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Finding cause of Asiana crash could take years (9th July, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	Air crash	a.	why
2.	find out	b.	to think about
3.	it was too early	c.	examiners
4.	it probably wasn't an engine	d.	safety record
5.	he Boeing 777 aircraft has a great	e.	as it landed
6.	the plane was flying too slowly	f.	problem

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	firefighters put	a.	helped everyone
2.	the horror of getting	b.	crying a lot
3.	305 people got	c.	thinking
4.	quick	d.	out the fire
5.	she calmly	e.	off the plane
6.	she was	f.	out alive

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

(1) ___________________ it could take years to find out why an Asiana Airlines (2) ___________________ at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Head investigator Deborah Hersman said it was (3) ___________________ about any pilots' mistakes. Many analysts (4) ___________________ probably (5) ______________________. They said the Boeing 777 aircraft has a great safety record. We do know that (6) ___________________ slowly as it landed.

After firefighters (7) ___________________, survivors talked about the horror (8) ___________________ plane. They said it was a miracle that 305 (9) ___________________, although two Chinese students died. Passengers praised the professionalism, quick thinking (10) ___________________ the cabin crew. (11) ___________________ attendants, Jiyeon Kim, carried passengers on her back. One survivor called her "a hero". He said she calmly helped everyone, (12) ___________________ crying a lot.

AIRPLANES SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about airplanes 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.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

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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f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
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FREE WRITING

Write about airplanes for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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