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Reading eLesson Week starting 26 September 2011Answer key1 Students' own ideas.21 para 52 para 23 para 64 para 35 para 431 F (airships have an engine and steering system)2 T3 F (airships are less dangerous because the gas used is non-explosive helium and if thereis a leak, it takes days for all the gas to leak out)4 F (planes can carry 13,000 litres of water / hybrid air vehicles could carry one million litres)5 T6 F (there are plans for hybrid air vehicles to do this in the future)41 steering system2 attempts3 cargo4 potential5 expedition5airships are being developedwas on 12 May, 1929, followed by a major expedition in 1931how will airships be used in the future?early airships were filledplanes are usedafter a fire has been put outHybrid air vehicles will be used61 were made2 were used3 was reached4 was made5 is carried6 will be filled7 will be dropped8 will be hired7 Students’ own answers / ideas.Related websitesThe following websites might be useful for either you or your students.http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2425-gigantic-airships-aim-to-damp-forest-fires.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-inventor--whos-putting-blimps-back-onthe-radar-2353673.htmlhttp://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/polar-flightThis page has been downloaded from www.macmillanglobal.comIt is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011.2