Unit 15. Space conquest

Match ONE name with a suitable picture.

GAGARI
N
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
the space?
2. Can you name the first humans to
set foot on the moon?

3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly
into space?


1. The first human to fly into
space is Yuri Alekseyevich
Gagarin.


Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

2. The first humans to set foot on
the moon are Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin.


Pham Tuan

Pham Tuan and
Gorbotko

3. The first Vietnamese to fly into
space is Pham Tuan.


• Orbit (n)


•Cosmonaut (n)

/’ko:zməno:t/
 = astronaut


Weightlessness (n)


Gravity (n)

/’graviti/


Lift-off (n)


Checking vocabulary
Match each picture with a suitable word

A. lift off

D.gravity

B.Orbit E. astronaut
C. weightlessness


Task 1.
Match the headings to the paragraphs
Paragraph 1

A. The tragic accident

Paragraph 2

B. The lift-off

Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5

C. Congratulations
D. A view on earth
E. Uncertainties


1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8


Complete the summary of the reading
passage by putting the words/phrases in the
box into the blanks.
success
view
in space
gravity

impossible named after lasted 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 Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star
City, Russia were (8) ___________him.


• Redo all the reading tasks
• Prepare speaking lesson



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


 How old was Gagarin

when he became the first
human being in space?
A. When he was 25
B. When he was 27

C. When he was 26


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2
Lucky
number!


 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
C. hero.
C. Both A and B


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 How long was he in
space?
A. 100 minutes
B. 105 minutes
C. 108 minutes


 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?”