1) to jump off - f) to move from higher place by one jump;
2) (in) unison - c) together, at the same time, as one:
3) to symbolize - h) to represent something;
4) exactly - b) used when you are giving or asking for information that is completely correct;
5) a scarecrow - d) a model of a person that is put in a field to frighten birds and stop them from eating the plants;
6) to set fire (to) - a) to make something start burning;
7) to burn away - e) to disappear as a result of burning;
8) to bring in - g) to start or introduce something new.
1 ON 12TH April 1961 Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, 2 became THE first human TRAVELLING into space. Although his flight 3 lasted only 108 minuteS, its success made him A
4 national hero. He also became the first person To 5 EAT and DRINK in zero gravity, and he was able TO
6 view the Earth in a way that no one had done before.
7 Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin's 8 desire of revisiting space IMPOSSIBLE. 9 After his DEATH, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training 10 Center at Star City, Russia, WERE named after HIM.
