ae Transportation TD) Read sentences 1-4. Then read the conversation and choose the correct words. 1 AlectG@RY can’t ride a bike 2 Niall can / can't ride a motorcycle. 3 Niall and Alexa are friends /brother and sister. 4 Alexaiis taking / isn't taking motorcycle lessons at the moment, Alexa and Niall traveled from Los Angeles to Au drove / car flew / plane rode / motorcycles we subway to the bus station, ee sis ona ae 20r0s Sidney Harbor to a's uncle’ hous twenty-four 40 LAX airport. The traffic was bad We took the Los Angeles ‘We nearly missed the plane! ——— sqdnny. We sat upstairs i and enjoyed the views. Alexa: In Australia, we're going to ride motorcycles, right? Niall: Yes, but just because you can ride a bike doesn’t mean you can ride a motorcycle. | have a motorcycle license, remember? Alexa: You sound like my mom and dad! Don’t worry. ¥’'m going to take motorcycle lessons. istralia. Complete the labels on Alexa’s pictures. sailed /ferry took / bus teoktsubway took / train _ to Sydney The fight vas 1 hours, This was 9 484-seat | our Airbus A360! this | a train, or the subway L> | € | € | We can use go by for most forms of transportation: Let's go by plane. We went by car. For walking, we use on foot: 11go to school on foot. qnipkal | & 4. Discuss the questions in pairs. Bl ciicianen serio tae 3 Do you ever fly or take a train? Where to? 4 Fora vacation, does your family drive or fly? Gayest 5 In the city, do you prefer to go by bus or subway? Why? PY METRO EXPRESS #110 IIE | RISD Vehicle prototypes 1 QED what does prototype mean? Listen to the report and choose the correct answer. athe first super-fast vehicles 'b any popular form of transportation € vehicles that you can‘t buy the first design of a new invention 2 QW Listen again. Label the pictures with the prototype names and write the dates. dynasphere jet pack pedipulator railplane 3 Q_® Read the questions. Listen again and answer them. 1. How long could prototype jet packs fly for? 20 seconds 2 How long can modern jet packs fly for? 3 Which prototype traveled on wheels? 4 Which prototype wasn't easy to drive? 5. Which invention can you buy now? 6 Which two vehicles were in movies? Q aotwenty-six TE Read the title and look at the pictures. What do you think “VR” means? Read the text quickly and check. Dl La PCR a Memo leaving your home! Look at this view! I'm at the Eifel Tower, 276 meters above Paris, From here, the streets look like lines on a map. In the distance, | can see the modern buildings at La Defense, Nearer tome, the buildings are older. Thats the Arc de Triomphe. There's the Louvre Museum by the river. Down in the street, tiny cars and buses are driving along. Everything looks so small! Now | shake my head from side to side - and day becomes night! | can see the lights all across the city Its beautifull Confused? Let me explain. | wasrit really in Paris! Itwas a ‘virtual visit. I loved it.I want to visit again! This is how itworks: you need a VR (virtual reality) headset. The best cones cost hundreds of dollars. But you can get a cardboard VR headset for $10! With the cardboard VR headsets, you just download a VR app and put your smartphone into the headset - and that’ it! You can "go" anywhere: you can “walk along Copacabana beach, “surf” in Australia, and then ‘ride a ‘motorcycle’ around Las Vegas. And you can do all ofthat in cone afternoon after school, without flying or driving anywhere. You can even watch VR pop videos. And once you buy the app. and the headset, its all for freel Read the sentences. Choose T (True) or F (False), 1 Isabel is looking at a map. Tora 2 La Defense is near the Eifel Tower. TO FO 3 The Louvre isa river in Paris Toro 4 AIIVR headsets are cheap. Toro 5 Some VR headsets cost $10. tora 6 You can “vist” anywhere with VR. TO FO 7 You can surf in Las Vegas. Toro 8 There are music videos in VR format. TO) FO Discuss the questions. 1. Why do you think Isabel says “the streets look like lines on a map"? 2 What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of VR travel? 3 Do you want to try VR travel? Why? / Why not? Where would you like to visit? C(G} Grammar) Short comparative adjectives @n die Rad] 4 Write sentences comparing the two motorcycles. Use than. 1 Read the messages and complete the sentence. ~ Chloe usually * to her house, but today Alyssa is taking the # SEE, Sporsmotoreycie) Chopper motorcycle ‘Are you coming to Yes. I'm on Fifth Avenue. my house tonight? |” | What's the best way? ae me Choe Ll Aisa motorcycle | motorcycle The bus is usually easier stolid ea oa than the subway. But | valk “ speed 267 kmihy___| 183 km/h ralaa Lwny \ noise (dB) 65 dB 90 48 , | ays year 2016 1995 Uscheaper! | (gut iishat inthe seat ee TSS BEE > Hoe and its even hotter in the. ‘subway. 'm taking the bus. 1 (big) The chopper motorcycle is bigger than the sports motorcycle. s " mee 2 (mall) Th motorcycle ic smaller than the chopper motorcycle, 2 Look at the bold comparative adjectives in 3 (at) exercite 1, Complete the chart. Short adjectives. 4 (noisy) Per ————————————— cheap It's "cheaper! cy safe The busi safer than the subway or sg ; 6 (cheap) yecker lazy You'elazier than mel easy The busi usually 2 than the subway (65) Your turn ) double consonant + -er big New York is bigger than Chicago. hot It’s even» in the subway, ‘We can compare two things using than. ‘The subway is faster than the bus. 3 complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives. Add than if necessary. 1A The math test was harder than (hard) the science test. B Noway, | thought it was easier _(easy)! 2 His hai (dark) hers, but hers is (ong). 3A Today is (cloudy) yesterday. B Yeah. Where did the summer go? It was much (sunny) yesterday! 4A Your uncle is riendly) your aunt. B He's Gunny), too! 5 Write true comparative sentences with than. 1 hort) tor me / my bestfriend Lam shorter than my best friend / __ My best friend is shorter than me. 2 (old) my mom / my dad 3 (tall) my mom / my dad 4 (young) | or me / my bestfriend 5 (shy) Lor me / my friends 6 (easy) science / art 6 Write five more true comparative sentences. ‘My best friend is smarter than me! > METRO EXPRESS #10 tuanas-Auany, DI III Gay(VY vecabutary) Travel: adjectives 1 Look atthe travel blog about a trip to Thailand and complete the paragraphs. Listen and check A weekend away 1 Read the sentences 1-3 and listen to the conversation. Which sentences are true? Choose a,b, ¢d,ore. 1 Bess went to Chicago with her father. crowded traditional unusual 2 Logan and his dad flew to Chicago. 3. Bess friend Logan lives in Chicago. al b2 ¢3 dtand2 e tand3 This is Chatuchak market in Bangkok The traditional _ Thai clothes were beautiful. | found some very 2 musical frogs! There were thousands of stores and it was very? ____ soweleftaftera few hours. ‘ historic modern noisy We took tuk-tuks back to our hotel We drove past very + neighborhoods with tll skyscrapers, and some old buildings and 5___ monuments. We didnt talk because the tuk-tuk was really ery comfortable delicious quiet We stayed in a hotel by the Chao Praya River, Itwas very? compared with the busy street. For dinner, | had rice with mango and chil Itwas® The beds in our hotel were very 4 In the morning, | didnt want to get up! 2 Order the events. Listen again and check. They watched a basketball game. They visited a tall building, They went to their hotel 1. They flew to Chicago. 2 OW usten and repeat. 3 complete the sentences with travel adjectives in exercise 1. ‘They went to a planetarium, ‘They flew to New York. 4 Ther re ot of stre—— bulingsin Oslor8. 3 UD tsten agin and choose the correct words randma wants to sunbathe ona : ct ea 1 They lew to Chicago on €GdaD/ Saturday is cary realy he 2 The plane was modern / old. 4 We spt onthe flor. wasn’ ve 1 ve Z 3. Bess liked / didn’t like the hotel. 5 Veant hear you. mat the tain sation andits very} ee dest stag / he hotel 5. Bess is a Bulls / Pistons fan. 6 They vted 360 Chicago on Saturday / Sunday 7 At 360 Chicago, they went to the 90th / 94th floor. 6 The subway is always before 9 a.m, Everyone is going to work then. 9 METRO EXPRESS NO twenty-eight =D EoD 8 yam em1 QD 2 Look at the ad and choose the correct answer. (G} Grammar) Long and irregular comparative adjectives a ‘The Xenon 235i isa a boat. bb bus. car. d_ motorcycle. THE NEW XENON 23510 RVING JUST GOT MORE EXCITING = o The new diesel engine is 20% more powerful, so its much faster than before. Its also more efficient, so the new Xenon 235i is cheaper to drive. ‘The Xenon 235i - its better than any other vehicle inits class. 2 Complete the chart with the green comparative inc, Long comparative adjectives Long adjective | more + adjective powerful The engine is ' more powerful than before. efficient IWsalso # than before. Irregular comparative adjectives 1 bad This car is worse than that one. 2) good ‘The Xenon 235iis 2 than any 2 other vehicle in its class 4 s We can use less with adjectives of two or more syllables: The old Xenon was more expensive than the new Xenon 235i. = The new Xenon 2351s less expensive than the old Xenon, 6 1 > METRO EXPRESS 0.10 @n die Rad] 2 5B Wee comparative sentences whth inert thon surfing / dangerous / sailing. Surfing is more dangerous than sailing. _ cars / expensive / planes. For tourists, London / popular / New York City. I think history / interesting / science. Taylor Swift / talented / met Brooklyn Bridge / famous / London Bridge. @mxamm 4 compare the two stores n the pictures. Use more / less than. beautiful crowded expensive friendly good popular traditional The assistants in store B look friendlier than in store A. 5 Follow the lines and write sentences that are true for you in your notebook. Use more / less ... than. artexhibitions \ / beautiful. amusement parks cakes deliciouss\ fart hip-hop exciting volleyball math | difficut heavy metal the mountains /+- good potato chips soccer interesting \ city parks Art exhibitions are less interesting than amusement parks. aulu-Auanny UIE [amp Gl