English 11Unit 15Reading

Bài giảng Powerpoint Tiếng Anh lớp 11 Unit 15: Space Conquest Lesson Reading Before you read Who is the first man to fly into space? Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? Vocabulary Space speɪs (n) Conquest ˈkɒŋkwest (n) Lift off ˈliftɒf (v) Orbit ˈɔːbɪt (n) Cosmonaut ˈkɒzmənɔːt (n) Weightlessness ˈweɪtləsnəs (n) Uncertainty ʌnˈsɜːtnti (n) Psychological saikəˈlɒdʒikl(a) Venture ˈventʃə(r) (n) = risk Feat fiːt (n) Crash kræʃ (n) While you read After you read 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 plan crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of visiting space(7)………. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia was (8) …….him.

WELCOME

Before you read

Work with a partner

1 Who is the first man to fly into space?

2 Can you name the first humans to set foot

on the moon?

3 Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into

space?

1 Who is the first human to fly into space?

The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.

2 Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?

The first human to set foot on the

moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz

Aldrin.

3 Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan

Vocabulary

- Space /speɪs/ (n)

Vũ trụ

Cosmonaut (n) /'kɔzmənɔ:t/

= astronaut /'æstrənɔ:t/

- Conquest(n) /ˈkɒŋkwest/:

Chinh phục

- Lift-off /ˈlift-ɒf/ (v)

Phóng lên

- Orbit /ˈɔːbɪt/ (n)

Quỹ đạo

- Weightlessness /ˈweɪtləsnəs/

(n)

Không trọng lực

Gravity (n)/ 'græviti/

- Psychological /saikəˈlɒdʒikl

(a)

Thuộc về tâm lý

- Crash /kræʃ/ (n)

Vụ rơi, va chạm

A plane crash

While you read

A The tragic accident

A The tragic accident

B The lift-off

C Congratulations

D A view on Earth

E Uncertainties

1 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human

4 What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the

Earth?

A It was 17.000 miles per hour

B It was more than 17.000 miles per hour

C It was about 17.000 miles per hour

Para 1, line 3,4: a speed

of more than 17,000 miles per hour.

2 How long was he in space?

A He was in space for 105 minutes

B He was in space for 110 minutes

C He was in space for 108 minutes Para 1, line 4: his flight lasted 108 minutes.

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

A Because of a car crash

C Because there were a lot of astronauts

B Because of tragic accident Para 5, line 1: ‘…if a tragic accident had

not occurred.’

6 What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this

national hero?

A His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin

B The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honor this national hero

D A and B

C His name was renamed

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

They were :

“what would happen to a human being in space?”

“How the body would react to the extreme changes in

temperature?”

“How the mind would deal with the psychology tension?”

After you read

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 plan crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of visiting space(7)……… After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City,

Russia was (8) …….him,

• 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 plan crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of visiting space(7)

……… After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training

Centre at Star City, Russia was (8) ………him.

impossible

success

name after view

lasted

in space

gravity

cosmonaut

Homework