Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 11 – Unit 15: Space conquest (Reading)

NAME PEOPLE
IN THE PICTURES.


Yuri Gagarin


Neil Armstrong


Buzz Aldrin


Pham Tuan


Yuri Gagarin

Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

* Work with a partner: Ask and answer the following questions.

1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
2. Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?
and
3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?

Pham Tuan


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING


ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING

NGO VAN CAN HIGH SCHOOL

I. PRE READING:
* VOCABULARY:
- ( to) lift off:
- ‘Orbit:

Phóng lên

(n) quỹ đạo

- ‘Cosmonaut: (n) Phi hành gia = astronaut
- ‘Gravity:

(n) trọng lực

- ‘Weightlessness: (n) trạng thái không trọng lực

ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING

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* Checking vocabulary:

weightlessness

cosmonauts

orbit

gravity

Lift - off


ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING

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II. WHILE READING:
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

A. The tragic accident

Paragraph 2

B. The lift-off

Paragraph 3

C. Congratulations

Paragraph 4

D. A view on Earth

Paragraph 5

E. Uncertainties


ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING

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Task 2. Play a game “lucky pictures”


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
When did Yuri Gagarin lift off into space
aboard the Vostok 1 ?
On 12th April, 1961


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
How old was Gagarin when he became the first
human being in space ?
He was 27 years old then.


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


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
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.


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
What was the speed of his spacecraft in
orbit around the Earth ?
It was more than 17,000 miles per hour.


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to
congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight ?
U.S. President John F. Kennedy


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING

Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?

Because he died in a plane crash on a routine
training flight in March 1968.


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ENGLISH 11   Unit 15   SPACE CONQUEST
A. READING
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.