Airbus

Discussion:

Role A – Airplane You think an airplane is the best way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): bicycle, helicopter or horse. 

Role B – Bicycle You think a bicycle is the best way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): airplane, helicopter or horse. 

Role C – Helicopter You think a helicopter is the best way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): bicycle, airplane or horse. 

Role D – Horse You think a horse is the best way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): bicycle, helicopter or airplane.




LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check. 


1) The airplane maker Airbus has announced plans to ______ 

 a. cease production b. crease production c. seize production d. seas production 


2) When it was launched, it was heralded as the future ______ 

 a. of aviation b. off aviation c. of aviators d. off aviating 


3) call a halt to production of the 544-seat A380 due to weaker than ______ 

 a. expectant sails b. expecting sells c. expected sales d. expect it cells 


4) The nail in the coffin was when the Dubai-based Emirates Airline cut ______ 

 a. its A380 folder b. its A380 border c. its A380 hoarder d. its A380 order 


5) This will result in significant job losses at companies linked ______ manufacture 

 a. to a plane's b. to their plane's c. to this plane's d. to the plane's 


6) The A380 embarked on its inaugural flight in April 2005 ______ 

 a. to greet fun fair b. too great fan fair c. to great fanfare d. two grate fun fare 


7) Prime Minister Tony Blair called the giant jet a "symbol of ______" 

 a. economically strength b. economist strength c. economics strength d. economic strength 


8) combat congestion at airports by reducing the number of planes needed ______ 

 a. in them skies b. in the skies c. in their skies d. in then skies 


9) Giant, four-engine jets usually require passengers to ______ airports 

 a. transit at hub b. transit at rub c. transit at pub d. transit at dub 


10) the A380 was a "passenger magnet" that was misunderstood and ______ 

 a. badly market it b. badly mark it c. badly mar kitted d. badly marketed







COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS  

1. How long has the A380 been in service? 

2. What was the A380 believed to be the future of? 

3. What days did the article say was over? 

4. How many planes did Emirates cut its order by? 

5. What will be lost because of the ending of the production of the A380? 

6. When was the A380's inaugural flight? 

7. What did Britain's former Prime Minister say the A380 was a symbol of? 

8. What did the article say there was a higher demand for? 

9. Where did the article say passengers were required to transit? 

10. What did an Emirates spokesperson call the A380?


MULTIPLE CHOICE  

1) How long has the A380 been in service? 

a) 20 years b) 15 years c) 12 years d) 22 years 


2) What was the A380 believed to be the future of? 

a) aviation b) space travel c) luxury d) passengers 


3) What days did the article say was over? 

a) Tuesdays and Saturdays b) flight c) aviation d) 4-engine planes 


4) How many planes did Emirates cut its order by? 
a) 390 b) 39 c) 93 d) 309 


5) What will be lost because of the ending of the production of the A380? 
a) routes b) aviation c) jobs d) airports


6) When was the A380's inaugural flight? 
a) August 1995 b) April 2005 c) August 2005 d) April 1995 


7) What did Britain's former Prime Minister say the A380 was a symbol of? a) the skies b) Dubai c) aviation d) economic strength 


8) What did the article say there was a higher demand for? a) helicopters b) twin-engine planes c) aviation d) the skies 


9) Where did the article say passengers were required to transit? a) hub airports b) Dubai c) the skies d) London 


10) What did an Emirates spokesperson call the A380? a) the "star of the skies" b) an "aviation miracle" c) a "giant giant" d) a "passenger magnet"



VOCABULARY MATCHING 

Part 1

1. announced           a. Was a sign that (something) is about to happen. 

2. cease                   b. A person or thing regarded as being a symbol of something (usually something great). 

3. iconic                  c. Bring or come to an end; stop. 

4. launched              d. An action or event regarded as likely to have a very bad or destructive effect on a situation. 

5. heralded                e. Made a public and typically formal declaration about a fact. 

6. aviation                 f. Started a business, product, campaign ,etc. for the first time. 

7. nail in the coffin    g. Anything about the science or practice of flight and flying. 

Part 2 


8. inaugural                h. Take action to reduce, destroy, or prevent something. 

9. fanfare                   i. The effective center of an activity, region, or network. 

10. counterpart            j. So crowded with traffic or people as to hinder freedom of movement. 

11. combat                   k. Great media attention or elaborate ceremony. 

12. congestion             l. A person or thing that has a powerful attraction. 

13. hub                        m. Marking the beginning of an institution, activity, or period of office. 

14. magnet                  n. A person or thing holding a position or performing a function that corresponds to that of another person or thing in another place.



SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.) 

1. announced                  a. flight

2. cease                          b. strong

3. aviation                       c. serious

4. expected                     d. peer 

5. significant                   e. stop

6. inaugural                     f. overcrowding

7. counterpart                  g. made public

8. congestion                   h. change

9. booming                      i. hoped for

10. transit                         j. first 



PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) 


1. plans to cease production                     a. aviation

2. in service                                             b. stop

3. heralded as the future of                      c. expected sales

4. due to weaker than                               d. congestion at airports

5. This will result in significant                e. of its A380 aircraft

6. The A380 embarked on its                   f. strength

7. a symbol of economic                           g. at hub airports

8. The plane was designed to combat         h. job losses

9. twin-engine planes that can fly non         i. inaugural flight

10. require passengers to transit                   j. for 12 years


PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER  

1. to cease has Airbus announced plans production . 

2. of was as the It heralded future aviation . 

3. over . are days planes The passenger of giant 

4. call to to production . Airbus a decided halt 

5. job losses . significant in will This result 

6. of symbol the called Blair strength . a jet 

7. designed The congestion . plane was to combat 

8. the skies . planes in Reducing number the of 

9. where Fly to non-stop to want travel . people 

10. transit . jets Four-engine passengers to usually require
      

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