unit 15 reading -11CB.ppt

The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.?. Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin23. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong and Buzz Al

NEIL ARMSTRONG

PHAM TUAN

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Match one name with a suitable picture.

cosmonauts (n)=

conquest (n) =

conquer(v)=

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['k zmən :t]ɔ ɔ

các nhà du hành vũ tru

chinh phuc

sư chinh phuc

Work with a partner Ask and answer

the following questions.

1 Who is the first human to fly into

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

Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin

2 The first humans to set foot on the moon are

Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. and Buzz Aldrin.

Pham Tuan

3 The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.

+(to) set on the moon :đặt chân lên mặt trăng

+ orbit (n) [' :bit] ɔ quỹ đạo

(v) di chuyển theo quanh quỹ đạo

+weightlessness

(n) ['weitlisnis] tình trạng phi trọng lượng, tình trạng phi trọng lưc

+ plane crash (n) v tai nạn máy bayụ

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

Match the headings to the paragraphs

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?”

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

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.

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

success

Gravity view

Impossible

named after

Complete the summary of the reading

passage by putting the words/phrases in

the box into the blanks.

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