unit15reading

orbit, lift off - Look at the transcriptions, then read the words and their Vietnamese meaning [ri:'ækt] [pri'saisli] reactv: phản ứng preciselyadv: chính xác - Listen to two words then

Answer the following questions

• Whom is the video clip about?

It’s about Gagarin (Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin).

He is a Russian cosmonaut (nhà du hành vũ trụ).

He is the first human to fly into space.

• When did he fly into space?

On 12th April, 1961.

• What missing word is there in the below

sentence?

Yuri Gagarin opened the era of

conquest (sự chinh phục) of humanity.

space

Before you read

Vocabulary

• Conquest ['k ηkwest] ɔ (n): Sự chinh phục

• Lift off (v) ['lift :f] bay lên ɔ

• Orbit (n) [' :bit] ɔ : quỹ đạo

• Cosmonaut (n) ['k zmən :t] ɔ ɔ = astronaut (n)

['æstrən :t] ɔ : nhà du hành vũ trụ

• Weightlessness (n) ['weitlisnis]: tình trạng

không trọng lượng = zero gravity (n.ph)

• Precisely (adv) [pri'saisli] chính xác

• React (v) [ri:'ækt]: phản ứng

• Psychological (adj) [,saikə'l d ɔ ʤ ikəl]: thuộc về tâm lí

• Tension (n) ['ten n ] : sự căng thẳng ʃ

• Feat (n) [fi:t]: kỳ công, thành quả

• Failure (n) ['feiljə] : sự trục trặc/thất bại

• Venture (n) ['vent∫ə]: sự mạo hiểm

How many new words can you

remember?

- Look at the pictures, then guess the words

- How can you say “quỹ đạo” and “bay lên” in English? orbit, lift off

- Look at the transcriptions, then read the words and their Vietnamese meaning [ri:'ækt] [pri'saisli] react(v): phản ứng precisely(adv): chính xác

- Listen to two words then read them and their

Vietnamese meaning

psychological(adj) thuộc tâm lí conquest(n) sự chinh phục

- Fill in the blanks:

1/ He’s in the state of psychological

2/ The synonym of risk is _

- Arrange the letters into the words give their

Vietnamese meaning tafe lurefia

tension venture

feat failure

Cosmonaut weightlessness

Reading the names

• Moscow

• Yuri Gagarin

• Vostok 1

• U.S (United States)

• John F Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

• Soviet Union

• Gzhatsk

While you read

1 At 9.07 a.m Moscow time on 12th April,

1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space aboard the Vostok 1 Approximately 12 minutes later, the first human being 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 view 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, U.S President John F Kennedy wrote, “The people of the United Stated 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 the Soviet scientists and engineers who made this feat possible….”

5 Gagarin could have made another space flight if

a tragic accident had not occurred He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March

1968 After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.

1 Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident

2 Paragraph 2 B The lift-off

Task 2: Decide whether the

statements are True (T) or False

(F).1 Gagarin lifted off into space on 12 th

April 1960

2 Gagarin became the second person to

eat and drink in weightlessness

3 Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide

attention and made him a hero

4 Gagarin could have made another

space flight in March 1968

5 The first words spoken from space

were : “I see the Earth It’s so

Game: Lucky numbers

2

The winner will receive an award at

the end of this class.

How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?

He was 27 then

1

7 How long was he in space?

He was in space for 108 minutes

What questions were raised before

Gagarin’s flight ?

Question 1: What would happen to a

human being in space?

Question 2: How would the body react to

the extreme changes in temperature?

Question 3: How the mind would deal with

the psychological tension?

A Question 1 B Question 2

C Question 3 D All of them

5 What was the speed

1

Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space

flight?

Because he died in a plane crash on a

routine training flight

in March 1968

Fill in the blank:

After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk _ Gagarin, and _ _ _ at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero

3

On 12 th 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.

AFTER YOU READ

Complete the summary of the reading passage by

putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks

Yuri Gagarin is the first human to fly into

space

• Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

It’s Pham Tuan

• Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to fly

into space in 1965 Is that right?

No, she is the first woman to fly into space in

1963.

• Can you name the first humans to set food on

the moon?

They’re Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

• What is the first living to be in space?

A dog B cat C mouse D Chicken

• What is the name of the first Vietnamese satellite

lifted into space?

It’s Vinasat 1

Learn by heart new words

Summarize again the reading passage

Prepare the next lesson: Part B Speaking

Some pictures about space

conquest