Unit4

Questions
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
NEIL ARMSTRONG
YURI
GAGARIN
PHAM TUAN
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2
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NEIL ARMSTRONG YURI GAGARIN
PHAM TUAN BUZZ ALDRIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
Work with a partner. Ask and answer the following questions.
Who is the first human to fly into space?
Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
Pictures
I.Before you read
1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.( April 12th, 1961 )
Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin
2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. ( July 20, 1969 )
Pham Tuan
3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.
Pham Tuan & Gorbatko

(At 01:33 on July 23, 1980 (the spaceship controlled by Pham Tuan and Gorbatko was launched into space.)

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin ( 1934-1968 )

VOCABULARY
Cosmonaut (n)
= astronaut
. Lift off (v) (n)= take off : rise into the air from the ground

The spacecraft is lifting off into space
orbit / ‘o:bit/ (n)

- orbit (v)
quỹ đạo
[ to be in/ into orbit ]

Weightlessness (n)
VOCABULARY
.venture / ‘ventə / (n)

: Việc mạo hiểm
Ex: Gagarin’s first flight into space is a venture

* psychological tension (n):
* technical failure (n):


sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
sự trục trặc / thất bại về kỹ thuật
Vocabulary:
* cosmonaut /‘ko:zməno:t/ (n) : nhà du hành vũ trụ
* Lift off (v), (n) :phóng, cất cánh (tàu vũ trụ, máy bay)
* orbit / ‘o:bit/ (n): quỹ đạo [to be in/ into orbit]
orbit (v) :bay vào quỹ đạo
* Weightlessness (n) : trạng thái không trọng lực
* venture/ ‘ventə/ (n) : việc mạo hiểm
* psychological tension : sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
* technical failure (n): sự thất bại / trục trặc kỹ thuật



II. While you read
Answers:
1. Task 1: Match the headings to the paragraphs
1. Paragraph 1
- B. The lift-off
2. Paragraph 2
- D. A view on earth
3. Paragraph 3
- E. Uncertainties
4. Paragraph 4
5. Paragraph 5
- C. Congratulations
-A. The tragic accident
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. When he was 25
B. When he was 26
C. When he was 27
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes
3. 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?”

2. Task 2: Read the passage again and choose the best answer to the questions

4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour
B. It was 17,000 miles per hour
C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because of a car crash
B. Because of a tragic accident
C. Because there were a lot of astronauts
6. 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

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
lasted
success
gravity
view
impossible
named after
III. After you read
Read the passage again and complete the numbered gaps with suitable information.
What is the newest event of Vietnam
in its space exploration?
Satelites Vinasat 1 of Vietnam and Star One C2 of Brazil
were lifted off into orbit. ( April 18th , 2008 )
end
( 5. 17p.m, 18th April 2008 (Kourou time, Guyana - France)
(5 . 17a.m, 19th April 2008 – Hanoi time)
Lesson 1: Reading
Before you read: Cosmonauts in Vietnam and in the world
While you read: Read about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
- a Russian astronaut
III . After you read:
Home work:
Tell something about one of the cosmonauts you know.
Prepare speaking.
NEIL ARMSTRONG
YURI
GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN
PHAM TUAN
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