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A. Talk in pairs. Discuss the following.

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• What do you think the most useful mode

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of transport is?
• Can you imagine life without cars, .
planes, trains, etc.?

B. Answer the questions below. Then

watch the video and check your answers.
1. Where did the first car accident when someone died happen?.
a. USA b. Australia c. Ireland
2. What do you think John Pitt put on his Sky Car?.
a. wings b. an umbrella c. feathers
3. When did the first powered flight take place?.
a. 1803 b. 1893 c. 1903

C. Watch again and complete the sentences. D. Talk in pairs. Discuss the following.

1. The Dynasphere was a monowheel that could go . • What do you think life was like when cars
. and planes were new inventions?
• Are there any new inventions that can
2. The Dynasphere was invented by .
compare to them nowadays?
3. The first car accident when someone died happened on .
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4. The first flying machines looked like they were .
and not flying.
5. Early flying machines with engines couldn’t take off because
they were .
6. were the first people to fly a powered
flying machine.

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