PROYECTO 3

ENGLISH

ACTIVITY 10 - READING COMPREHENSION

(Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
ACL 2ºESO

GREEN WHEELS
The blog about transport and a greener future

Air pollution is normally caused by cars. It's a very simple fact: when more people
drive cars, pollution increases so if fewer people drove cars, the air would be much
cleaner. So what do you do in a huge country like China? China has the largest
population in the world. It has 120 large cities with more than a
million people in each one. There are already about 200 million
cars, lorries, buses and motorbikes on the roads in China. If its
population grows according to experts' predictions, the number
of vehicles there will increase to about a billion by the year
2050. The terrible effect on air pollution will be disastrous.
Electric vehicles are considered one possible solution to this problem, and millions of
electric bicycles are produced in China every year. But electric bikes can't replace
public transport like trains and buses. So, China is planning to build something new
and exciting - the 3D Express Coach. What is it? It's a giant bus. Shenzhen Hashi
Future Parking Equipment Company had the idea for this amazing invention. It will
run on electric and solar power, and it will travel over the traffic - not in the traffic. It
will transport more than 1,000 people and will save up to 860 tons of fuel a year.
In the meantime, there's another mega transport system in the planning stage in
California - the Hyperloop. The inventors of the
Hyperloop are planning to make giant tubes or tunnels,
with capsules travelling quickly through them! If it's
successful, the Hyperloop will transport passengers 560
kilometres between San Francisco and Los Angeles in just
35 minutes. The solar energy that it uses will be 100%
emission-free. If it were my decision, I would start production on both these green
forms of transport immediateły.
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ENGLISH

ACTIVITY 10 - READING COMPREHENSION

(Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
ACL 2ºESO

1. Read and listen to the blog entry about GREEN TRANSPORT. How will
the 3D Express Coach and the Hyperloop improve the environment?
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2. Read and listen to the blog entry again and DECIDE if the following
sentences are true or false. CORRECT the false ones.
a. If less people drive cars, pollution will increase.
b. In China there are 120 big cities where more than one million people live.
c. Electric vehicles can be a good solution to the problem of pollution.
d. The 3D Express Coach will travel in the traffic and it will transport more
than 1,000 passengers.
e. The Hyperloop will only run on solar power.
f. The inventors of the Hyperloop are planning to build big roads for
capsules.
g. The Hyperloop will transport passengers from San Francisco to Los
Angeles in less than half an hour.
3. Say why the following numbers are mentioned in the blog entry:
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4. Highlight in yellow all the sentences in the text in which “will” is used to
talk about the future.
5. What will transport be like in the future? Use "will" to make five
predictions.
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