Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Tiết 89B, Unit 15: Space conquest (Reading)

Match ONE name with a suitable picture. 
GAGARIN 
PHAM TUAN 
BUZZ ALDRIN 
NEIL ARMSTRONG 
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NEIL ARMSTRONG 
GAGARIN 
BUZZ ALDRIN 
PHAM TUAN 
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 Unit 15 Space conquest Period 1: Reading 
Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST 
period 1: Reading 
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Before you read 
Work with a partner. Ask and answer the following questions. 
Who is the first human to fly into the space? 
Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon? 
Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? 
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1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. 
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2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin . 
 Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin 
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 Pham Tuan  Pham Tuan and Gorbotko   3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan. 
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New words: 
Lift - off 
orbit (n) 
cosmonaut (n) 
certainty (n) 
	uncertainty (n) 
precisely (adv) 
deal with 
psychological ( adj ) 
	psychological tension 
telegram (n) 
astronaut (n) 
venture (n) 
honour (n) 
While you read 
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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 
4-C 
2-D 
5-A 
1-B 
3-E 
Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs 
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 Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 
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 
2. How long was he in space? 
	A. 108 minutes 	 B. 105 minutes	 	C. 100 minutes 
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?” 
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 
5. What 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 
6. 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 hero. 
	B. Both A and B 
 C. 
 B. 
 c. 
 A. 
 C. 
 A. 
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AFTER YOU READ Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks. 
Impossible	named after	lasted	 
Gravity	success	view	 
in space	cosmonaut 
	On 12 th 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. 
cosmonaut 
in space 
lasted 
success 
gravity 
view 
impossible 
named after 
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Thanks for your listening ! 
Good bye ! 
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