FLIGHT

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FLIGHT
Part One
LESSON 18
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In this lesson, you will
learn of mans early attempts to fly. read a
Greek myth. make a look at early flying machines.
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You will also
review regular and irregular verbs in the Past
Simple. review the Imperative form as used in
instructions. learn opposites. learn vocabulary
connected to the subject of the lesson.
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For thousands of years, people have looked at
birds flying in the sky and wished they could
fly, too.
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More than 2,000 years ago, the Greeks
created myths. Myths are stories about
gods and people.
It was their way of explaining
how nature works.
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According to Greek mythology, the first man to
fly was a man called Daedalos. He was a skilled
and clever man.
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Daedalos designed and built the labyrinth at
Knossos for the King. A labyrinth is a kind
of maze. The King put his enemies in
the labyrinth so that they could not
escape.
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One day, the King got angry with Daedalos and his
son, Icarus. He put both of them in the
labyrinth.
Icarus said to his father
If we could fly, we could escape!
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Daedalos replied We will escape by flying! I
shall build wings!
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Daedalos made the wings of feathers and fixed
them on to Icarus with wax.
But Daedalos warned his son Do not fly
too close to the sun, or the heat will
melt your wings.
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Icarus flew higher and higher. Look how high I
can fly! sang Icarus. He didnt notice that the
sun was melting the wax.
Daedalos called to his son, but it was too late.
He fell into the sea and was drowned.
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For centuries, people have wanted to fly. At
first, they tried to fly like birds.
They fixed on wings and flapped them like birds,
hoping to fly.
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But people are too heavy and not strong enough to
keep flapping big wings.
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Leonardo da Vinci, a very famous artist, was born
in Italy in 1452. He tried to solve the mystery
of flying. Take a look at his flying machines.
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He drew and wrote about hundreds of flying
machines, but he did not find the answer.
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Now you will succeed where Leonardo da Vinci
failed. This is how you can make a plane that
will fly.
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Instructions How To Make A Model Plane
1. Take a piece of paper 20 cms. X 20 cms. 2.
Fold the paper in half, make
a crease and open it again. 3. Fold the two
top corners of the paper to the line of the
fold.
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4. Fold the left side from the top to the
line in the middle. 5. Repeat with the right
side. 6. Repeat 4. and 5. again.
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• Turn the paper over and fold it in half.
• Pick up your model plane from
• underneath.
• The two wings are on top.
• 9. Throw it in an upward direction.

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Balloons fly, too! When we blow up a balloon
with helium gas, tie it up and let go, it will
fly.
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200 years ago, a Frenchman,
Joseph Montgolfier,
filled a large balloon with
gas. He fixed a large
basket to the balloon and
sent it up with a sheep, a
duck and a rooster in it. They traveled 3
kilometers in eight minutes before the balloon
came down.
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• A hot-air balloon has 3 important parts
• the envelope
• the burner
• the gondola

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The people in the
gondola use the burner to heat the gas in the
envelope. The hot-air balloon will
rise, just as your helium balloon rises.
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On March 1st, 1999, two men set out in their hot
- air balloon. They wanted to become the
first balloonists to go
round the world non-stop.
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Bertrand Piccard, one of the balloonists, wrote
in his book For everyone involved, the winter
of 1998-9 was a time of high anxiety and
tension. My two earlier attempts to fly round
the world had failed one after six hours, the
other after nine days. Our sponsors told us this
third attempt had to be the last.
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On Saturday, 20th March 1999, 19 days, 1 hour and
49 minutes after the two balloonists set out,
they passed the finishing line over Mauritania,
North Africa. They became the
first people to orbit
the world non-stop.
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• In this lesson, you
• learnt about mans first attempts to
• fly.
• read a Greek myth about Daedalos
• and Icarus.
• made your own model plane.
• learnt about hot-air balloons.
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• You also
• reviewed regular and irregular verbs
• in the Past Simple.
• reviewed the Imperative form when
• used for instructions.
• learnt some opposites.
• enriched your vocabulary.
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