PARAGRAPH ONE:
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stop cars |
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with cars |
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road |
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safer speed |
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Satellites communicate |
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speeding |
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It gives the driver |
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one-third |
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automatically put on |
e. |
deaths |
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slow it down to a |
f. |
department |
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transport |
g. |
a warning |
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cut road deaths by |
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the car's brakes |
PARAGRAPH TWO:
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Not everyone is happy |
a. |
group |
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telling them |
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freedom of drivers |
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It takes away the |
c. |
figure ever |
4. |
it has fewer |
d. |
with this idea |
5. |
this was lower |
e. |
road deaths |
6. |
the lowest |
f. |
how to drive |
7. |
a motoring |
g. |
avoid crashing |
8. |
accelerate to |
h. |
than in 2011 |
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS
The European Union (EU) (1) ___________________ speeding. It hopes to reduce the 30,000 road deaths (2) ___________________ year in Europe. It will use a technology called intelligent speed authority (ISA). Satellites communicate with cars. It gives the driver (3) ___________________ the speed limit. The technology can (4) ___________________ on the car's brakes and (5) ___________________ a safer speed. The transport department (6) ___________________ road deaths by one-third by 2020.
Not everyone is (7) ___________________ idea. People in Britain do not want the EU telling (8) ___________________. It takes away the freedom of drivers. Britain believes it is unnecessary because (9) ___________________ deaths. In 2012, 1,754 people died on British roads. This (10) ___________________ in 2011 and the (11) ___________________. In Germany, there were 3,657 deaths last year. A motoring group warned that ISA could be dangerous. You cannot (12) ___________________ crashing, if you have to.
PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE
TheEuropeanUnion(EU)planstostopcarsspeeding.Ithopestoreduce
the30,000roaddeathsthathappeneachyearinEurope.Itwilluseatech
nologycalledintelligentspeedauthority(ISA).Satellitescommunicat
ewithcars.Itgivesthedriverawarningaboutthespeedlimit.Thetechn
ologycanalsoautomaticallyputonthecar'sbrakesandslowitdowntoa
saferspeed.Thetransportdepartmentsaiditcouldcutroaddeathsbyo
ne-thirdby2020.Noteveryoneishappywiththisidea.PeopleinBri
taindonotwanttheEUtellingthemhowtodrive.Ittakesawaythefreedo
mofdrivers.Britainbelievesitisunnecessarybecauseithasfewerroad
deaths.In2012,1,754peoplediedonBritishroads.Thiswaslowerthani
n2011andthelowestfigureever.InGermany,therewere3,657deaths
lastyear.AmotoringgroupwarnedthatISAcouldbedangerous.Youca
nnotacceleratetoavoidcrashing,ifyouhaveto.
WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)
Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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WRITING
Write about speed limits for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
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