Getting started

Unit 11: Travelling

In the future
Vocabulary

- Crash (v,n): Va chạm, sự va chạm

- Jet pack (a): Thiết bị bay cá nhân

- Driverless (adj): Không người lái

- Teleporter (a): Hình thức chuyển dịch tức thời
1. Listen and read

Mai: Wow! Driverless cars already exist. I can\'t believe it.

Veronica: Yes, they look so cool! What will be next?

Phuc: I\'m sure there\'ll also be flying cars.

Mai: Does that mean we\'ll still have traffic jams... in the sky?

Veronica: Ha ha, yes, maybe there will be!

Phuc: No, I think they\'ll have SSS. It\'s a sky safety system. It\'ll stop everyone from crashing. It\'ll help them avoid traffic jams too.

Mai: I\'d prefer to have a jet pack. I\'ll wear it on my back. It doesn\'t take up lots of space, and I\'ll use mine to fly anywhere easily.

Phuc: Do you think you can use it in bad weather?

Mai: No, I don\'t think it will be pleasant.

Veronica: Then perhaps a teleporter is the best. It makes you disappear. Then you reappear in another place seconds later!

Phuc: Wow, your idea is really imaginative, Veronica!

Veronica: Ha ha, yes. That programme really got me thinking.

Mai: I do worry about one thing. How much fuel will these means of transport use? Will pollution be much worse?

Phuc: Don\'t worry, Mai. The future is green! Solar energy will power everything!
a) Read the conversation again.

Then choose the correct answers

1. What is the project about?

A. Future transport B. Future weather C. Future energy

2. 'Driverless cars' have no

A. people B. drivers C. solar energy

3. What does Phuc think an SSS can do?

A. Help cars to fly and help them to park.

B. Make cars crash and help them to avoid traffic.

C. Help cars to avoid traffic and crashes.

4. Why does Phuc say 'The future is green'?

A. There will be less pollution.

B. Driverless cars will be green.

C. Green is Phuc's favourite colour.
b) Answer the questions.

1. What problems do they think future transport will have?

2. Which means of transport mentioned would you like most? Why?

3. What other means of transport do you think will be used in the future?

If there are too many flying cars, there will be traffic jams in the sky. Some means of transport will not be convenient in bad weather. Future means of transport may use a lot of fuel which will make pollution worse.

I like Driverless cars best because I don't need a driver to take me to some place.

Jet pack, driverless cars.
2. Facts or opinions? Tick (✓) in the F

(Fact) or O (Opinion) box.
F

O
1. Driverless cars already exist.
2. They look so cool!
3. A jet pack doesn't take lots of space.
4. Then perhaps a teleporter is the best.
5. Solar energy will power everything!
✓

✓

✓

✓

✓
3a) Can you find any future means of transport

from the conversation in 1 here?

flying car driverless car
3b) Now combine more adjectives and nouns.

How many words can you make? Be creative!

flying taxi

wind-power bus

solar- powered airplane

underwater ship

electric bicycle

3b) Now combine more adjectives and nouns. How many words can you make? Be creative!

Example:

A: I think a space train sounds great.

B: Oh. I don't. I think an underwater bus is better!

Goodbye