Listening Library
Listening: A Wet-Runway Overrun in an Old Cargo Jet
A warning just before V1, a wet runway and a heavy aircraft. Write down the whole story in this dictation, then check your text against the…
Author: Gareth
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Structure
Structure: ‘Zero conditional’
If a passenger connects, they get online — the zero conditional explains general, always-true rules, contrasted with the first conditional's one-off future guesses.
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4 Sep 2025
Air France Launches Free Starlink Wi-Fi on Flights
Air France launched free, ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi on board its aircraft in September 2025, becoming one of the first major European airlines to offer complimentary in-flight internet…
Structure
Structure: ‘Mixed conditionals’
Combine an unreal past condition with a present result (or the reverse) using mixed conditionals, grounded in this summer's transatlantic route cuts.
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22 Aug 2025
European Airlines Slash US Routes Amid Travel Slump
Throughout the summer of 2025, a succession of European carriers began withdrawing capacity from transatlantic routes to the United States, citing a sustained collapse in bookings…
Structure
Structure: ‘Gerunds and infinitives’
Verb + to-infinitive or verb/preposition + -ing? Practise the pattern with examples from American Airlines' new A321XLR.