Unit 11. Travelling in the Future. Lesson 5. Skills 1

I /-Vocabulary:- hover scooter n: - monowheel n: - segway n: - handle n: - to flop : - weird adj: phương tiện di chuyển trượt trên mặt đất xe đạp một bánh tay cầm thất bại phương tiện d

Teacher : Lê Thị Ngọc Yên

What is the connection between them?

I /-Vocabulary:

I /-Vocabulary:

- hover scooter (n):

- monowheel (n):

- segway (n):

- handle (n):

- (to) flop :

- weird (adj):

phương tiện di chuyển trượt trên mặt đất

xe đạp một bánh

tay cầm thất bại phương tiện di chuyển bằng cách đẩy chân

kỳ dị, kỳ quái

defeat

- hover scooter

- monowheel

- segway

- handle

- flop

- weird

There have been many interesting transport inventions Some become popular, but others flop!

The personal hover scooter floats above the ground It travels at around 30 kph But it isn't popular Maybe that because it's expensive Personally, I think it's too hard to park!

The monowheel is a single-wheel bike The driver sits inside the wheel and pedals

to go forward It has one major problem - it can fall over very easily I think it looks rather weird

The Segway is a success It's a two - wheeled vehicle The driver pulls the handle

to go back or pushes it to go forward It's not as popular as the inventors hoped, but you might see one in an airport, or park I guess it is a convenient, green way

to travel

Which new inventions will we use in the future? Which ones won't we use ? It's hard to know!

1 Read the text below and find the names of the

transport inventions.

II /-Reading:

2 Answer the following questions.

1 Which of the invention the most popular?

2 Why don't many people use the personal hover sooter?

3 Which transport does the winter think is strange?

4 Which transport is eco-friendly?

The Segway.

Maybe because the personal hover scooter is

expensive, and it may be difficult to park

The monowheel.

The Segway

3 Can you find words in the text to match the definitions below.

1 a new creation

2 not to become popular

3 strange unusual

→ invention

→ flop

→ weird

Study Skill: Opinion signal words

believe will/will not

in my opinion probably

Maybe guess

III/- SPEAKING

I think it’s too hard to park

I think it looks rather weird

I guess it is a convenient, green way to travel

1 Read the text again Which statements are facts? Which are the writer's opinion?

1 It travel at around 30 kph

2 Maybe that's because it's too expensive.

3 In my opinion it's too hard to park!

4 It has one major problem- it can fall over very easily

5 I also think it looks rather weird.

6 The driver pulls the handle to go back or pushes it to go forward

fact opinion opinion fact opinion fact

2 Now in pair, talk about the transport below Use a mix of facts and opinions.

Fact file

Name: Sinclair C5

Description: Three Wheels; small; electric power

Why flopped: bad in rain/ cold weather; slow; not safe

1, A: Do you know about Sinclair C5?

B: Yes I know But I don’t like it very much

A: Oh, I really like it because it is small

B: But it is bad in rain and cold weather

2, A: Do you know about Sinclair C5?

B: Yes I know I really like it because it is small

A: Oh, I don’t like it very much

B: Why not?

A: Because it is bad in rain and cold weather

Fact file

Name: Sinclair C5 Description: Three Wheels; small; electric power

Why flopped: bad in rain/ cold weather; slow; not safe

- Learn by heart the new words and structure

- Do exercises C1,2(P39); D1,2(P40,41)

- Prepare Unit 11- Skills 2

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