I can identify the context of a conversation and its register.
1 Read the text. Find the name of the inventor and the invention.
As air travel becomes more and more popular, simply getting to the airport can be a challenging and unpleasant experience. You pay a fortune to park your car, then you have to walk for hours with heavy suitcases to arrive at the terminal. Well, a farmer from China called He Liang has come up with an idea which solves both problems: a suitcase that you can ride like a motorbike. He has called it the City Cab. It is powered by a battery and can travel up to 60 km at a speed of 20 km/h. And, of course, you don't need to find a car park for the City Cab - you just drive into the airport terminal and check it in!
Listening Strategy 1
It is sometimes difficult to catch names and proper nouns when you listen. However, you can use the words around them (including collocations) to work out what they are (a person, a place, etc.). For example, if you hear 'We stayed four nights at the Grand Plaza', the underlined words tell you that the Grand Plaza is a hotel.
2 VOCABULARY Read Listening Strategy 1. Match the verbs and nouns below to make travel-related collocations. Some verbs can go with more than one noun.
Collocations: verb + noun
Verbs board book check in check into hail
hire miss reach stay at
Nouns a cab/taxi a car a destination a holiday
a hotel luggage/bags a plane/flight
a room a ship a train
to board a plane/a flight/aship/a train
3 🎧3.15 Listen to six short extracts and answer the questions. Listen for verbs and nouns from exercise 2 to help you.
Who or what is
1 the Princess Ariadne?
2 a tuk-tuks?
3 Ely?
4 Martins & Cole?
5 Damian Fairchild?
6 Bellagio?
Listening Strategy 2
Being aware of formal register can help you identify the context. Formal terms used in announcements include:
adjacent to (next to) due to (because of) prior to
(before) beverages (drinks) to commence (to begin)
to depart (to leave) to proceed to (to go to)
to purchase (to buy) refreshments (food and drink)
to terminate (to end)
4 🎧3.15 Read Listening Strategy 2. Then listen again. Which extracts (1-6) are formal? Which words from the strategy do they include?
5 Make the phrases more formal by replacing the underlined words with words from the list below.
ahead of schedule appreciate approaching
approximately complimentary in due course
inform refreshments regret remain request
1 I am sorry to tell you that
2 I would ask that passengers stay seated...
3... give you an update later.
4... pass through the cabin with free food and drink.
5 ... we are getting near our destination.
6 we should be there about ten minutes early.
7 We understand that this is inconvenient...
