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BUZZ ALDRIN
NEIL ARMSTRONG
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Match ONE name with a suitable picture.


 The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich
Gagarin.
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
I. Pre – reading :
Work in pair : Answer the following questions

Buzz Aldrin
 The first humans to set foot on the moon are
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong

Pham Tuan

 The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham
Tuan.
Pham Tuan & Gorbotco
3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?



Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Read the text about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

1. Orbit (n) /'ɔ:bit/
VOCABYLARY
Đường bay của
một hành tinh,
ngôi sao, mặt
trăng quanh một
thiên thể khác;
quỹ đạo
quỹ đạo

VOCABULARY
2. Cosmonaut (n)
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/'kɔzmənɔ:t/
= astronaut /'æstrən :tɔ /
phi hành gia, nhà du
hành vũ trụ

3. Weightlessness
(n) /'weitlisnis/

VOCABULARY
Sự không có trọng lực

VOCABULARY
Gravity (n)/ 'græviti/
Sức hấp dẫn, trọnglực

1. Orbit (n) /'ɔ:bit/ Đường bay của một hành tinh, ngôi sao, mặt trăng
quanh một thiên thể khác;
quỹ đạo
quỹ đạo
2. Cosmonaut (n)
/
/'kɔzmənɔ:t/ = astronaut /'æstrənɔ:t/phi hành gia,
nhà du hành vũ trụ
3. Weightlessness (n) /'weitlisnis/Sự không có trọng lực
4. Gravity (n) /'græviti/ Sức hấp dẫn, trọnglực
5. Psychological tension /,saikə'l d iklɔ ʒ 'ten∫n / (n): sự căng thẳng về tâm lý
6 Venture (n) /'vent∫ə/:mạo hiểm
7. Feat (n) /fi:t/: kỳ công, thành quả
8. Deal with (v): đối phó, giải quyết, xử lý
9. Rename (v) /ri:'neim/ đặt tên mới, đổi tên, thay tên (người, đường phố )
= name after
VOCABYLARY

II. While – reading
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs
1. Paragraph 1 A. The tragic accident
2. Paragraph 2 B. The lift-off
3. Paragraph 3 C. Congratulations

4. Paragraph 4 D. A view on earth
5. Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties

II. While – reading
Task 2 : Read the passage again and answer the questions
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in
space?
2. How long was he in space?
3. What question were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero?
-> He was 27 then.
-> He was in space for 108 minutes.
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what would happen to a human being in space
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How the body react to the extreme changes in temperature
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How the mind would deal with the psychological tension
-> It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.
-> Because he died in a plane crash on a routine flight in March 1968.
-> After his death, his hometown of Gzatsk, the Cosmonaut Traning
Center at Star City, Russia was given the name of the national hero.

III. Post – reading
Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the
given words/phrases 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.
impossible named after lasted
gravity
success view in space
cosmonaut




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 Yi So-yeon - South Korea's First Woman
Astronaut Lifts Off Into Space on 8 April, 2008
South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon,
left, and Russian cosmonaut, commander
Sergei Volkov, speak prior to launch in

Kazakhstan, 8 Apr 2008