With the same wingspan as a jumbo jet,the weight of a family car, and the power of a scooter, the Solar

Impulse is one of a kind. It has 12,000 solar cells across its wings, 4 electric propeller engines each with a battery pack, with room for just one passenger the pilot. It is the first aircraft in the world that can fly without fuel during the day and night. And the idea of Solar Impulse also came from outside the aviation industry. Bertrand Piccard made the first balloon flight around the world in 1999, but only just. He nearly ran out of propane. We almost failed because of lack of fuel.And on that moment, I made the promise that the next time I would fly around the world it would be with no fuel at all independent from fossil energy. And this was really how the vision of Solar Impulse was born.

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WORD wingspan jumbo jet weight power scooter fly fuel first idea outside aviation industry vision TRANSCRIPT /wspn/ /dmbo/ /det/ /wet/ / par/ /skutr/ /fla/ /fjul/ /f:st/ /adi/ /atsad/ /evien/ /ndstri/ /vn/ CLASS n n n n n n v n ordinal number n preposition n n n AUDIO MEANING si cnh my bay ln chuyn ch hnh khch my bay phn lc cn nng, trng lng cng sut xe gn my bay nhin liu, cht t u tin tng bn ngoi hng khng ngnh cng nghip tng, o tng

balloon flight nearly almost because promise

/b'lu:n/ /flat/ /nili/ /:lmost/ /bkz/ /prms/

n n adv adv conjunction n adj adj n adj n n n n

khinh kh cu chuyn bay gn nh, gn hu nh, gn nh bi v li ha khng ph thuc ha , ha thch nng lng thuc mt tri pin, c quy cc ng c hnh khch phi cng

independent /ndpendnt/ fossil energy solar cells engines passenger pilot /fsl/ /enrdi/ /solr/ /selz/ /endnz/ /psindr/ /palt/

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"can + V_nguyn th" c kh nng lm g bt u t, xut pht t, ht ci g bi v/ v

Solar Impulse can fly without fuel during the day and night. And the idea of Solar Impulse also came from outside the aviation industry. He nearly ran out of propane.

"come from " "run out of + Something" "because of + N/ Ving" lack of + something to be independent from

We almost failed because of lack of fuel. thiu ci g khng ph thuc vo ci g The flight would be independent fromfossil energy.

B/ NOTES 1. With the same wingspan as a jumbo jet, the weight of a family car, and the power of a scooter, the Solar Impulse is one of a kind.

- a jumbo jet- my bay ln chuyn ch hnh khch/ my bay phn lc. - the weight of a family car- trng lng ca mt chic t gia nh. - the power of a scooter- cng sut ca mt chic xe my. - Thnh ng one of a kind ci duy nht/ ci c mt khng hai.

--> Dch c cu ngha: Vi si cnh di ging nh chic my bay phn lc, trng lng ca mt chic t gia nh v cng sut ca mt chic xe my, Solar Impulse l chic my bay nng lng mt tri c mt khng hai.

2. It has 12,000 solar cells across its wings, 4 electric propeller engines each with a battery pack, with room for just one passenger the pilot.