UNIT 15 - READING

CHAU THANH HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH 11
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS – 11/5
Presented by : LÊ TRẦN KHẢ LOAN

WARM – UP: Choose the best answer:
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
A. Yuri Gagarin B. Neil Armstrong C. Valentina Tereshkova
2. Who are the first humans to set foot on the moon?
A. Neil Armstrong and John Glenn B. Pham Tuan and Buzz Aldrin
C. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin D. Yang Liwei and John Glenn
D. John Glenn
3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
A. Pham Thanh Trung B. Pham Tuan C. Vo Nguyen Giap
A. Yuri Gagarin
C. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
B. Pham Tuan




Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
READING

VOCABULARY:
PRE – READING:
- conquest (n)
- cosmonaut (n) ['k zm n :tɔ ə ɔ ] = astronaut ['æstr n :tə ɔ ] :
Ex: Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong,… are the astronauts.
nhà du hành vũ trụ

sự chinh phục, sự xâm chiếm
- psychological tension : sự căng thẳng tâm lý
- lift-off (n): Sự phóng (tên lửa, tàu vũ trụ)
- tragic accident : tai nạn thảm khốc
['kɔηkwest] :

- conquest (n)
- cosmonaut (n) ['k zm n :tɔ ə ɔ ]
= astronaut ['æstr n :tə ɔ ] :
- psychological tension :
- lift-off (n):
- tragic accident :

Decide these sentences are True or False:
1._____ Yuri Gagarin is the Russian cosmonaut.
2._____ He became the first human in space in 1961.
3._____ He died because of the technical failure of the spacecraft in 1968.
Who is he?
He’s Yuri Gagarin
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T
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WHILE - READING
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. Congratulation
D. A view on Earth
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?
2. How long was he in space?
3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
5. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new spaceflight?
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?