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THE TAPESCRIPT

I absolutely love flying. I love everything about it, from buying my air ticket to getting off the plane and collecting my baggage. There’s something very special about getting on an airplane. It’s always a real adventure. I like short flights and long-haul flights. Many people say economy class is terrible, but I like it. There isn’t enough legroom but I don’t mind that. Many people also say they hate airplane food. I love it. The only thing I don’t like about flying is turbulence. I think that’s really scary. I always worry the plane will crash. Another thing I don’t like is waiting to get off when the plane stops. It takes ages before the flight attendants open the doors. One day I want to fly business class and first class.

THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT

LISTENING GAP FILL

I ____________________ flying. I love everything about it, from buying my air ticket ____________________ the plane and collecting my baggage. There’s something very special about getting on an airplane. It’s ____________________ adventure. I like short flights and ____________________ . Many people say ____________________ is terrible, but I like it. There isn’t ____________________ but I don’t mind that. Many people also say they hate ____________________ . I love it. The only thing I don’t like about flying ____________________ . I think that’s really scary. I always worry the plane will crash. Another thing I don’t like is waiting ____________________ when the plane stops. It ____________________ before the flight attendants open the doors. One day I want to fly business class and first class.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

absolutely I flying love. I love everything about it, from buying my air ticket plane off to the getting and collecting my baggage. There’s something very special an getting airplane on about. It’s always a real adventure. I like short flights and long-haul flights. Many economy say people terrible is class, but I like it. There isn’t enough that mind don’t I but legroom. Many people also say they hate airplane food. I love it. The only thing is I like flying turbulence don’t about. I think that’s really scary. I always worry the plane will crash. Another thing I don’t like is off get to waiting stops plane the when. It takes ages before the flight attendants open the doors. One day I first to business and want fly class class.

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

STUDENT FLYING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about flying in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

Write about flying for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about flying. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about flying. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. FLYING POSTER Make a poster about flying. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY FLYING LESSON: Make your own English lesson on flying. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on flying. Share your findings with the class.

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