GAGARI NPHAM TUAN BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL ARMSTRONG Match ONE name with a suitable picture... The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.?. The first humans to set foot on
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PHAM TUAN
BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL
ARMSTRONG
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
Trang 4Work 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?
Trang 51 The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich
Gagarin.
Trang 62 The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin.
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Trang 73 The first Vietnamese to fly into
space is Pham Tuan.
Gorbotko
Trang 8• Orbit (n)
Trang 9•Cosmonaut (n)
/’k o:zməno:t/
= astronaut
Trang 10Weightlessness (n)
Trang 11Gravity (n) /’gr a viti/
Trang 12Lift-off (n)
Trang 13Checking vocabulary Match each picture with a suitable word
Trang 14Task 1.
Match the headings to the paragraphs
A The tragic accident
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4 3
6 5
8 7
Trang 16Complete 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, Russia were (8) _him
cosmonaut
in space
lastedsuccess view gravityimpossible named after
Trang 17• Redo all the reading tasks
• Prepare speaking lesson
Trang 19 What was the speed of his
spacecraft in orbit around
Trang 20 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A When he was 25
B When he was 27
C When he was 26
B.
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2
Lucky
number!
Trang 22 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.
C Both A and B
C.
Trang 23You are unlucky!
: 2
You’ve just lost half of your points!
Trang 24 How long was he in space?
B 105 minutes
C 108 minutes
C.
Trang 25 What questions 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?”
C.
Trang 26 What couldn’t Gagarin make
a new space flight?
A Because of a tragic accident
B Because there were a lot of
astronauts
C Because of a car crash
A.