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Take care of my explosives

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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Difficult words: baggage handler (n.), bomb disposal experts (n.)

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A320neo Leap 1-A engine flight answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. He hopes it’s the start of another 20 years of success together.
  2. They expected it to take four years and it took four years.
  3. He said there was ‘nothing to report’, meaning it went very well with no surprises.
  4. He would have been happy to stay up in the sky flying for longer with the plane, but, in his words, ‘we had to come down’.

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A320neo Leap 1-A engine flight

Here’s an interesting video from 19th May that shows the maiden flight of the A320neo with the Leap 1-A engine.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

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  1. What does Fabrice Bragger (Airbus CEO) hope for this CFM engine and Airbus?
  2. How long did Airbus expect it would take to get to this point in the project development? How long did it take in reality?
  3. How did Jean-Paul Ebanga rate the success of the maiden flight?
  4. How did Tuan Do feel about the flight?

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A320neo takes to the skies with LEAP- 1A engines

The first A320neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines completed its maiden flight on 19 May 2015, with the aircraft taking off and landing in Toulouse, France. This video clip includes comments and insights from Airbus and CFM International officials, as well as members of the flight crew.

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Where are the dogs?

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

An Airbus A321 was climbing out of its airport of origin when the crew heard an unusual noise. They weren’t sure where the noise was coming from but it sounded like barking dogs. They though it was a problem with a hydraulic system because this sometimes makes a similar sound to barking dogs when there is a problem, but there was no indication of a hydraulic problem this time. As a result, they decided to return to their airport of origin to allow ground personnel to investigate the problem. After they landed, they discovered that the noise was actually from two dogs in the cargo hold, whose containers hadn’t been properly secured. The containers were secured and the plane took off again.

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Where are the dogs?

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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Have a great day!

Difficult words: bark (v.), personnel (n.), had been (present perfect)

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Space bins answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

  1. Yes, in general passengers are carrying more hand luggage than in the past and they want bigger storage bins on planes so that they can fit this hand luggage easily in a storage bin close to them.
  2. 4 bags can fit into the standard overhead storage bin.
  3. 6 bags can fit into the new ‘space bin’?
  4. The new ‘space bins’ are 3 inches taller, which allows the bags to sit on their edge, creating the extra room.

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