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The moon The earth
Pham Tuan
Neil Armstrong
Astronaut Yuri Gagarin
SPACE CONQUEST
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(4)Tuesday, March 13th, 2010
(5)I Pre-reading:
(6)Answer the questions below: 1 Who is the first Vietnamese to fly
into space?
2 Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
3 Who is the first human to fly into space?
Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin
(7)2 Activity 2: Collecting information. Gagarin flew into space on
……….
He was ………years old when he became the first human being in space.
……… made him a hero.
He died in a plane crash in ……… a.
b. c.
d. March 1968.
The success of his flight 12th April, 1961
(8)- conquest (n) ['kɔηkwest]: sự chinh phục
- lift off (n /v) [lift ɔ:f]: phóng tên lửa lên. - orbit (n) ['ɔ:bit]: quỹ đạo
- astronaut (n) ['æstrənɔ:t] ̣ = cosmonaut (n) ['kɔzmənɔ:t]
- weightlessness (n) ['weitlisnis]: zero gravity
- uncertainty (n) [ʌn'sə:tnti]: sự không chắc chắn - precisely (adv) [pri'saisli]: exactly
- react (v) [ri:'ækt]: phản ứng - extreme (adj) [iks'tri:m]: tột độ
- psychological tension (n) [,saikə'lɔdʒikl 'ten∫n]: áp lực tâm lý - hero (n) ['hiərou]: anh hùng
- venture (n) ['vent∫ə] việc mạo hiểm - feat (n) [fi:t]: chiến công
3 Activity 3: Vocabulary.
(9)(10)(11)A B lift off cosmonaut enormous failure tragic uncertainties psychological tension a unsuccess b doubt
c take off d astronaut e disastrous or
greatly distressing f very big
(12)4 Activity Gap-filling:
Complete the sentences with the correct form of one of the words / phrases in column A above.
China ………its first manned spacecraft into space on October 15th , 2003.
Who is the first Russian ….………to fly into space?
Have you ever seen an ……….monster? “ ………is mother of success”.
Students often have ……….……… before examinations.
(13)II While-reading:
1 Activity 1: Main ideas
Match the headings
(14)Match the headings to the paragraphs (Task 1)
Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident Paragraph 2 B The lift-off
Paragraph C Congratulations Paragraph 4 D A view on Earth Paragraph E Uncertainties
(15)1. At 9.07 a.m Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space aboard
the Vostok Approximately 12 minutes later, the first human beings 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 see 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.”
3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous uncertainties No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature? How would the mind deal with the psychological 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, US President John F Kennedy wrote, “The people of the United States 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 Soviet scientists and engineers who made this feat possible.”
(16)Match the headings to the paragraphs (Task 1)
Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident Paragraph 2 B The lift-off
Paragraph C Congratulations Paragraph 4 D A view on Earth Paragraph E Uncertainties
1 2 3 4 5 5 1 4 2 3
(17)2 Activity2: Questions-answers.
Answer the following questions (Task 2):
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?
(18)- He was 27 then - 108 minutes
- What would happen to a human being in space?
- How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?
- How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?”
2 Activity2: Questions-answers.
Answer the following questions (Task 2):
1 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
2 How long was he in space?
(19)- It was more than 17,000 miles per hour
- Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
- His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
- The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero.
2 Activity2: Questions-answers.
Answer the following questions (Task 2):
4 What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
5 What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
(20)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.
(21)III Post-reading:
(22)Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/ phrases in the box into the blanks.
impossible named after lasted gravity
success view in space cosmonaut
(23)2 Activity 2: Talking about Yuri Gagarin, using the given numbers below.
108 27 1968
1961 Yuri Gagarin flew into space on 12th April,1961.
He was 27 years old when he became the first human being into space.
His flight lasted 108 minutes.
(24)IV HOME WORK
1 Reviewing vocabulary learnt today
(25)(26)Shuttle
The sun The moon The earth
The star
Venus
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