Saturday, May 8, 2010

Listening exercise

Listen to these 2 videos and answer the questions. Try to listen twice.You'll find the keys below.

VIDEO 1


Explain what these words have to do with the news story.

grounded
stuck stranded
13 kms
tests
40,000,000dollars
12 hour basis
safest time

VIDEO 2
How does ash affect the airplanes?
Do you know of any people that were stranded?

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1 comment:

Maria Rosa Simarro said...

Thousands of european have been grounded because the huge ashes of the volcano.
The passengers are stuck stranded.
40.000 thousand feet-13kms to the air? it´s the maximum height that the aircraft can travell.They wouldn´t travel because the damage of the enginees.
British airlines and irish airlines are affected by forty million dollars a day.