The Amphibus

1. The Amphibus

2. Language Features and Functions Vocabulary:Public vehicles Grammar:Preposition Function:Expressing feelings and ideas I think…/ In my opinion,…

3. Language Skills • Speaking: To answer the question about the story. • Reading: To read for comprehension and answer. • Writing: To write and share the opinion about • the story

5. Answer • 1. c • 2. e • 3. d • 4. h • 5. f • 6. b • 7. g • 8. i • 9. a

6. Vocabulary propeller (n.) When a helicopter’s propeller turns, its sound is loud.

7. Vocabulary half (n.) Half of us would like to go to a waterfall in Kanjanaburi next month.

8. Vocabulary waterproof (adj.) I will use this camera on Songkarn Day because it’s waterproof.

9. Vocabulary tourist (n.) There are many tourists on Songkarn Day in Thailand.

10. Vocabulary amphibious (adj.) Frog is a kind of amphibious animals.

11. Vocabulary unusual (adj.) The food that I bought yesterday has an unusual smell. I think I can’t eat it.

12. Vocabulary cruise (v.) I love travelling by ship.I have a dream to cruise to some countries with my family.

13. Vocabulary shore (n.) The shore is the land along the edge of a sea, lake or wide river.

14. Vocabulary turn into (v.) The water turned into ice when the temperature is 0°Cdegree.

15. Pre-reading 1 How do tourists travel around your city or town?

16. Pre-reading 2 What do you think is the best way to travel around your city or town? Why?

17. Pre-reading 3 Do you know any vehicles that can travel on both land and water? What are they?

18. The Amphibus If you visit Ottawa, Canada, you might see something very unusual. You might see a boat cruising on the river. If you keep watching, the boat might cruise up to the shore, and drive up onto the road! This is Ottawa’s Amphibus, an amphibious tourist vehicle. When it’s on the roads it’s a bus, and when it’s on the river it’s a boat. Since May 1999, the Amphibus has been taking tourists on a 45-minute drive through the streets, and then a 45-minute cruise on the Ottawa River.

19. The Amphibus was invented by Daniel Beauchesne in 1998. Daniel had built many vehicles before, but he had never built a boat. It took him sixteen months to build the Amphibus. He started with a standard school bus, and turned the bottom half of the bus into a boat. The most difficult part was making the engine waterproof. Daniel also put a propeller at the back of the Amphibus to push it through the water. Finally, Daniel put forty aeroplane seats into the Amphibus.

20. Stefano Marinetti, a tourist from Italy, loves the Amphibus. ‘It’s great fun, and a good way to see Ottawa,’ he says. ‘It’s very exciting. When the bus drove into the water, I thought it was going to sink!’ Stefano also says the big aeroplane seats are very comfortable.

21. There are amphibious tourist vehicles like the Amphibus in cities all over the world, such as San Francisco, London and Sydney, with its popular ‘Aussie Duck’. Would you like to see one in your city?

22. Post - reading Vocabulary A 1. waterproof 2. propeller 3. tourists 4. standard 5. half

23. Post - reading B 1. able to go on land and in water 2. strange 3. travelling on water 4. where the land meets the water 5. made me become

24. Post - reading In other words A 3 - To describe an unusual bus in Ottawa. B 1. Paragraph 3 2. Paragraph 1 3. Paragraph 2

25. Post - reading General understanding 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T

26. Post - reading In detail 1. Since May, 1999. 2. Sixteen months. 3. The most difficult part was making the engine waterproof. 4. They were aeroplane seats. 5. He thought it was going to sink. 6. Sydney.