English 7 unit 11 travelling skills 1

BRAINSTORMING
flying car

A

B
pilotless plane

driverless car

Means of
transport in the
future
wind-powered
helicopter

solar powered bus

flying bicycle



* Vocabulary:
- Hover scooter (n)
- Monowheel (n)
- segway(n)
- Invention (n)
- weird (a) strange/ unusual
- flop(n)

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* Checking: Match the word with the right meaning
:
Xe
trượt
trên
mặt
đất
a.
Phát
minh
1. Hover scooter (n)
: Xe đạp một
bánh
b.
Thất bại
2. Monowheel (n)
:Xe di chuyển
bằng
cách
đẩy
chân
c.
Xe
trượt
trên
mặt
đất
3. segway(n)

4. invention (n)
5. weird (a)
6. flop(n)

:Phát minh d. Kì dị
:Kì dị

e. Xe đạp một bánh

:Thất bại f. Xe di chuyển bằng
cách đẩy chân


Unit 11: TRAVELLING IN THE FUTUTRE
Lesson 5: SKILLS 1

1. What is the connection between them?


I. READING:
2. 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!


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


4. 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


II. SPEAKING
Ex: I think it’s too hard to park.
In my opinion, 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


5. Read the text again. Which statements are facts?
Which are the writer's opinion?
No
Statements

.
1. It travels 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

F/O


5. Facts or Opinions

Let’s play the game “Lucky numbers”
A

B

4
6
1
2
3
5
0

1
2

3
6
4
5
0

1 2 3
4 5 6
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8 9!


5. Read the text again. Which statements are facts (F)?
Which are the writer's opinion (O)?
No
Statements
.
1. It travels 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

F/O
F
F
O

F
O
F


6. 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

Ex:
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.


- Write 5 your opinions about the transport
inventions in Reading 2.
- Learn by heart the new words and Remember.
- Do exercise again in your notebooks.
- Prepare new lesson (part Skills 2).


Thanks for your
attention

GOODBYE
And
SEE YOU AGAIN


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1. It travel at around 30
kph.

It is Fact


2. Maybe that's because

it's too expensive.
It is Opinion


3. In my opinion it‘s too
hard to park!
It is Opinion


4. It has one major
problemit can fall over very easily.
It is Fact


5. I also think it looks
rather weird.
It is Opinion


6. The driver pulls the
handle to go back or
pushes it to go forward.
It is Fact.