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

Teacher : Lê Thị Ngọc Yên


What is the connection between them?



I /-Vocabulary:


I /-Vocabulary:
- hover scooter (n): phương tiện di chuyển trượt trên mặt đất
- monowheel (n): xe đạp một bánh
- segway

(n):

phương tiện di chuyển bằng cách đẩy chân

- handle

(n):

tay cầm

- (to) flop :

thất bại

- weird (adj):

kỳ dị, kỳ quái


- hover scooter
- monowheel

crazy

- segway
- handle
- flop
- weird

defeat


II /-Reading:
1. Read the text below and find the names of the
transport inventions.
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!


2. Answer the following questions.
1. Which of the invention the most popular?
The Segway.
2. Why don't many people use the personal hover sooter?
Maybe because the personal hover scooter is
expensive, and it may be difficult to park .
3. Which transport does the winter think is strange?
The monowheel.
4. Which transport is eco-friendly?
The
Segway


3. Can you find words in the text to match the
definitions below.
1. a new creation

→ invention

2. not to become popular → flop
3. strange unusual

→ weird

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.

Study Skill: Opinion signal words
believe

will/will not

think

possibly

in my opinion

probably

Maybe

guess


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


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

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

Example:
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.


- 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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