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THE ARTICLEWorld’s first flying car makes its debutThe world’s first flying car took to the skies on March 18. Its name is the Transition, because it can switch between the road and the sky. The car that looks like a plane that looks like a car took off from a small airport in New York. The “roadable aircraft” is from a Boston based company called Terrafugia, which means “escape from land” in Latin. The designer and Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich has spent the past decade working on the project. In 2006 he won a $30,000 design award from the Massacheusettes Institute of Technology. He said his inspiration was to do something about America’s crowded highways and airports. Dietrich said: "This flight is a symbol of a new freedom in aviation. It's what enthusiasts have been striving for since 1918."
The two-seater Transition can take off and land at airports and drive on any road. The US government said it is officially a light sport aircraft and not a car. The flying car has wings that fold up for use on the road. It is around 5.8 metres long and 2 metres wide. Terrafugia hopes to start selling the Transition in 2011. The selling price will be between $150,000 and $200,000. There are already more than forty orders for it. Dietrich is excited about the Transition’s future. He told reporters: "This breakthrough changes the world of personal mobility. Travel now becomes a hassle-free integrated land-air experience.” It is not yet clear whether traffic police or air traffic control will handle the dozens, perhaps hundreds or thousands, of flying cars.
WARM-UPS1. CARS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about cars. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. WORLD’S FIRSTS: Do you like seeing advances in technology? Complete the table. Talk about what you wrote with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you found out.
4. SKY ROADS: Students A strongly believe everyone flying cars would be dangerous and are a bad idea; Students B strongly believe flying cars would be great and save lots of time. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. FLYING CARS: What do you think are the advantages of a flying car? Rank the following in order. Change partners and talk about your ranking.
6. AIRPLANE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘airplane’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the spaces.The world’s first flying car ____________________ March 18. Its name is the Transition, because it can switch between the road and the sky. The car that looks like a ____________________ car took off from a small airport in New York. The “roadable aircraft” is from a Boston based company called Terrafugia, which means “escape from land” in Latin. The designer and Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich ____________________ decade working on the project. In 2006 he won a $30,000 design award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said his inspiration ____________________ about America’s crowded highways and airports. Dietrich said: "This flight ____________________ freedom in aviation. It's what enthusiasts have been striving for since 1918." The two-seater Transition ____________________ airports and drive on any road. The US government said it is officially a light sport aircraft and not a car. The flying car has wings ____________________ on the road. It is around 5.8 metres long and 2 metres wide. Terrafugia hopes to start selling the Transition in 2011. The selling ____________________ $150,000 and $200,000. There are already more than forty orders for it. Dietrich is excited about the Transition’s future. He told reporters: "This breakthrough changes the ____________________. Travel now becomes a hassle-free integrated land-air experience.” It is not yet clear whether traffic police or air traffic control ____________________, perhaps hundreds or thousands, of flying cars. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘flying’ and ‘car’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT FLYING CAR SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about flying cars in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
FLYING CAR DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEThe world’s first flying car (1) ____ to the skies on March 18. Its name is the Transition, because it can switch between the road and the sky. The car that looks like a plane that looks like a car took (2) ____ from a small airport in New York. The “roadable aircraft” is from a Boston based company called Terrafugia, which (3) ____ “escape from land” in Latin. The designer and Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich has spent the past decade working (4) ____ the project. In 2006 he won a $30,000 design award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said his inspiration was to do something (5) ____ America’s crowded highways and airports. Dietrich said: "This flight is a symbol of a new freedom in aviation. It's what (6) ____ have been striving for since 1918." The two-seater Transition can take off and land at airports and drive on any road. The US government said it is (7) ____ a light sport aircraft and not a car. The flying car has wings that fold (8) ____ for use on the road. It is around 5.8 metres long and 2 metres wide. Terrafugia hopes to start selling the Transition in 2011. The selling price will be between $150,000 and $200,000. There are already more than forty (9) ____ for it. Dietrich is excited about the Transition’s future. He told reporters: "This breakthrough changes the world of (10) ____ mobility. Travel now becomes a hassle-(11) ____ integrated land-air experience.” It is not yet clear whether traffic police or air traffic control will (12) ____ the dozens, perhaps hundreds or thousands, of flying cars. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about flying cars for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the Transition flying car. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. BREAKTHROUGHS: Make a poster about different breakthroughs of the past two decades that changed your life. What would you do without these breakthroughs? Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. FLYING CAR: Write a magazine article about the Transition flying car. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich. Ask him three questions about his “roadable aircraft”. Give him three ideas on what he should invent next and why. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: World’s first flying car makes its debutThe world’s first flying car took to the skies on March 18. Its name is the Transition, because it can switch between the road and the sky. The car that looks like a plane that looks like a car took off from a small airport in New York. The “roadable aircraft” is from a Boston based company called Terrafugia, which means “escape from land” in Latin. The designer and Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich has spent the past decade working on the project. In 2006 he won a $30,000 design award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said his inspiration was to do something about America’s crowded highways and airports. Dietrich said: "This flight is a symbol of a new freedom in aviation. It's what enthusiasts have been striving for since 1918." The two-seater Transition can take off and land at airports and drive on any road. The US government said it is officially a light sport aircraft and not a car. The flying car has wings that fold up for use on the road. It is around 5.8 metres long and 2 metres wide. Terrafugia hopes to start selling the Transition in 2011. The selling price will be between $150,000 and $200,000. There are already more than forty orders for it. Dietrich is excited about the Transition’s future. He told reporters: "This breakthrough changes the world of personal mobility. Travel now becomes a hassle-free integrated land-air experience.” It is not yet clear whether traffic police or air traffic control will handle the dozens, perhaps hundreds or thousands, of flying cars. LANGUAGE WORK
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