- UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PART B: SPEAKING. - AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON. - Language focus: By the end of the lesson, teacher:. - To provide students with new words and phrases as well as the opportunity to speak English at class. - Attitudes: Ss are eager to speak about competitions II. - Read Unit 15. - New words and summarize the text 3. - Students’ activities Teacher’s activities Task 1. - Study task 1 and check understanding - Work in pairs, do task 1. - When did China launch its first manned space craft into space?. - On 15 th October 2003. - It was called “Shenzhou 5”. - Ss read out task 2, check understanding. - Work in groups to talk about important events in space exploration. - On 4 th , October, 1957 the first artificial satellite called. - Asks some pairs of students to present. - Spunik, which was made by the USSR, was lifted into space. - This marked the beginning of the Space Age.. - ON 3 rd , November, 1957 the first living being was launched into space on board Spunik II. - It was a dog named Laika.. - Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first human to fly into space on 12 th April, 1961. - He was only 27 when he was in space.. - On 16 th June 1936 the fist woman flew into space. - Yang Liwei is the first Chinese in space. - He flew into space on 15 th November 2003 at the age of 38 years old.. - He spent 21 hours in space.. - Asks some groups of Ss to present. - Talk about important events in space exploration. - Talk about events in space exploration