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tOne
Fl
yi
ng"
car
"Coul
dBeonSal
eNextYear

Humani tyi ssett oent eranewer aoft ranspor tasaf lying

carcoul d go on sal enexty ear.TheBl ackFl yai rbor ne
vehiclewasunv eil
edbymakerOpeneri nCal iforniaon
Thur sday .Itisthe
brainchi ld ofGoogl e co- founderLar r
yPage.Bl ackFl y's
designer ssayi tcant rav elforupt o40km ataspeedof
100kperhour .Itwi llevent uallycostt hesameasat ypi cal
spor ts-utili
tycar .Thev ehiclehasbeent estedi nCanada,
whichhasaut hor i
zedi tsuse.Ev ent houghi twi lltaket o
theski es,dr i
vers( orpi l
ot s)wi llnotneedapi lot'
sl icense
togetbehi ndt hecont rols.Howev er,Bl ackFl yoper ator s
willhav et o successf ully compl ete a pi lot's wr i
tten
exami nat i
onandr eceiv etrainingi nhowt ouset hev ehi cle.
Criti
cssayt heter m" car"i ssomewhatofami snomerasi t
hasnowheel sandcannotbedr ivenonr oads.A mor e
accur at edescr ipti
onwoul dbeaper son- carryi
ngdr one.
Thev ehi clecanonl ycar ryoneper sonandi spower edby
eightpr opel l
ers-f ouratt hef rontoft hecarandf ouratt he
back.Company CEO Mar cus Leng sai d:" Opener i s
reener gizingt hear toff l
ightwi thasaf eandaf fordabl e
fl
y i
ngv ehi clethatcanf r
eei t
soper at orsf rom t heev ery day
restri
ct ions ofgr ound t ranspor tation."A f ormerv ice-
presidentofknowl edgeatGoogl esai dtheageofper sonal
fl
ightcoul dbear ri
v i
ngwi thBl ackFl y.Hesai d:"I'
venot iced
i
nmycar eert hatt hingsgof rom impossi blet oinev it
abl ein

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av
eryshor
tper
iodoft
ime.
"

A-CARS:Putt
hethi
ngsaboutcar
sthatneedt
hemost
i
mpr
ovementatthet
op.

•fueleff
ici
ency
•comf ort
•cost
•envir
onment al
l
yfr
iendl
y
•speed
•safety
•rel
iabil
i
ty
•l
ooks

B-Vocabular
y:Chooset
hedescr
ipt
iont
hatgoeswi
tht
he
f
oll
owingvocabul
ary:

Humanity–er
a–airbor
ne–unv eil
ed–br
ainchi
l
d-
misnomer–accur
ate–propell
ers–af
for
dable–
r
estri
cti
ons–i
nevi
tabl
e-vehicl
e

1.Ani deaorinvent i
onwhi chisconsideredtobea
part
icularperson'scr eation.
2.Aboutanai rcraftbeingi ntheairaftertaki
ngof
f.
3.Alonganddi sti
nctper iodofhistorywi t
hapart
icul
ar
feat
ur eorcharacteristic.
4.At hingusedf ortranspor t
ingpeopleorgoods,
especiall
y
onland, suchasacar ,
t r
uck, orcart
.

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5.Allofthepeopl einthewor l
d.
6.Showi ngorannounci ngpublicl
yf orthef
ir
stt
ime.
7.Amechani cal devicef orpropell
ingaboatorair
craft
,
consisti
ngofar ev olvi
ngshaf twitht woormorebroad,
angledbladesat tachedt oit.
8.Thel i
mitati
onorcont rolofsomeoneorsomet hing,or
thestateofbeingl imitedorrest r
icted.
9.Inexpensive;
reasonabl ypri
ced.
10.Awr ongori naccur atename.
11.Certaintohappen; unavoidable.

C-Compr
ehensi
onquest
ions:

1.Whati shumani tysettoenteranewer aof?

2.Whati sthenameoft hecompanyt hatmadet hefl
ying
car?
3.Howf astcant henewcarf ly?
4.Whatwi llpeoplenotneedt ogett oflyt hecar?
5.Whatwi llpeoplehavetogeti nordert of l
ythecar?
6.Whatdi dcrit
icssaywasami snomer ?
7.Howmanypeopl ecant hecarcar r
y ?
8.Howmanypr opell
ersdoest hecarhav e?
9.Whatdi daCEOsayt hecarr e-energized?
10.Howl ongdi daCEOsayt hingswentf rom impossi
ble
toinev
itable?

D-Tr
ue,
Fal
se:

a)Af
ounderofGoogl
eini
ti
atedt
hei
deaf
ort
hisf
lyi
ngcar
.

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T,F
b)Thenewfl
yingcarwil
ltrav
elataspeedof100kph.T,F
c)Peopl
ewon'tneedt
ogetapi lot
'sl
icenset
oflyt
hecar
.T
,F
d)Cri
ti
csoft
hecarsayitisn'
treal
lyacar.T,F
e)Thenewcarcancarr
yt wopeople.T,F
f)ThecompanyCEOsaidt hecarwil
lencour
agepeopl
eto
l
ikeart
.T, F
g)Anex-Googl
eexecut
ivesaidtheideaofafl
yi
ngcari
s
i
mpossible.T,
F

E-Sy
nony
m mat
ch:

(
Thewor
dsi
nbol
dar
efr
om t
henewsar
ti
cle.
)

1-Set a-limitat
ions
2-unv eiled b-inthel ongrun
3-ev entual l
y c-instructi
on
4-aut hor i
zed d-reviewer s
5-training e-shown
6-criti
cs f-unav oi
dable
7-accur at e g-all
owed
8-rest r
ictions h-obser ved
9-not i
ced i-ready
10-inev itable j-correct

F–Di
scussi
on:

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a)Whatdoy out hinkoffl
yingcars?
b)Wouldy ouli
ket obuyaf ly
ingcar?
c)Whataret hedangersoff l
yingcars?
d)Whatdoy out hinkofanewer aoftransport
?
e)Howwoul df l
yingcarschangeourl ives?
f)Wherewoul dyougoi naf l
yingcar?
g)Shouldpeopleneedal icensetoflythecar?
h)Wil
lfl
y i
ngcarsmeant heendofai rplanes?

G-Mul
ti
plechoi
cequi
z:

1)Whati shumani
tysett
oent
eranewer
aof
?
a)relat
ions
b)transpor
t
c)touri
sm
d)comput i
ng

2)Whatisthenameoft
hecompanyt
hatmadet
hef
lyi
ng
car
?
a)Skies
b)Fl
ier
c)Closer
d)Opener

3)Howf astcant
henewcarf
ly?
3)Howf astcant
henewcarf
ly?
a)200kph
b)120kph

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c)100kph
d)80kph

4)Whatdidtheart
icl
esaypeopl
ewoul
dnotneedt
ofl
ythe
car
?
a)api
lot
'sli
cense
b)abankloan
c)acr
ashhel met
d)amedical

5)Whatwill
peoplehav
etogeti
nor
dert
ofl
ythecar
?
a)aloveofheight
s
b)t
raini
ng
c)acompass
d)acrashhelmet

6)Whatdi dcr
it
icssaywasami
snomer
?
a)theterm"car"
b)fli
ght
c)drones
d)vehicl
es

7)Howmanypeopl
ecant
hecarcar
ry?
a)4
b)2
c)1
d)3

8)Howmanypr
opel
l
ersdoest
hecarhav
e?
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a)8
b)12
c)16
d)20

9)WhatdidaCEOsaythecarr
e-ener
gized?
a)hybri
dcars
b)knowledge
c)automobil
ecompani
es
d)theartoff
li
ght

10)Howl ongdidaCEOsayt hi
ngswentf
rom i
mpossi
ble
toi
nevit
able?
a)fi
veday sandthr
eehours
b)aninfi
nitet
ime
c)averyshortperi
odoft
ime
d)for
ever

H–Wr
it
ing:

Fly
ingcarsaret hefut
ureeventhoughtheycouldbe
dangerous.Discuss:
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