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Unit 12
Life’s firsts Listening; Values

6 Check/clarify: The (English)
Channel, hot air balloon. LIFE’S FIRSTS UNIT 12
Give students time to discuss the LISTENING
quiz questions. Invite students 6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Read the quiz questions. What do you think the answers are?
SPEAKING
to share their ideas with the rest
of the class but do not give the QUIZ: TRANSPORT FIRSTS
answers yet.

7 12.02 1 Who built the first car?
A Karl Benz B Henry Ford C Gottlieb Daimler
1 A 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 C 2 Who was the first pilot to fly across the Channel from France
to England?
A Amelia Earhart B Louis Blériot C Amy Johnson
8 12.02 3 Who was the first person to travel into space?
1 Germany, 1886 2 French, 1909 A Yuri Gagarin B Neil Armstrong C Valentina Tereshkova
3 Russian, 1961 4 France, 1783 4 The first hot air balloon to carry passengers, over 200 years ago … The first hot air balloon to carry passengers, over 200 years ago …
how far did it travel?
5 1863, Metropolitan Line A 9 metres B 9 km C 19 km
5 Where was the first underground line built?
9 Refer students to the quiz for A Paris B Istanbul C London
question 1. To encourage students
to use modals of deduction in
their discussions, write on the
board: It might / It will (probably/
definitely); It (definitely/probably)
won’t + base infinitive. Ask 7 12.02 Listen to the same quiz on a radio show.
students to rank this list from Check your answers.
most to least likely to happen in 8 12.02 Listen again. Complete the notes. Breaking new ground
the near future. At the end of the 10 Match the people (1–5) with their
exercise, listen to some of the 1 The first car achievements (a–e).
students’ ideas and encourage Where? 1 Neil Armstrong
2 Nelson Mandela
When?
open class discussion. 2 First cross-Channel flight 3 Charles Lindbergh
Nationality of pilot? 4 Kathryn Bigelow
When? 5 Marie Curie
10 Ask students to put their 3 First person in space a was the first female director to win
Nationality?
an Oscar.
hand up and say finished as soon When? b was the first man on the moon.
as they have completed the 4 First hot air balloon flight c was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
exercise. During feedback, ask Where? d was the first man to fly alone across
When?
the Atlantic.
the first person to finish: How did 5 Oldest underground line e was the first black president of South Africa.
it make you feel to be the first to Opened when?
Name of first line?
SPEAKING
finish? 11 SPEAKING Work in small groups.
Discuss these questions.
1 b 2 e 3 d 4 a 5 c 9 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 1 Is it important to be the first person to do
SPEAKING
something? Why or why not?
1 Which of the ‘transport firsts’ do you think is the most important?
11 At the end of the exercise, 2 Do you think these ‘transport firsts’ will ever happen? If yes, when? 2 What’s more important: coming first
(for example, in a competition) or just
listen to some of the students’ passenger travel to the moon taking part?
ideas and encourage open class non-stop flights from New York City to Sydney, Australia
discussion. trains that travel at 1,000 kph 113
Homework Activity idea Extension
Ask students to write three more Ask students to research a person from around the world for the series on
questions for the quiz, each with A, B World Firsts. They can upload a picture with a description of the person and
and C answer options. They can bring what they did in English. If students do not have access to the internet, they can
them to the next lesson for partners create their own ideas. As a follow-up, students can bring the picture to the next
to read and respond to them. lesson and present their person to the class. If students are struggling to think
of someone, you could give them the following people to research and find
out what their World First is: Serena Williams (first to win 23 Grand Slam tennis
titles), Shakira (first to have 100 million likes on Facebook), Tim Berners-Lee
(first to invent the world wide web), Psy (first to have a YouTube clip watched
a billion times), Walt Disney (first to win 22 Oscars).

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Social Responsibilities Workbook
Taking active roles including leadership Listening p114, Ex.1–5
Encourages others to participate and contribute in projects.
Unit 12 | Life’s firsts T113