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Match ONE name with a suitable picture. PHAM TUAN. GAGARIN. BUZZ ALDRIN. NEIL ARMSTRONG. NEIL ARMSTRONG. PHAM TUAN. BUZZ ALDRIN. GAGARIN. Unit 15 Space conquest Period 1: Reading. Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST. period 1: Reading. Before you read.
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Match ONE name with a suitable picture. PHAM TUAN GAGARIN BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL ARMSTRONG Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
NEIL ARMSTRONG PHAM TUAN BUZZ ALDRIN GAGARIN Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
Unit 15 Space conquestPeriod 1: Reading Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST period 1: Reading Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
Before you read Work with a partner.Ask and answer the following questions. • Who is the first human to fly into the space? • Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? • Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
Pham TuanPham Tuan and Gorbotko3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan. Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
While you read New words: • Lift - off • orbit (n) • cosmonaut (n) • certainty (n) uncertainty (n) • precisely (adv) • deal with • psychological (adj) psychological tension • telegram (n) • astronaut (n) • venture (n) • honour (n) Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs 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 1-B 2-D 3-E 4-C 5-A Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? A. When he was 25 B. When he was 26 C. When he was 27 2. How long was he in space? A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes 3. What question were raised before Gagarin’s space flight? A. What would happen to a human being in space? B. How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature? C. A, B and “ How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?” 4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour B. It was 17,000 miles per hour C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour 5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight? A. Because of a car crash B. Because of a tragic accident C. Because there were a lot of astronauts 6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero? A. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin. B. After his death, the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero. B. Both A and B C. A. C. A. B. Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school c.
AFTER YOU READComplete 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 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 lasted success gravity view impossible namedafter Teacher : Khac Tuan _Hoang - Que phong school
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