E11NC UNIT 14: TV,NP,BT

UNIT 14: SPACE CONQUEST CHINH PHỤC KHÔNG GIAN  VOCABULARY A.. READING accommodate v cung cấp nơi ở adventurous adj thích phiêu lưu architectural adj thuộc kiến trúc Cơ quan hàng không v

UNIT 14: SPACE CONQUEST CHINH PHỤC KHÔNG GIAN

 VOCABULARY

A READING

accommodate (v) cung cấp nơi ở adventurous (adj) thích phiêu lưu architectural (adj) (thuộc) kiến trúc

Cơ quan hàng không và vũ trụ Hoa Kỳ

complex (n) khu liên hợp conduct (v) tiến hành conquest (n) chinh phục domed (adj) hình vòm engine (n) động cơ envisage (v) dự kiến xây ferry (n) lái ra sân bay frontier (n) biên giới generation (n) thế hệ sau giant (adj) khổng lồ

gravity (n) trọng lực holidaymaker (n) người đi nghỉ mát

International Institute of Tourism Studies Học Viện Nghiên Cứu Du Lịch Quốc Tế

lack (n) sự thiếu leap (n) bước nhảy lunar (adj) (thuộc) mặt trăng NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration (n)

orbit (v) bay theo quỹ đạo outer space (n) ngoại tầng không gian

pole (n) cực (của trái đất) propose (v) đề nghị

revel (v) tiết lộ rocket (n) hỏa tiễn Space Policy Institute Học Viện Chính Sách Không Gian

space shuttle (n) tàu con thoi sponsor (v) bảo trợ

stand for (v) tượng trưng cho survey (n) sự khảo sát

vast (adj) rộng lớn

B LISTENING (pages 199-203)

astronaut (n) phi hành gia candidate (n) người ứng cử, thí sinh diverse(adj)gồm nhiều lọai # nhau educator (n) nhà giáo dục

exploration (n) sự thám hiểm integrity (n) trung thực

military (n) binh lính, quân đội

mission (n) sứ mệnh, nhiệm vụ nationality (n) quốc tịch

pilot (n) phi công psychological (adj) (thuộc) tâm lý selt-confidence (n) sự tự tin

status (n) địa vị strong mind : có ý chí

C SPEAKING (pages 195-196)

entrance (n) lối vào lab (n) phòng thí nghiệm pale (adj) nhợt nhạtpossibility (n) khả năng

D WRITING (page 196)

temple of the Emerald Buddha đền thờ Đưcù Phật nổi tiếng Emerald

E LANGUGE FOCUS (pages 197-198)

disturbed (v) quấy rầy

foggy (adj) có sương mù

spread (v) tràn lan

stuck (v) giữ lại

take off (v) cất cánh

 WORD STUDY

* Compound Noun (Danh từ ghép)

Danh từ ghép trong bài này có cấu tạo là noun + noun Hai danh từ space và air ghép với một số danh từ khác để tạo ra các danh từ ghép nói về không gian, không khí.

noun + noun

- space + man  spaceman: nhà du hành vũ trụ

- space + shuttle  space shuttle: phi thuyền con thoi

- space + suit  space suit: bộ quần áo vũ trụ

- space + walk  space walk: sự chuyển động trong không gian bên ngoài con tàu vũ trụ

air + line  airline: hệ thống vận chuyển hành khách và hàng hoá

bằng máy bay, công ty hàng không

air + plane  airplane: máy bay, tàu bay

air + bed  air bed: nệm hơi

air + sickness  airsickness: chứng nôn mửa khi đi máy bay

air + sick  airsick (adj) say máy bay

 GRAMMAR

* Can, could, be able to + infinitive

1 Can/Could diễn tả khả năng, năng lực nói chung hoặc được phép làm

điều gì

Ex: He can /could speak three languages (Anh ta có thể nói ba thứ

tiếng)

Ex: I looked everywhere for the book but I couldn’t find it.

(Tôi tìm kiếm quyển sách khắp mọi nơi nhưng tôi không thể thấy nó)

2 Be able to dùng để diễn tả:

a Diễn tả một khả năng xoay sở làm việc gì đó ở 1 tình huống cụ thể Ex: They didn’t want to come with us at first but we were able to

persuade them (Trước tiên họ không muốn đến với chúng tôi nhưng

chúng tôi có thể thuyết phục họ) [chúng tôi xoay sở để thuyết phục họ]

b Một tình huống đặc biệt

Ex: Two Japanese businessmen were able to pay a great amount of

money to join a Russia space a Russian space trip in 2001

(Hai thương gia người Nhật có thể trả một số tiền lớn để tham gia

vào chuyến du hành vũ trụ vào năm 2001.)

[việc trả một số tiền lớn để tham gia vào chuyến du hành vũ trụ vào năm 2001 là một tình huống đặc biệt]

c Dùng cho thì hiện tại hoàn thành

Ex: I’m sorry I have not been able to come and see you before I’ve

been really busy lately

UNIT 14: SPACE CONQUEST

A PHONETICS

I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words

decided

psychology

II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words

4) A uncertain B technical C attention D

attraction

5) A psychology B cosmonaut C accident D

national

6) A uncertainty B satisfaction C psychology D

approximate

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

* Circle the best answer for each sentence

8) No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space The word “precisely” is closest in meaning to “ ”

roughly

9) Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of _ accidents

tragedies

10) He finds it difficult for him to recover from his son’s

11) He failed again, which was a/an disappointment

A enormous B big C wide D large 12) The flight will take approximately three weeks The word

“approximately” is closest in meaning to “ ”

precisely

13) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s trip into space ? Only 180 minutes

strengthen

14) When astronaut travels into space, if a technical failure happens,

he can never get back to Earth

15) Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on moon

16) Everybody congratulated the astronauts _ their successful trip into space

17) Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space _ April 12th, 1961

18) A / an is a person who is trained for traveling in a spacecraft

A astronaut B scientist C engineer D

technician

19) When spacemen travel into space they have to face enormous because they do not know what may happen

A certainties B uncertainties C possibilities D

precisions

20) Lisa’s been able to play the flute since she was six, ?

A can’t she B isn’t she C wasn’t he D hasn’t she

21) Neil seemed to have a good time at the party, ?

he

22) There has not been a great response to the sale, ?

A does there B hasn’t there C has there d hasn’t it

23) She had done more work in one day than her husband in three days

24) You are going to come to the party, ?

A aren’t you B do you C will you D won’t you

25) Despite the bad weather, he get to the airport in time

A could B couldn’t C was able to D almost 26) You’re Cynthia, you?

27) We didn’t eat here last week, we?

A didn’t B did C haven’t D do 28) You have ever heard about Yuri Gagarin, ?

A do you B haven’t you C don’t you D didn’t you

29) Jenny leave the hospital only fours days after the operation

able to

30) At last, they get through the mountain in such a heavy rain

able to

C READING * Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase

Until recently, you may only read in (31) fiction that an ordinary person could (32) a trip into space We have heard ideas about holidays

to the Moon, but these were just a story, and everyday flights into space seemed just a distant (33) Aspirations of space tourism are remembered

in science fiction works such as Arthur C Clarke’s A Fall of Moondust and

Islands of the Sky But now, this fiction could become achievable as major

steps are being taken to make the dream (34) traveling into space (35) a practical reality On 28 April 2001, Dennis Tito, (36) millionaire, became the world’s first space (37) Tito was (38) into space onboard a Russian Soyuz capsule He showed that anyone could make a space journey Five years on, scientists are attempting to shape the future in order to give everyone a (39) to fulfill their dreams of traveling into space, whether (40) not they are millionaires

31) A science B scientist C scientific D

scientific

establish

33) A views B weightlessness C actions D

possibility

35) A become B to become C became D.

becoming

37) A cosmonaut B astronaut C tourist D

engineer

launched

D WRITING

* Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting

41) Your grandfather could speak five languages, could he?

A B C D

42) She spoke in a very low voice, but I can understand what she said

A B C D 43) I used to be to stand on my head but I can’t be able to do it now

A B C D

44) The trip was cancelled lask week John couldn’t go away because he was ill

A B C D