Unit 15 Space conquest
Period 1: Reading
Match ONE name with a suitable picture.
b. YURI GAGARIN
a. PHAM TUAN
c. BUZZ
ALDIN
d. NEIL ARMSTRONG
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astronauts
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.
1.Who is the first human to fly into the space?

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

Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldin
2.Can you name the first humans to set foot on the moon?






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

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

Vocabulary:

1.Conquest (n) the act of getting control of a place with sth that is difficult or dangerous [the conquest of space]:
- Conquer (v)
sự chinh phục
Vocabulary:

2. Lift off (v) (n)= take off : rise into the air from the ground :

The space craft is lifting off into space
Cất cánh, bay vào vũ trụ
Vocabulary:
3. orbit / ‘o:bit/ (n)

- orbit (v) to travel in a curved path around another much larger object
quỹ đạo
[ in/ into orbit ]

Vocabulary:
4. ……………. (n) a situation that you are not sure about because you do not know what will happen
-uncertain (a): unsure, unclear
uncertainties
Tình trạng không biết, không rõ
Vocabulary:
5. cosmonaut /‘ko:zməno:t/
(n): an astronaut from
the former Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin is the first cosmonaut of the Earth
nhà du hành vũ trụ [Nga]
Vocabulary:
Ex: Gagarin’s first flight into space is a venture
6.venture/ ‘ventə/ (n)
-venture (v) to go somewhere that could be dangerous

A new activity that involves taking risks
: Việc mạo hiểm
Vocabulary:
1.Lift off (v) : cất cánh (tàu vũ trụ, máy bay) (n)
2.conquest (n): sự chinh phục
conquer (v)
3.orbit / ‘o:bit/ (n): quỹ đạo [in/ into orbit]
orbit (v) :bay vào quỹ đạo
4.uncertainty / uncertainties (n): sự không chắc chắn
uncertain (a)
5.cosmonaut /‘ko:zməno:t/ (n) : nhà du hành vũ trụ [Nga]
6.venture/ ‘ventə/ (n) : việc mạo hiểm (v)
7.Psychological tension : sæû càng thàóng về tâm lý




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

Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs

Task 2. Read the passage again and circle the correct answer
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. 25 B. 26 C. 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. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because he died in a plane crash.
B. Because he died in a car crash.
C. Because there were a lot of astronauts.
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour 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.
C. Both A and B
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Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting
the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.




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.

in space
cosmonaut
lasted
success
gravity
view
impossible
named after
impossible named after lasted gravity
success view in space cosmonaut





HOMEWORK: Learn new words, and find as many words related to the topic as possible.