Reading 1% Read the text about cars in the future. How are they different from the cars we have now? Imagine going into town to go shopping. You arrive at the station. The shopping centre is a 20-minute walk away, but you have a better idea. You get in a pod — a small car. You can't drive, but that’s no problem, because the pod doesn’t need a driver. Ithas a computer! There's a screen, so you surf the web or play computer games. Is this science fiction? No, it will soon be reality A hundred driverless pods will soon be on the road in the British town of Milton Keynes. They will vel on the pavement, but their special computer program will use GPS, HD cameras and sensors to navigate safely. Each pod can carry two people and travel at a maximum speed of about 49 kph. They save time and are better for ‘the environment, because they don’t cause pollution, ‘Google is also developing a ‘self-driving ‘car’ by adapting normal cars. The US states Nevada, Florida and California permit riverless cars on normal roads with other 'So, in the future you may have the “opportunity to download an app onto your his glasses | smartphone and call a driverless pod to take me papers where you want to go. Another option, re under the __and ithe was v them on Match the words from the text definitions. 1. to picture something in your mind _itma 2. a type of book or film usually about the future, space or other planets. _ 3. move around something or find the fight direction = 4 the air, water and land on and in which people and animals live 5 something that happens when the air or water is not clean Read the text again. Mark the senter true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences. 1 Driverless cars use a computer to drive the car. = | 2. If you can’t drive, you can’t go in a pod. rs 3. The pods in Milton Keynes will be on the road with other cars. 4. The pods won't go very fast. = 5. Driverless cars won't help the ervironment. 6. Driverless cars can travel on the road in some parts of the US. = 7 One day people will phone driverless taxis i & What do you think of driverless ¢ Why are they a good idea? Can you thin any problems with them? Write four or! sentences.