UNIT 15 READING

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NAME PEOPLE

IN THE PICTURES.

Yuri Gagarin

Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

Pham Tuan

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?

3 Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

and

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

(n) trạng thái không trọng lực

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II WHILE READING:

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

Task 1 Match the headings to the paragraphs.

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aboard the Vostok 1 ?

On 12th April, 1961

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human being in space ?

He was 27 years old then

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He was in space for 108 minutes

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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

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orbit around the Earth ?

It was more than 17,000 miles per hour

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congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ?

U.S President John F Kennedy

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Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?

Because he died in a plane crash on a routine

training flight in March 1968

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this national hero ?

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

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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 ?

* Work in pairs, ask and answer.

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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 ?

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.

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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 (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,

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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do the exercises again.

 Prepare the next lesson SPEAKING.

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