Unit 15 Space conquest

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.... Match the headings to t[r]

Unit: 15

Space Conquest

A READING

Playing game

Matching

Match these words with suitable pictures

Spacecraf

The first Vietnamese

to fly into space

Spacecraf

The moon’s surface

The first Vietnamese

to fly into space

The first man to step

foot on the moon

Work with a partner Ask and

answer the following questions.

1 Who is the first human to fly into space?

 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27

March 1968) was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961

2 Can you name the first humans to set foot on

the moon?

 Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August

25, 2012) was an American astronaut and

the first person to walk on the moon.

3 Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

 The first Vietnamese to fly into space was Pham

Tuan

• Conquest /ˈkɒŋkwest/ (n):sự xâm chiếm, sự

chinh phục

• Lif into space /lɪft ˈɪntə speɪs/ :bay vào vũ trụ

• Approximately /əˈprɒksɪmətli/ (adv):khoảng

chừng

• Orbit /ˈɔːbɪt/ (n):quỹ đạo

(v):chuyển động theo quỹ đạo

• Cosmonaut /ˈkɒzmənɔːt/ (n):nhà du hành vũ trụ

• Enormous /ɪˈnɔːməs/ (a):to lớn, khổng lồ

• Extreme /ɪkˈstriːm/ (a):cách xa hết mức, rất xa

• To deal with /diːl wɪð/ (v):giao du với, có quan hệ

với, giao thiệp với

• Psychology /saɪˈkɒlədʒi/ (n):tâm lý, tâm lý học

• Tension /ˈtenʃn/ (n):căng thẳng, tình trạng căng thẳng

• Weightlessness /ˈweɪtləsnəs/ (n):tình trạng phi trọng lực

To weight (v):cân nặng, có ảnh hưởng lớn

Weight (n):trọng lượng

• Telegram /ˈtelɪɡræm/ (n):bức điện tính

• Venture /ˈventʃə(r)/ (n):công việc kinh doanh

(v):liều, mạo hiểm

Read the text

about Yuri Gagarin and then do the tasks that follow.

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

Task 1 Match the headings to the

paragraphs

Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident

Paragraph 2 B The lift-off

Paragraph 3 C Congratulations

Paragraph 4 D A view on Earth

Paragraph 5 E Uncertainties

Task 2 Read the passage again and

answer the questions.

1 How old was Gagarin when he became the

first human being in space?

 He was 27 when he became the first human

being in space

2 How long was he in space?

 He was in space for 108 minutes

3 What questions were raised before Gagarin’s

space flight?

 Before Gagarin’s space flight, there were lots of

questions such as 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

4 What was the speed of his spacecraf in orbit

around the Earth?

 It was more than 17,000 miles per hour

5 Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space

flight?

 Because he died in a plane crash on a routine

training flight in March 1968

6 What was done afer Gagarin’s death to

honour this national hero?

 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

Task 3 Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks

impossible named

after lasted gravitysuccess view in space cosmonaut

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 Training Centre

at Star City, Russia were (8) him

On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a

first human being (2) in space

Although his flight (3) lasted only 108 minutes, its (4) success made him a national hero.

He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero (5) gravity , and he

was able to (6) view 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) impossible After

his death, his hometown and the

Training Centre at Star City, Russia

were (8) named after him

More exercise:

Choose the word or phrase-a, b, c or d- that best

complete the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase

1 Neil Amstrong was the first man to walk on

the moon 20 July 1969.

2 She is never satisfied _ what she’s got.

a to b with c for d in

3 In 1961 Yuri Gagarin lifed into space

aboard the Vostok 1.

a off b up c on d at

4 No one knew precisely what would happen

to a human being in space.

b exactly b clearly c carefully d vividly

5 Neil Armstrong, an American , was the first man to step on the moon’s surface.

a scientist b cosmonaut

c astronaut d astronomer

6 The 27-year-old soviet cosmonaut became

the first person to eat and drink in .

a weight b weighting

c weightless d weightlessness

7 The astronauts were able to send the

information back to the earth.

a spaceships b space stations

c spacemen d space shots