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YURI GAGARIN
(1934-1968)
Yuri Gagarin was the first spaceman in the world. Born in 1934,
young Gagarin was a very curious and clever boy. Since childhood
Yuri was interested in planes and made toy planes himself.
After the War the Gagarins moved to another city and Yuri
entered a vocational school in a small town near Moscow.
He attended an
aero club and started flying. After finishing a school for
pilots Gagarin joined the first group
of spacemen.
On the 12th of
April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin flew into space and spend more than
one hour there.
He was the first
man in the world who flew into space on board a spaceship.
After the
successful landing Yuri Gagarin became a national hero.
He died in 1968,
but people all over the world still remember the first Russian
spaceman.
Vocabulary:
attend [a'tend] посещать
curious [kjuanas] любопытный
join №эгп] присоединяться
national hero [,паг[эп(э)Гп1эгэи] национальный герой
spaceman ['speisman] космонавт
successful landing [s(3)k'sesrbl 'lcendirj] удачное приземление
vocational school [v3u'kerjbnl'sku:l] профессионально-
техническое училище
Questions:
1. What was Yuri Gagarin famous for?
2. When was he born?
3. What was Yuri like?
4. What institutions did Gagarin finish?
5. When did the great flight take place?
6. Was the space journey successful?
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