Unit 15: P1 Reading

Match ONE name with a suitable Match ONE name with a suitable picture. picture. GAGARIN PHAM TUAN BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL ARMSTRONG NEIL ARMSTRONG GAGARIN BUZZ ALDRIN PHAM TUAN Unit 15 Space conquest Unit 15 Space conquest Period 1: Reading Period 1: Reading Before you read Before you read Work with a partner. Work with a partner. Ask and answer Ask and answer the following questions. the following questions. 1. 1. Who is the first human to fly into Who is the first human to fly into the space? the space? 2. 2. Can you name the first humans to Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? set foot on the moon? 3. 3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? into space? 1. The first human to fly into space 1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. 2. The first humans to set foot on 2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Pham Tuan Pham Tuan Pham Tuan and Gorbotko Pham Tuan and Gorbotko 3. The first Vietnamese to fly into 3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan. space is Pham Tuan. New words: New words: - Lift - off Lift - off - orbit (n) orbit (n) - cosmonaut (n) cosmonaut (n) - certainty (n) certainty (n) uncertainty (n) uncertainty (n) - precisely (adv) precisely (adv) - deal with deal with - psychological (adj) psychological (adj) psychological tension psychological tension - telegram (n) telegram (n) - astronaut (n) astronaut (n) - venture (n) venture (n) - honour (n) honour (n) While you read While you read 1. Paragraph 1 A. The tragic accident 2. Paragraph 2 B. The lift-off 3. Paragraph 3 C. Congratulations 4. Paragraph 4 D. A view on earth 5. Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties 4-C 2-D 5-A1-B 3-E Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs [...]... 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 B Both A and B AFTER YOU READ Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks Impossible Gravity in space named after success cosmonaut lasted view On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian (1) cosmonaut . ARMSTRONG GAGARIN BUZZ ALDRIN PHAM TUAN Unit 15 Space conquest Unit 15 Space conquest Period 1: Reading Period 1: Reading Before you read Before you read. READ AFTER YOU READ Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in