UNIT 11.

TRAVELLING IN THE FUTURE

Minh: Oh, another traffic jam.
Ann: How will we get to the campsite on time now?
Minh: I don’t know. It’s a pity that we don’t have a hyperloop now!
Ann: What’s a hyperloop?
Minh: It’s a system of tubes. You can go from one place to another in just minutes.
Ann: Amazing! Even faster than a flying car!
Minh: Yes, and there are no traffic jams.
Ann: Will it pollute the environment?
Minh: No. There will be no fumes, and it’s totally safe.
Ann: Like a teleporter?
Minh: A teleporter is also fast, safe and eco-friendly. But it’s a different mode of travel.
Ann: So when we travel in hyperloops, we won’t have to worry about bad weather, right?
Minh: Right.
Ann: Sounds great! I hope we’ll have them soon.

3 Read the conversation again and tick (✓) T (True) or F (False).

1. Ann and Minh are in a traffic jam now.

2. Ann and Minh are going to school.

3. Ann nows a lot about hyperloops.

4. Minh seems to know about different modes of travel.

5. They hope there will be hyperloops soon.

Vocabulary
2 Write words and phrases from 1 in the correct columns.
Flying car Bamboo-copter hyperloop skyTran Solar-powered ship

Ride fly sail

3 Complete the sentences, using the words from the box.

Eco-friendly Fly ride Bamboo-copter hyperloop
1. Travelling by _________ is simple. You just put it on and fly away.
2. People will soon _________ in flying cars instead of driving normal cars.
3. It will be fun to_________ a skyTran to work.
4. Travelling by _________ will be faster than by airplane.
5. Solar-powered ships are _________ . They will not cause pollution.

Grammar The future simple

1 Complete the sentences with will or won’t.
1. Petrol-powered cars are not eco- friendly, so they _________ be popular.
2. We _________ travel by teleporter soon because it is faster.
3. Rich people _________ choose to travel to other planets for their holidays.
4. People _________ take holidays in crowded places as in the past.
5. Bullet trains _________ soon become a popular means of transport in Viet Nam because they are
green and safe.
2 Rearrange the words and phrases to make sentences.
1. driverless cars / we / will have / in 2030 /.
__________________________________________________________________.
2. cars / cities / won’t allow / in 2050 /.
__________________________________________________________________.
3. electric cars / will / popular / be /?
__________________________________________________________________.
4. we / use / will / buses / soon / solar-powered /.
__________________________________________________________________.
5. have / enough parking places / we / will / in ten years /?
__________________________________________________________________.
3 Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the conversation.
Alice: Do you think travelling by teleporter will become possible soon?
Tom: Yes. I hear that it (1. take) __________ very little time to travel from one country to another.
Alice: Right. And we (2. not have) __________ to wait at the airport.
Tom: we (3. have) __________ to learn to drive it?
Alice: No. We (4. not drive) __________ it. It makes us disappear then appear in another place in just
seconds.
Tom: How wonderful! There (5. not be) __________ traffic jams any more, right?
Grammar Possessive pronouns
5 Replace the underlined phrases with possessive pronouns.
1. My motorbike runs on electricity. How about their motorbikes?
2. Your bicycle is blue and my bicycle is red.
3. My dream is to travel to the moon. His dream is different.
4. My bus was late. Your bus was on time.
5. His car is a flying car. Our car is an electric one.

Reading
2 Read the passage and answer the question.
Roadrunner
Roadrunner is a car company that makes electric cars. The company introduced the first model in 2015
and they named it Speed. Speed soon became a success. Speed is safe, fast, comfortable, and not very
expensive. It has four seats. The car can travel over 350 kilometres per hour. You only have to charge
the battery every 700 kilometres. It even has a gaming screen inside.
The company will introduce a new model next year called Safety. This model will become the largest
and safest electric car you can buy. It will be able to carry seven passengers. The new model will also be
more economical.
Both models have an autopilot function, so they are driverless. Passengers can read, play games, or even
sleep while they travel.
What is its main idea?
A.Roadrunner is a success.
B.Roadrunner is a car company.
C.Roadrunner’s cars have an autopilot function.
3 Read the passage again and complete the fact file with no more than two words or a number.
Fact File

Name of the company Roadrunner

Speed was introduced in (1)

Safety will be the (2) and (3) electric car

Both models have a gaming screen and an (4)

Both models run on (5)

Passengers can read, sleep, play games

I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.
1. A. space B. pack C. safe D. make
2. A. look B. scooter C. moon D. food
3. A. button B. funny C. success D. function
4. A. mean B. pleasant C. easy D. heat
5. A. popular B. flop C. hover D. programme

II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. believe B. avoid C. prefer D. happen
2. A. expensive B. wonderland C. favourite D. driverless
3. A. system B. transport C. future D. traffic
4. A. appearance B. pollution C. personal D. opinion
5. A. teleporter B. available C. environment D. electrical

VII. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to finish the sentences.

1. You can use a jet pack to __________ anywhere easily.
A. drive B. sail C. ride D. fly

2. The driver pulls the handle of the Segway to go back or __________ it to go forward.
A. pushes B. brakes C. circles D. turns

3. A __________ makes you disappear and then you reappear in another place seconds later.
A. monowheel B. scooter C. teleporter D. spaceship

4. The cars which are generated by solar energy are called __________ cars.
B. solar-powered D. solar-daily
A. solar-wasted C. solar-friendly

5. The driver sits inside the wheel of the monowheel and __________ to go forward.
A. pedals B. floats C. presses D. hovers

6. An aircraft without a human pilot aboard is called a __________ aircraft.

A. pilotless B. single-pilot C. double-piloted D. three-piloted

7. The black hover scooter is Tom's; __________ is red.

A. I B. me C. my D. mine

8. This is __________ smart vehicle; _____ is over there.

A. her – our B. her – ours C. hers – ours D. hers – our

9. I think means of transport in the future __________ petrol.

A. aren't using B. aren't going to use C. won't use D. won't be using

10. At this time next month, we __________ the new flying boat.
A. are testing B. are going to test C. will test D. will be testing

IX. Read the following passage and answer the questions below.

How does a rocket get to outer space?

A rocket uses fuel to make power for the engine. The fuel is set on fire inside the rocket. As the fuel
burns, it creates gases that have great pressure. These gases are blasted out of the rocket engines.

These gases all go out the bottom of the rocket engine where it is open. They come out so fast and with
so much power that the rocket is pushed up. It is pushed up so hard that the rocket overcomes the force
of gravity, which tries to keep everything on the ground. The force that pushes up against the front of
the rocket is called thrust.

Unlike an airplane, a rocket does not use wings to help it fly. It just uses the power and force created by
the burning fuel to make enough thrust.
1. Where is the fuel set on fire?
_____________________________________________________________________________.
2. How do the gases come out to make the rocket be pushed up?
_____________________________________________________________________________.
3. What does the force of gravity try to do?
_____________________________________________________________________________.
4. What is thrust?
_____________________________________________________________________________.
5. What does an airplane use to help it fly?
_____________________________________________________________________________.

X. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it.
1. My jet pack is on the ground and her is on the table.
A B C D
→
2. I think more people will be using skycycling tubes in the future.
A B C D
→
3. This is Mr and Mrs Evers' house and those are theirs children.
A B C D
→
4. My brother will pedal his monowheel to work at this time next week.
 A B C D
→
5. Will we travelling in driverless and high-speed cars in the future?
A B C D
→
5. The most suitable apartment is near to the city center.
A B C D
6. Her younger sister doesn't like do housework.
A B C D
7. There are a large, modern bathroom and a kitchen in the apartment.
A B C D
5. Hung spends most of his free time playing computer's games.
A B C D
6. People are living longer so there are more and more many old people
A B C D
7. One of the world's largest libraries are the United States' Library of Congress

A B C DListening Part 1

Questions 1-5
For each question, choose the correct answer.
1 What will they buy Timmy for his birthday?

2 What time will they meet?

3 Where will they go skiing?

4 How will the friends travel?

5 How much will the woman pay for the bicycle?

Answer & Audioscript

Listening Part 2
Questions 6-10
For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one word or a number or a date or a
time.
You will hear a speaker giving information about a skiing trip.
Skiing trip
Country: Italy
Dates of trip: 2nd – (6) …………… January
Cost of trip: (7) £……………
Not included in price: Lunch and (8) ……………
Free lessons: Every (9) ……………
Lessons are important for: (10) ……………