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Reading 1

• I can read for specific information.

1 Read and listen. What is the text about?

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a) A journey to school b) Unusual transport c) Transport in the 19 century

The Skycar The SQuba The Couchbike

You can drive the Skycar or When Frank Rinderknecht Two friends invented the
fly it like a plane. Gideon saw his hero James Bond Couchbike. They tried to ride
Cardozo, a British engineer, drive his car into the sea, their special bicycle across a
designed the Skycar in just he decided that he wanted national park in Canada but
18 months. In 2009, Cardozo to build a similar car. The two police officers stopped
took the Skycar from the UK result was the SQuba them because Couchbike was
to Africa. He drove along submarine. The SQuba can more than two metres wide! It
roads and flew over travel at 120kph on land, was very slow and the cyclists
mountains and seas. Finally, 6.5kph on water and didn't have helmets. But the
they arrived in Timbuktu, 3.25kph underwater. This police officers didn't know
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Western Africa, more than machine is completely what to do, so the two friends
two months later. ecological but it is also continued their journey.
very expensive: it costs
nearly €1 million!

3 Match 1–4 with a–d to make collocations.
Make a note in your notebook of Then make sentences using the words in the box.
collocations - words which often go
together such as to fly a plane. cyclist driver pilot sailor

2 Read the text again and answer the questions. 1 drive a plane

1 Where did they go and how long did it take? 2 sail b bike
3 fly c boat
2 What speed can the SQuba reach on land? 4 ride d car

3 How much does the SQuba cost? E.g. A pilot flies a plane.
4 What is the Couchbike?
4 Which is the most unusual
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type of transport in the text?
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