Unit 15. Space conquest

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

GAGARI N

PHAM TUAN

BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL

ARMSTRONG

Match ONE name with a suitable picture.

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.

2 The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and

Buzz Aldrin.

Buzz Aldrin

Neil Armstrong

3 The first Vietnamese to fly into

space is Pham Tuan.

Gorbotko

• Orbit (n)

•Cosmonaut (n)

/’k o:zməno:t/

 = astronaut

Weightlessness (n)

Gravity (n) /’gr a viti/

Lift-off (n)

Checking vocabulary Match each picture with a suitable word

Task 1.

Match the headings to the paragraphs

A The tragic accident

1 2

4 3

6 5

8 7

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, Russia were (8) _him

cosmonaut

in space

lastedsuccess view gravityimpossible named after

• Redo all the reading tasks

• Prepare speaking lesson

 What was the speed of his

spacecraft in orbit around

 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.

X

2

Lucky

number!

 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.

You are unlucky!

: 2

You’ve just lost half of your points!

 How long was he in space?

B 105 minutes

C 108 minutes

C.

 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.

 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.