Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Today we focused on:


https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/a-tire-falls-off-a-plane-level-3/

Speaking exercise

Yesterday I was in the hospital.
He got a fever.
I think he cannot go for a few days. / he will not be able to go to school for a few days
Many children also take a leave. My husband also got a fever a few days ago so maybe many people get sick at the same time. -> many children are staying at home to rest at the moment 

The teachers also sent a message and said if you want to use a mask you can take it to school / the teachers also told us to feel free to use masks  / they encouraged us to use masks if we were worried.

In spring the weather changes so it it is a little difficult for children to adapt to the temperature change. / in spring the weather changes so people get sick more easily.

It usually gets warmer after May.

I did not hear about this / I have not heard about this but they are talking about this plane manufacturer because there were also some incidents in other countries and in China.

Usually I will choose the bigger airlines / Usually I prefer to fly with big airlines,  I hope the engineers will check the plane more carefully.

I heard China bought a lot of planes from Europe instead of America.

Vocabulary

Airbus (n) big European plane company

Boeing (n) big American plane company

footage (n) video / recording
The media released a footage of what happeend

take off (n) when the plane goes up in the air

landing (n) when the plane goes down and touch ground at the airport

bound for (v) heading to / going to
The flight bound for BJ just took off

to bind (v) create a link / create a legal obligation
a contract is a binding agreement

to divert (v) to change the path / change where something is going
Due to a flood the government diverted traffic to another path

casualty (n) death in an accident /war
The shooting resulted in 2 casualties
The war in Ukraine resulted in many casualties