Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 15: Space conquest. Part A: Reading

 Warm up
 LOOK ATTHE PICTURES 
AND GUESS THE TOPIC OF THE LESSON Can you guess the topic of our 
Unit 15. SPACE CONQUEST
 lesson today?
 A. READING UNIT 15. SPACE CONQUEST - PART A. READING
I. PRE-READING
* VOCABULARY:
- astronaut (n) /ˈổstrənɔːt/ = cosmonaut (n) /ˈkɒzmənɔːt/
 : nhà du hành vũ trụ
- conquest (n) /ˈkɒŋkwest/ = taking control: sự chinh phục
- extreme (a) /ɪkˈstriːm/ = serious/severe: khắc nghiệt
- gravity (n) /ˈɡrổvəti/ : trọng lực
- feat (n) /fiːt/ = achievement : chiến cụng, chiến tớch
- orbit (n) /ˈɔːbɪt/ : quỹ đạo
 Extreme weather UNIT 15. SPACE CONQUEST - PART A. READING
I. PRE-READING
* VOCABULARY:
- astronaut (n) /ˈổstrənɔːt/ = cosmonaut (n) /ˈkɒzmənɔːt/
- conquest (n) /ˈkɒŋkwest/ = taking control
- extreme (a) /ɪkˈstriːm/ = serious/severe 
- gravity (n) /ˈɡrổvəti/
- feat (n) /fiːt/ = achievement /əˈtʃiːvmənt/
- orbit (n) /ˈɔːbɪt/
- lift off (vp) /lɪft ɒf/
- psychological tension /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl ˈtenʃn/
- weightlessness (n) /ˈweɪtləsnəs/
- venture (n) /ˈventʃə(r)/ Game: Lucky Planets
 Jupiter Pluto
 Saturn
 Mars
 Earth Uranus
 Sun
Venus
Mercury Neptune 100134568927
 Question 2
How long was he in space?
 A. 108 minutes 
 B. 12 minutes 
 C. at 9.07 a.m.
 D. 27 years 100134568927
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
 D. It was less than 17,000 miles per 
 hour 100134568927
 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.
 C. Many cosmonauts were named after him.
 D. Both A and B
 UNIT 15. SPACE CONQUEST - PART A. READING
II. WHILE-READING
1. Task 2. Complete the sentences or answer the 
questions.
1. Gagarin was 27 years old when he became the 
 first human being in space.
2. He was in space for .108 minutes.
3. Is this statement true or false ? True
 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. UNIT 15. SPACE CONQUEST - PART A. READING
II. WHILE-READING
 HOMEWORK
 + Learn by heart the new words.
 + Prepare for the rest part of the lesson. ENGLISH 11 Unit 15 SPACE CONQUEST
 A. READING 
 III. POST READING:
 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 
NGO VAN CAN HIGH SCHOOL CAN HIGH VAN NGO Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7) 
 _________. After his death, his hometown and 
 the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, 
 Russia were (8) ________him. ENGLISH 11 Unit 15 SPACE CONQUEST
 A. READING 
 IV. HOMEWORK:
 ➢ Learn by heart the new words and 
 do the exercises again.
 ➢ Prepare the next lesson SPEAKING.
NGO VAN CAN HIGH SCHOOL CAN HIGH VAN NGO ◼ Mercury: /’mɜ:kjɘri/ Thủy tinh
◼ Venus: /’vi:nɘs/ Kim tinh
◼ Earth: /ɜ:θ/ Trỏi đất
◼ Mars: /mɑ:z/ Hỏa tinh
◼ Jupiter: /’dʒu:pɪtɘr/ Mộc tinh
◼ Saturn: /’sổtɘn/ Thổ tinh
◼ Uranus: /’jʊɘrɘnɘs/ Thiờn vương tinh
◼ Neptune: /’neptju:n/ Hải Dương Tinh
◼ Pluto: /’plu:tɘʊ/ Diờm Vương Tinh
◼ Asteroid: /’ổstərɔɪd/ Tiểu hành tinh
◼ Comet: /’kɒmɪt/ Sao chổi
◼ Sun: /sʌn/ Mặt trời