lại take off (v) cất cánh WORD STUDY * Compound Noun (Danh từ ghép) Danh từ ghép trong bài này có cấu tạo là noun + noun. Hai danh từ space và air ghép với một số danh từ khác để tạo ra các danh từ ghép nói về không gian, không khí. noun + noun - space + man spaceman: nhà du hành vũ trụ - space + shuttle space shuttle: phi thuyền con thoi - space + suit space suit: bộ quần áo vũ trụ - space + walk space walk: sự chuyển động trong không gian bên ngoài con tàu vũ trụ . air + line airline: hệ thống vận chuyển hành khách và hàng hoá bằng máy bay, công ty hàng không . air + plane airplane: máy bay, tàu bay . air + bed air bed: nệm hơi . air + sickness airsickness: chứng nôn mửa khi đi máy bay . air + sick airsick (adj) say máy bay GRAMMAR * Can, could, be able to + infinitive 1. Can/Could diễn tả khả năng, năng lực nói chung hoặc được phép làm điều gì. Ex: He can /could speak three languages. (Anh ta có thể nói ba thứ tiếng) Ex: I looked everywhere for the book but I couldn’t find it. (Tôi tìm kiếm quyển sách khắp mọi nơi nhưng tôi không thể thấy nó) 2. Be able to dùng để diễn tả: a. Diễn tả một khả năng xoay sở làm việc gì đó ở 1 tình huống cụ thể. Ex: They didn’t want to come with us at first but we were able to persuade them. (Trước tiên họ không muốn đến với chúng tôi nhưng chúng tôi có thể thuyết phục họ) [chúng tôi xoay sở để thuyết phục họ] b. Một tình huống đặc biệt Ex: Two Japanese businessmen were able to pay a great amount of money to join a Russia space a Russian space trip in 2001. (Hai thương gia người Nhật có thể trả một số tiền lớn để tham gia vào chuyến du hành vũ trụ vào năm 2001.) [việc trả một số tiền lớn để tham gia vào chuyến du hành vũ trụ vào năm 2001 là một tình huống đặc biệt] c. Dùng cho thì hiện tại hoàn thành Ex: I’m sorry. I have not been able to come and see you before. I’ve been really busy lately. UNIT14: SPACE CONQUEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. stones B. learns C. phones D. tense 2) A. lifted B. lasted C. happened D. decided 3) A. speed C. person C. temperature D. psychology II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 4) A. uncertain B. technical C. attention D. attraction 5) A. psychology B. cosmonaut C. accident D. national 6) A. uncertainty B. satisfaction C. psychology D. approximate B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence. 8) No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space. The word “precisely” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. nicely B. exactly C. rigidly D. roughly 9) Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of ___ accidents. A. tragedy B. tragic C. tragically D. tragedies 10) He finds it difficult for him to recover from his son’s ____. A. die B. dead C. deadly D. death 11) He failed again, which was a/an ____ disappointment. A. enormous B. big C. wide D. large 12) The flight will take approximately three weeks. The word “approximately” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. closely B. exactly C. about D. precisely 13) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s trip into space ____? Only 180 minutes. A. lengthen B. last C. late D. strengthen 14) When ____ astronaut travels into space, if a technical failure happens, he can never get back to ____ Earth. A. an / the B. Þ / an C. an / Þ D. the / Þ 15) Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on ____ moon. A. a B. an C. the D. Þ 16) Everybody congratulated the astronauts ___ their successful trip into space. A. on B. for C. of D. in 17) Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space ___ April 12 th , 1961. A. at B. on C. in` D. from 18) A / an ____ is a person who is trained for traveling in a spacecraft. A. astronaut B. scientist C. engineer D. technician 19) When spacemen travel into space they have to face enormous ____ because they do not know what may happen. A. certainties B. uncertainties C. possibilities D. precisions 20) Lisa’s been able to play the flute since she was six, ____? A. can’t she B. isn’t she C. wasn’t he D. hasn’t she 21) Neil seemed to have a good time at the party, ____? A. hadn’t he B. had he C. did he D. didn’t he 22) There has not been a great response to the sale, ____? A. does there B. hasn’t there C. has there d. hasn’t it 23) She had done more work in one day than her husband ____ in three days. A. do B. could do C. may do D. done 24) You are going to come to the party, ____? A. aren’t you B. do you C. will you D. won’t you 25) Despite the bad weather, he ____ get to the airport in time. A. could B. couldn’t C. was able to D. almost 26) You’re Cynthia, ____ you? A. aren’t B. are C. didn’t D. were 27) We didn’t eat here last week, ____ we? A. didn’t B. did C. haven’t D. do 28) You have ever heard about Yuri Gagarin, ____? A. do you B. haven’t you C. don’t you D. didn’t you 29) Jenny ____ leave the hospital only fours days after the operation. A. was able to B. could C. can D. will be able to 30) At last, they ____ get through the mountain in such a heavy rain. A. can B. could C. are able to D. were able to C. READING * Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. Until recently, you may only read in (31) ____ fiction that an ordinary person could (32) ____ a trip into space. We have heard ideas about holidays to the Moon, but these were just a story, and everyday flights into space seemed just a distant (33) ____ .Aspirations of space tourism are remembered in science fiction works such as Arthur C. Clarke’s A Fall of Moondust and Islands of the Sky. But now, this fiction could become achievable as major steps are being taken to make the dream (34) ____ traveling into space (35) ____ a practical reality. On 28 April 2001, Dennis Tito, (36) ____ millionaire, became the world’s first space (37) ____. Tito was (38) into space onboard a Russian Soyuz capsule. He showed that anyone could make a space journey. Five years on, scientists are attempting to shape the future in order to give everyone a (39) ____ to fulfill their dreams of traveling into space, whether (40) ____ not they are millionaires. 31) A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientific 31) A. do B. take C. invent D. establish 33) A. views B. weightlessness C. actions D. possibility 34) A. in b. for C. of D. on 35) A. become B. to become C. became D. becoming 36) A. a B. an C. the D. Þ 37) A. cosmonaut B. astronaut C. tourist D. engineer 38) A. flown B. thrown C. whirled D. launched 39) A. chance B. opportunity C. must D. change 40) A. nor B. or C. neither D. and D. WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 41) Your grandfather could speak five languages, could he? A B C D 42) She spoke in a very low voice, but I can understand what she said. A B C D 43) I used to be to stand on my head but I can’t be able to do it now. A B C D 44) The trip was cancelled lask week. John couldn’t go away because he was ill. A B C D . UNIT 14: SPACE CONQUEST CHINH PHỤC KHÔNG GIAN VOCABULARY A. READING accommodate. have not been able to come and see you before. I’ve been really busy lately. UNIT 14: SPACE CONQUEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part