Match ONE name with a suitable picture PHAM TUAN GAGARIN BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL ARMSTRONG NEIL ARMSTRONG PHAM TUAN GAGARIN BUZZ ALDRIN Unit 15 Space conquest Period 1: Reading 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? The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Pham Tuan Pham Tuan and Gorbotko The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan While you read 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) Task Match the headings to the paragraphs Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph 2-D 1-B A The tragic accident B The lift-off C Congratulations D A view on earth E Uncertainties 3-E 4-C 5-A Task Read the passage again and answer the questions How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? A When he was 25 B When he was 26 C C When he was 27 How long was he in space? A 108 minutes B 105 minutes C 100 minutes 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?” What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? A 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 What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight? A Because of a car crash B B Because of a tragic accident C Because there were a lot of astronauts 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 AFTER YOU READ Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks Impossible Gravity in space named after success cosmonaut lasted view On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut became the first human being (2) _ (1) in space lasted Although his flight (3) _ only 108 minutes, its (4) made him a national hero He also became the success first person to eat and drink in zero (5) , and he view wasgravity (6) The Earth in a way that no one had able to done before Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7) _ impossible After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were (8) named after _him ... ALDRIN NEIL ARMSTRONG NEIL ARMSTRONG PHAM TUAN GAGARIN BUZZ ALDRIN Unit 15 Space conquest Period 1: Reading Before you read Work with a partner Ask and answer the following questions Who is the first... Gagarin to honour this national hero B Both A and B c AFTER YOU READ Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/phrases in the box into the blanks Impossible Gravity in space