Unit 15 Space conquest

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<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> Warm - up Watch this video and answer the following questions: - What is the event about? - Do you know anyone in the video?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Part A: Reading.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> I. BEFORE YOU READ. Neil Armstrong. Yuri Gagarin. Pham Tuan.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> Lift off. Vinasat lifted off into space in 2008.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> Orbit. This is the orbit of the moon around the earth.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> Cosmonaut and Astronaut cosmonaut. astronaut.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> weightlessness weigh (v): nặng weight (n): Cân nặng weightless (a): Không trọng lượng weightlessness (n):. She weighs 50 kg Her weight is 50 kg.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> uncertainty certain (a):. chắc chắn. uncertain (a):. không chắc chắn. certainty (n):. sự chắc chắn. uncertainty (n).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(10)</span> failure.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(11)</span> Venture (n) = risk.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(12)</span> crash. A plane crash.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(13)</span> I.. BEFORE YOU READ Vocabulary. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.. 1. sự chinh phục Conquest (n) 1. /‘kɔɳkwest/ 2. phóng lên Lift + off (v) 2. /lift/ 3. quĩ đạo Orbit (n) 3. /'ɔ:bit / 4. phi hành gia Cosmonaut 4. /‘kɔ:zmənɔ:t / Astronaut (n) /æstrənɔ:t/ 5. trạng thái không Weightlessness (n) • /‘weitlisnis/ trọng lượng Uncertainty (n) • /ʌn'sə:tnt 6. sự không chác chắn =• exactly, correctly, accurately Precisely (av) 7. một cách chính xác /pri'saisl/ Deal + with (v) 8. đối phó (với) • /di:l/ Psychological stress on the mind • /,saikə'lɔdʤikəl 9. sự căng thẳng về 'tenʃn / tension mặt tâm lý • /'feiljə / Failure (n) 10. sự thất bại • /'ventʃə / 11. sự mạo hiểm Venture (n) • /kræʃ/ Crash (n) 12. sự/vụ rơi (máy bay).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(14)</span> II. WHILE YOU READ Task 1 Paragraphs Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5. Headings A. B. The tragic lift-off accident B. lift-off D. The A view on earth C. Uncertainties Congratulations E. D. Congratulations A view on earth C. E. A. Uncertainties The tragic accident.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(15)</span> II. WHILE YOU READ Task 2 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 light?. 4.. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?. 5.. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?. 6.. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(16)</span> Jupiter sao mộc Mars sao hỏa Earth. Venus sao kim. Mercury sao thủy. Pluto sao diêm vương. Saturn sao thổ Uranus sao thiên vương. Neptune sao hải vương.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(17)</span> III. AFTER YOU READ impossible. named after. lasted. gravity. success. view. in space. 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.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(18)</span> CONSOLIDATION AND HOMEWORK . CONSOLIDATIONS Vocabulary related to Space Conquest  Some reading skills: . . HOMEWORK: Learn by heart the new words  Complete doing all the tasks into notebooks  Prepare for the next lesson .

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<span class='text_page_counter'>(20)</span> Question 1 How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? A. When he was 25 B. When he was 26 C. When he was 27.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(21)</span> Question 2 How long was he in space? A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(22)</span> Question 3 What question 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?”.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(23)</span> Question 4 What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour B. It was 17,000 miles per hour C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(24)</span> Question 5 Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight? A. Because of a car crash B. Because of a tragic accident C. Because there were a lot of astronauts.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(25)</span> Question 6 What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero? A. His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin. B. The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero. C. Both A and B.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(26)</span> CONGRATULATIONS!. You get 10 points without having to answer any question.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(27)</span> CONGRATULATIONS!. You get 10 points without having to answer any question.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(28)</span> CONGRATULATIONS!. You get 10 points without having to answer any question.

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