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Transportation Problems
Basic English "B"
TEACHER:
JIMMY SOLÍS
Agenda
- Vocabulary presentation
- Listening and Comprehension
- Reading
- Critical Thinking Exercise
- Check the Means of Transportation
- Describe a Transportation Problem
Agenda
What is a Transportation Problem?
Before
Starting
It refers to a drawback that might happens when we are traveling by a certain mean of transportation.
Sometimes it happens to us or to the vehicle.
*Drawback = inconvenient*
Directions:
Read and listen, then listen again and repeat
Vocabulary
Presentation
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Transportation
Problems
Transportation Problems:
We had an accident.
We missed our train.
We had mechanical problems.
We got bumped from the flight.
We got seasick.
Carsick
Airsick
Listening
Comprehension
Listening Comprehension
-Listen and complete each statement with the Vocabulary.
1. They........................................................................
2. They........................................................................
3. They........................................................................
4. They........................................................................
5. They........................................................................
Directions:
Read and listen carefully to the following articles.
Reading
Directions:
Critical
Thinking
Critical
Thinking
-Based on the reading and your own ideas, answer the following questions.
Critical Thinking
1. Why do you think people with confirmed reservations become "no-shows"?
2. What are some advantages of getting bumped? Would you volunteer to get off an overbooked flight? Explain.
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of GPS systems?
4. Do you prefer GPS systems or paper maps? Explain.
Tasks:
Let's
Produce
Describe a Transportation
Problem
Check the Means
of Transportation
Check the Means of Transportation that you have taken (you can add others you know)
Describe a transportation problem that you had some time ago; write a 5-line paragraph.
When did it happen?
The destination
Mean of transportation in which you traveled.
The problem that you had.
Who did you traveled with? How did you feel?