unit 15 - reading

Sao Diêm Vương
Mặt trời
Trái đất
Sao mộc
Sao Thiên Vương
Sao Hỏa
Sao Kim
Sao Thủy
Sao thổ
Sao Hải Vương
Tàu vũ trụ
Các hành tinh nhỏ & Sao chổi
Solar system

Yuri
Aleksayevich
Gagarin

Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

Pham Tuan

Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin Pham Tuan
* Work with a partner: Ask and answer the following questions.
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
2. Who is the first humans to set foot on the moon?

3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
and
(At 01:33 on July 23, 1980, the spaceship controlled by
Pham Tuan and Gorbotko was launched into space.)


- Orbit:
- Cosmonaut:
- Weightlessness:
- Gravity:
- ( to) lift off:
VOCABULARY
Phóng lên
(n) quỹ đạo
(n) Phi hành gia = astronaut
(n) trọng lực
(n) trạng thái không trọng lực
-
psychological tension (n):
- technical failure (n):
sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
sự trục trặc / thất bại về kỹ thuật

* Checking vocabulary:
weightlessness
orbit gravity
Cosmonauts = astronaut
Lift - off

Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first

human to fly into space and then do the tasks that follow.
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
A. The tragic accident
B. The lift-off
C. Congratulations
D. A view on Earth
E. Uncertainties


You are to read the passage and decide whether
the statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Gagarin the first person to set foot on
the moon
2. Gagarin became the first person to
eat and drink in weight
3. Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide
attention and made him a hero
4. Gagarin could have made another
space flight in March 1968
5. Gagarin was 27 years old when he
became the first person being in
space.
T F
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Task 2. Play a game “lucky pictures”

1. When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space aboard the Vostok 1 ?
2. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in
space ?
3. How long was Gagarin in space ?
4. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight ?
5. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth ?
6. Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of
Gagarin’s flight ?
7. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?
8. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national
hero ?

When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into
space aboard the Vostok 1 ?
On 12
th
April, 1961

How old was Gagarin when he became the
first human being in space ?
He was 27 years old.

How long was Gagarin in space ?
He was in space for 108 minutes.

What questions were raised before
Gagarin’s space flight ?
They were 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.

What was the speed of his spacecraft in
orbit around the Earth ?
It was more than 17,000 miles
per hour.

Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to
congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ?
U.S. President John F. Kennedy

Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?
Because he died in a plane crash on a routine
training flight in March 1968.

What was done after Gagarin’s death to
honour this national hero ?
After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk
was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut
Training Center at Star City, Russia, was
given the name of this national hero.