UNIT 15 : READING

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.... After his death, his [r]

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Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Pham Tuan * Work with a partner: Ask and answer the following questions.

1 Who is the first human to fly into space?

2 Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

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ENGLISH 11 Unit 15 SPACE CONQUEST A READING

I PRE READING:

- ‘Orbit:

- ‘Cosmonaut:

- ‘Weightlessness: - ‘Gravity:

- ( to) lift off:

* VOCABULARY:

Phóng lên (n) quỹ đạo

(n) Phi hành gia = astronaut (n) trọng lực

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* Checking vocabulary:

weightlessness orbit gravity

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II WHILE READING:

Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first human to fly into space and then the tasks that follow.

Task Match the headings to the paragraphs.

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5

A The tragic accident B The lift-off

C Congratulations D A view on Earth

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When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok ?

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How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space ?

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How long was Gagarin in space ?

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What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ?

They were what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the

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What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth ?

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Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to

congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ?

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Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?

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What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero ?

After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training

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1 When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok ?

On 12th April, 1961

2 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space ?

He was 27 years old then

3 How long was Gagarin in space ?

He was in space for 108 minutes

4 What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ?

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

5 What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth ?

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6 Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ?

U.S President John F Kennedy

7 Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?

Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968

8 What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero ?

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III POST READING:

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

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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

in space lastedlasted

success success gravity gravity view view impossible impossible named after named after

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IV HOMEWORK:

 Learn by heart the new words and

do the exercises again.

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