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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.

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 LISTENING GAP FILL
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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.

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 CORRECT THE SPELLING
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don’t like is igitwan to get off when the plane stops. It

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One day I want to fly business class and first class.

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 UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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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.

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 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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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________

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 STUDENT FLYING SURVEY
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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.

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 WRITING
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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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