Lesson 1

Discuss

Can you match the descriptions to these pictures of new inventions?

1. c This clever jacket uses an app to make you warmer when the weather is cold.

2. a When these headphones hear another language, they can translate it into your language.

3. d Change roads into solar panels! This invention uses strong glass that you can drive on and make electricity at the same time.

4. b Is it a motorbike? Is it a helicopter? No, this invention is half-motorbike and half-helicopter! It can push you into the air at the speed of a fast car!

Find

Look through the unit. What did Lama buy from the internet?

She bought a new mobile phone.

Research

Who was H. G. Wells? Why is he famous?

H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a British writer. He was famous for writing science fiction stories like The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, which were also made into films.

Listening

2. Listen to four people. Match the inventions 1-4 on page 2 with the people who talk about them.

Hatem: Picture 4
Manal: Picture 2
Tarek: Picture 1
Sawsan: Picture 3

Language

3. Complete the sentences from the listening with will or won’t. Then listen again and check your answers.

1. The machine won't be able to fly very high.

2. I think lots of people will want to buy one of these.

3. It won't help people to speak other languages.

4. Maybe they will make one to help people be cooler.

5. I hope they will build lots of these in Egypt.