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Driverless Cars: Vocabulary and Facts

The document discusses driverless cars, providing definitions for related vocabulary like "futuristic", "driverless", and "pod" and stating that driverless cars will be introduced in Milton Keynes in 2015 with 20 pods running between the football stadium and city center at speeds of 30 mph, and it is hoped the pods will help reduce traffic, pollution, and driver stress.

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Driverless Cars: Vocabulary and Facts

The document discusses driverless cars, providing definitions for related vocabulary like "futuristic", "driverless", and "pod" and stating that driverless cars will be introduced in Milton Keynes in 2015 with 20 pods running between the football stadium and city center at speeds of 30 mph, and it is hoped the pods will help reduce traffic, pollution, and driver stress.

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Video Zone: Driverless cars – exercises

Can you imagine travelling in a car without a driver? It may sound like science fiction but driverless cars
will be with us sooner than you think!

Do the preparation task first. Then, watch the video and do the exercises. Remember you can check the
transcript at any time.

1. Preparation: matching
Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a – j next to the number 1 – 10.

1…….. futuristic a. a path at the side of the road that you walk along
2…….. a pavement b. something with a modern appearance
3…….. whizzing c. miles per hour / miles an hour
4…….. mph d. moving fast
5…….. to take off e. without a driver
6…….. driverless f. a bar fixed to the front and back of a car to protect it
7…….. initially g. a small vehicle, especially one which can drive automatically
8…….. a traffic jam h. to become popular or successful
9…….. a bumper i. at first
10.….. a pod j. a line of cars that cannot move

2. Check your understanding: true or false


Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. In 2015 there will be driverless cars in Milton Keynes. True False


2. The government is putting £2.5 million towards these driverless cars. True False
Twenty pods will run between the football stadium and the centre of Milton
3. True False
Keynes.
4. There will be a hundred pods by 2017. True False
5. The pods travel at speeds of 30 mph. True False
6. Google has introduced driverless cars to Cardiff. True False
7. The driverless cars have driven more than 400,000 miles without a crash. True False
It is hoped that the pods will help cut down on traffic, pollution and driver
8. True False
stress.

Discussion

What do you think about driverless cars?

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