Page 77 - Full Solutions 2nd Advanced Student Book_Neat

Fly-driue Gommuting

a a aa a taota aaa aa aa
For decades scientists have dreamed of building a car that can also fly,
but its only in the past few years, with the development of light-weight
construction materials and highly efficient engines, that the dream has
becorne a reality. I recently visited the headquaders of a company called
Terrafugia in Massachusetts.'What you are going to see,' said the young
man who showed me around. will revolutionise the way we travel around.'
He led me into a hangar. Before me stood the Transition'. brainchild of a versatile, it's also fairly economical, travelling 13 km per litre of unleaded
'1
group of young graduates from the Massachusetts lnstitute of Technology petrol in the air and 7 km on the ground. The Transition has attracted a
(MlT). lt was while they were studying at MIT that they came up with the huge amount of general interest, but the question is, is there a market?
idea, but not until they'd left college did they build the prototype. You can What may put a lot of people off is the price-tag: $148,000. The company
drive the Transition t0 the airport, extend its wings, take otf, fly up to 800 doesn't anticipate huge sales in the first year or so, but it does believe that
km and land at another airstrip. Then, having folded up the wings, you can it's only a matter of time before hybrid car-planes replace conventional
complete the journey t0 your destination by road. But not only is it very cars.

.li. Read the text. What is unusuaI about the vehicle? Rewrite the sentences to make them more emphatic, using
the techniques in the Learn this! box. More than one answer
3l: Read the Learn this! box and underline nine examptes in the
is sometimes possible. Compare your answers with a partner
text of ways of adding emphasis. What is being emphasised
and explain any differences.
in each sentence inthe Learn this! box?
I don't [il<e the design. lt'r the derign i don'i lirs
1 I don't have a car, but I have a bicycte.
I
Adding emphasis I
I 2 I've never read such a thought-provoking bool<.
I
1 Cleft sentences
3 | don't like his attitude to women.
I don't understand how the Transition can take off.
4 | can't afford a new car. That's the problem.
>> What I don't understand is how the Transition can
5 A man in a yellow jacket came round the corner.
take off.
The cost may put a lot of people off. 6d Z.ZO Listen. How do the speal<ers mal<e the fottowing
>> lt's the cost that may put o lot of people off. sentences more emphatic?
2 Fronting phrases
1 What are you doing? 5 Why did you do that?
a negative and limiting expressions 2 | know I'm wrong. 5 Tal<e a seat.
l've rarely been so impressed by a new invention.
3 The weather's nice today. 7 You're wearing a nice tie.
>> Rarely have I been so impressed by a new
4 You've done well.
invention.
b adverbiaI expressions of ptace ,,] Mal<e the fo[[owing sentences more emphatic. Say them out
The pilot sat in the cockpit. loud, paying attention to the stress and intonation.
>> ln the cockpit sat the pilot.
1 Where have you been?
c Phrases such as The problem/trouble/truth/fact/
2 You should apologise to me, not to him.
question is, ...
3 He scored a fantastic goal.
3 Use of do/does/did for emotive or contrastive
4 Hetp yourself to more potatoes.
em p hasis
5 I was just dozing off when Jacl< burst in.
The Transition looks elegant!
>> The Transition does look elegant! ilii?;ii.Hiffi,;i Complete the sentences in an appropriate way,
I don't like the colour, but I like the design. using an emphatic structure. Compare your answers with your
>> I don't like the colour, but I do like the design. partner.
1 What reatty bothers me is ...
Illll,ili, rllil,rli'L'r,il/riiirl liil.lil.l)i:iii ir'..i: lilill'l"fl!ll,l:r,r llli.lil ll;lrl ,(lllll 2 Rarely have I seen ...
3 lt's not just me that ...
Read paragraphs A, C, D and F of the text on pages 74 and T5
4 What I've set my sights on is ...
and find examples of ways of adding emphasis.
5 I don't ..., but I do ...
,
76 Unit 7 Journeys