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    UNIT 10 POSSIBILITIES

    1 BEFORE YOU WATCH


    a Work with a partner. Look at the pictures. What do you think the topic of the video will be? Give reasons for
    your answer.
    1 Learning how to fly a small plane 3 Female aviators
    2 The history of aviation 4 Long-distance solo flights

    b Match the words in bold (1–7) with the meanings (a–g).


    1 He isn’t a commercial pilot. He just flies private planes a strong desire for success, power or status
    as a hobby. b old-fashioned and no longer what most people believe
    2 You shouldn’t buy cheap fuel because it lowers the c wanting to become successful in a particular field
    performance of the engine. d working in order to earn money
    3 Her ambition was to become a famous opera singer. e having the same opportunities and the same position in society
    4 Aspiring concert pianists need to practise every day. f how well something works
    5 His parents are over 60 years old and have outdated g discovering new ways of doing something
    ideas about marriage.
    6 She received an award for her pioneering research on
    a new medicine for diabetes.
    7 She has always fought hard for equality for all people.

    Empower Second Edition B2 Video Worksheets © Cambridge University Press 2022 19


    UNIT 10 POSSIBILITIES
    2 WHILE YOU WATCH
    a Watch the video. Is your answer in 1a correct?

    b Watch again. Complete the notes about each person with the correct word or phrase that you hear.
    1 Amy Johnson
    • First woman to fly solo to in 1930.
    • First female in Britain.
    • In the interview, she is about to fly to .
    • She hopes to get there faster than did.
    2 Amanda Harrison
    • Inspired by .
    • Recently battled .
    • In the interview, she is about to fly to in 37 stages.
    • Says she is ‘an person doing an ’.
    3 Ellie Carter
    • Britain’s female solo flyer.
    • Wants to become a or a stunt pilot.
    • People told her she can’t be a pilot because she .

    c Underline the correct number in each sentence. Watch again and check your answers.
    1 Only 1 / 5 / 10 percent of commercial pilots are women.
    2 Amy Johnson’s husband needed a little over 4 / 5 / 6 days to fly to Cape Town.
    3 Amanda Harrison left school at 15 / 16 / 18 years old.
    4 Ellie Carter is 15 / 16 / 18 years old.
    5 Most male pilots know they want to become a pilot by 5 / 10 / 15 years old.

    d Work with a partner. Which fact in the video do you think is the most interesting or surprising? Why?

    3 AFTER YOU WATCH


    a Work in pairs. Think about different jobs in your country. Make two lists.
    Jobs usually done by …
    1 men 2 women

    b For each job, talk about the reason why you think it is done by men or women. Is it mainly because ... ?
    • of the different ways boys and girls are raised as children
    • of the traditional roles of men and women in society
    • men and women naturally have different abilities and interests
    • of other reasons

    c Join another pair of students and work in groups of four. With your partner, take turns to tell the other pair about
    the jobs and reasons you talked about.

    Empower Second Edition B2 Video Worksheets © Cambridge University Press 2022 20

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