Period 44- Unit 5
INVENTIONS
Part 5 : Listening
Flying cars
Warm up
- Have you ever heard a flying car?
- Can you imagine and describe it? What does it have?

Today we will listen to an interview between a reporter and Mr. Brown at a test flight of a flying car.
Activity 1
 Look at the picture and discuss with a partner what this flying car (or aerocar) can and cannot do. 

Questions.
1.What does this flying car have on both sides of its body ?
2. Does it have wheels?
3. Can it fly?
4. Can it take off without a runway?
5. Can it run on the ground?
6. Can it move in water?
Flying car ( aerocar)
* Vocabulary
1. traffic jams (n) / træfik dʒæm /
2 traffic congestion (n) /træfik kən`dʒest∫n/
3. collapse (v) / kə`læps /
4.collapsible (a) / kə`læpsəbl /
5. gallon (n)= / `gælən / =4.54 l in the UK ,=3.78 l in the USA
6. garage( n) / `gærɑ:ʒ /
7.runaway (a) / `rʌnəwei /
8. runway (n) / `rʌnwei /
Activity 2 (in the textbook- p 53 )
Listen to an interview with Mr. Brown , a spectator at a test flight of a flying car . Tick the words or phrases that you hear.
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Listen to an interview with Mr. Brown , a spectator at a test flight of a flying car . Tick the words or phrases that you hear
__ 1.The test flight is taking place in New York City.
___ 2. Mr Brown is a policeman.
__ 3. He is interested in the test flight because he is considering owning a flying car to deal with the environment problems.
__ 4. What Mr. Brown likes about the flying car is that it is not too big and it doesn’t use too much gas.
__ 5.It can be put in a house
__ 6. This flying car cannot take off without a runway.
businessman
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F
F
T
T
Activity 3: Listen the interview and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

garage
F
traffic
Activity 4 (in the textbook- p 53 )
Listen again and complete the information about the flying car . Write one word or number in each gap.

size : a little bit ………………….than a normal car
petrol consumption : …………….gallon(s)
per hour in the air
………………gallon(s)
per 50 km on the ground
3.speed ………………. km per hour in the air.
…………………km per hour on the ground
bigger
five
one
200
120
Activity 5. (in the textbook- p 53 )
-Work in groups . Answer the following questions:
1. Do you want to own a flying car like Mr. Brown ?
Why or Why not ?
2. Is there a way to solve the problem with the car that Mr. Brown discusses ?
Suggested answers:
1.I want to own a flying car like Mr. Brown
because + it can both run on the ground and fly in the air .
+ It can help me to avoid traffic jams at rush hours.
+ It can move quickly ( = with high speed),….
-I don’t want to own a flying car like Mr. Brown
because + it can’t take off without a runway .
+ It can carry a small number of passengers ,…
2. Making it leave the ground like a helicopter .


Homework
Learn new words by heart.
Summarize the content of conversation from the answers in tasks .
Find out further information about the flying car.
4. Do the tasks in the workbook.
5.Prepare The lesson” Writing”