Answer to Dictation 1
Supersonic passenger planes could return to the skies before the end of this decade.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Supersonic means faster than the speed of sound.
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Answer to Dictation 3
The planes will fly up to 88 passengers in an all business class service.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Most modern passenger jets have a cruising speed of just over 1,000kph.
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Answer to Dictation 5
Passengers could fly from London to New York in under four hours.
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Answer to Dictation 6
They will be the first supersonic jets to make commercial flights.
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Answer to Dictation 7
The cost of tickets will be roughly the same as regular business class tickets.
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Answer to Dictation 8
The price of a ticket was over 20 times higher than economy class tickets.
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Answer to Dictation 9
Flights will be net zero carbon and will use sustainable aviation fuel.
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Answer to Dictation 10
The cost of each Overture airplane is approximately $200 million.
See the supersonic jets lesson for the whole text.
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