The Reading / Listening - Flying Taxis - Level 0

There will soon be flying taxis, just like from science fiction movies. The Japanese airline ANA and a U.S. company will fly air taxis at the 2025 World Expo. Pilots will follow air traffic rules. The five-seat, all-electric taxi will take off and land like a helicopter. It can fly as far as 241 kilometers. It has a top speed of 321kph.

The taxis are environmentally friendly. People can lower their carbon footprint. Japan is a great place to test the taxis because 92% of people live in cities. ANA has 70 years of safe and reliable flights. It said the taxis will let people "travel rapidly, and sustainably, from an international airport to a downtown location".

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Sources
  • https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220215/p2g/00m/0bu/026000c
  • https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/14/joby-aviation-partners-with-japanese-airline-to-launch-air-taxi-service/
  • https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/joby-and-ana-team-up-to-bring-aerial-ridesharing-to-japan/147513.article


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. just like from science
  2. The Japanese airline
  3. fly air taxis at the
  4. Pilots will follow air
  5. The five-seat, all-
  6. take off and land
  7. It can fly as far
  8. It has a top speed
  1. ANA
  2. as 241 kilometers
  3. electric taxi
  4. of 321kph
  5. 2025 World Expo
  6. fiction movies
  7. like a helicopter
  8. traffic rules

Paragraph 2

  1. The taxis are environmentally
  2. lower their carbon
  3. Japan
  4. test
  5. people live
  6. let people travel rapidly,
  7. from an
  8. to a downtown
  1. international airport
  2. the taxis
  3. footprint
  4. location
  5. is a great place
  6. in cities
  7. and sustainably
  8. friendly

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

There (1) ___________________ flying taxis, just like from science fiction movies. The (2) ___________________ and a U.S. company will fly (3) ___________________ the 2025 World Expo. Pilots will follow air traffic rules. The five-seat, all-electric taxi will (4) ___________________ land like a helicopter. It can (5) ___________________ as 241 kilometers. It has (6) ___________________ of 321kph.

The taxis (7) ___________________. People can lower their carbon footprint. Japan is (8) ___________________ to test the taxis because 92% of people (9) ___________________. ANA has 70 (10) ___________________ and reliable flights. It said the taxis will let (11) ___________________, and sustainably, from an international airport to (12) ___________________ ".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Therewillsoonbeflyingtaxis,justlikefromsciencefictionmovies.TheJa
paneseairlineANAandaU.S.companywillflyairtaxisatthe2025WorldE
xpo.Pilotswillfollowairtrafficrules.Thefive-seat,all-electrictaxiwillta
keoffandlandlikeahelicopter.Itcanflyasfaras241kilometers.Ithasato
pspeedof321kph.Thetaxisareenvironmentallyfriendly.Peoplecanlo
wertheircarbonfootprint.Japanisagreatplacetotestthetaxisbecause
percentofpeopleliveincities.ANAhas70yearsofsafeandreliablefli
ghts.Itsaidthetaxiswillletpeople"travelrapidly,andsustainably,from
aninternationalairporttoadowntownlocation".

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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