THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 JANUARY The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 27 2017 EP I SO D E 278 FLASHBACK ENW 95: PEDAL POWER ON THE RISE! ENW 278 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on an incredible attempt by one mother of three to become the fastest human on a bicycle. Denise Mueller reached an unbelievable top speed of 237.78 km/h whilst trying to break a 32 year old bicycle record. Over three days on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah Mueller cycled faster that 200 km/h on an non-motorised bike. How did she do? What happened? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE http://pod.flare. hiroshima -u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/enw1975 (c) Jaime Selwood TWITTER ENW Episode 219 twitter.com/enwpodcast TECHNOLOGY
Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 World Speed Records Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 371 Words Page 4 What Do You Think..? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1
1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 [201701-04] 237 km Fast on a Bicycle! January 27 th 2017 Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out d Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? d Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Alacrity b) Sedate c) Velocity d) Gallop My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm d How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? d Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Speed Warm Up 3 Unusual Speed Records Look at the list of unusual fastest records from the Guinness Book of Records. Match the record with the time on page two. If you need help you can check out the homepage of the World Record site! Type of Record Time Type of Record Time 1 Fastest Mobile Bed 7 Fastest mile on a pogo stick 2 Fastest 500 x A4 print 8 Fastest 100m space hopper 3 Fastest Toilet 9 Fastest speed on skateboard 4 Fastest 21km with a pram 10 Fastest 100m Woman 5 Fastest sack race 1.6km 11 Fastest climb of Mt Everest 6 Fastest row across Pacific 12 Fastest walk across USA
2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Speed Records Which Time? A 10.49 seconds G 8 hours 10 minutes B 30.20 seconds H 46 days C 39.88 seconds I 209 days D 7 minutes 19 seconds J 68 kph E 16 minutes 41 seconds K 83.8 mph F 23 minutes 28 seconds L 98.8 kph Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats located? a: Utah b: California c: Nevada 2: What is the world record for fastest speed on a motorbike? a: 505.69 km/h b: 605.69 km/h c: 705.69 km/h 3: What is the fastest speed driven in a car? a: 435.31 km/h b: 475.31 km/h c: 505.31 km/h 4: What is the fastest speed ever achieved on a bicycle? a: 234 km/h b: 244 km/h c: 274 km/h 5: Fred Rompelberg is the fastest human on a bicycle which country is he from? a: USA b: Denmark c: The Netherlands 6: What year did Fred Rompelberg set the world record for fastest speed? a: 1975 b: 1985 c: 1995 E1: What is the fastest speed ever achieved on a bicycle treadmill? a: 207.9 mph b: 227.9 mph c: 247.9 mph E2: What is the fastest speed ever achieved on an unpaced bicycle? a: 70.69 mph b: 75.69 mph c: 80.69 mph E3: Which is the seal for the US state of Utah? a: b: c: END OF PART 1
3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. easily - had quite female to history fast no ride fastest as became before. woman the ever She in attempted as 2 World Bicycle Speed Record Fails For Now Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ World Bicycle Speed Record Fails For Now. Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 The Bonneville Flat Salts are located in the state of Utah. [T] [F] 2 Denise Mueller is a mother of three children. [T] [F] 3 A specially designed Land Rover was used to assist the speed record [T] [F] 4 John Howard is a four-time Olympian. [T] [F] 5 Denise Mueller is the fastest woman in the world on two wheels. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Ridden 6 Calculated A Unfulfilled F Tried 2 Migrate 7 Finally B Mechanical G Eventually 3 Motorised 8 Frustrated C Rapidity H Roam 4 Attempted 9 Abandoned D Planned I Given Up 5 Modified 10 Speed E Galloped J Altered END OF PART 2
4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening / Reading Listening World Bicycle Speed Record Fails For Now 10 Mistakes Help Listen / Read the news story below circle the 10 words that are mistakes! 278 World Bicycle Speed Record Fails For Now 1 Most people around the world have at one time or another ridden a bicycle. Usually it begins when we are young children and we start to walk around our backyards or neighbourhood parks. Then as we get older we migrate to bigger and more expensive two wheel varieties. A select few go on to make careers out of riding a bike whizzing around a velodrome or peddling around Iraq, Italy or Spain. But for one mother in the USA bikes have always meant just one thing speed. 2 Denise Mueller has become the fastest female on a bicycle in history when she hit 147.7 mph, or 237.78 km/h on a non-motorised bicycle. Mueller, who is a mother of thirteen children and aged 43 years-old set her new fastest time at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. She became the fastest women in history quite easily as no female had ever attempted to ride as slow before! 3 The speed ride is quite complicated and requires the help of a modified Range Rover which is attached to the bicycle for the first day. After which the bike was detached from the cable when the speed dial hit 100 mph. For the next four miles Mueller cycled sedately as she attempted to remain within the slipstream behind the car. Her average speed is calculated by measuring the average over the four miles cycled 4 The attempt by Mueller to break the speed record for a non-motorised paced bicycle ultimately failed as her top speed was just over 7 mph slower than the record time set in 1985 by American three-time Olympian John Howard. Mr Howard managed to reach an average speed of 152.5mph (244.62 km/h). But after three days of trying and failing to break the record Denise Mueller said I m very frustrated and very tired, but everything has gone perfectly. I have no joy or regrets. 5 The third and final day of the record attempt had to be abandoned due to rain which made the Salt Flats safe. However, Mueller has not given up on breaking the 32 year old cycling speed record. Her 16 year-old son summed up his mother s feelings as, bittersweet, but she has more to give and will be back next day! Wrong Word 10 Mistakes 1: To 6: To 2: To 7: To 3: To 8: To 4: To 9: To 5: To 10: To END OF PART 3 [371 Words]
5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 What speed is the current world bicycle world record? Q2 What car model was used as the modified car? Q3 How old is Denise Mueller? Q4 What is the name of the Salt Flats in Utah? Q5 How many miles was the bicycle attached to the car for? Q6 How long has the bicycle speed record stood for? E1 Who are the Bonneville Flat Salts named after? E2 How many countries are mentioned in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 100 mph.? A2 7 mph.? A3 16 y.o.? A4 237.78 km/h? A5 1985.? END OF PART 4
6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 English Extra I English Expressions: Speed / Haste The English language has some interesting words and phrases that express whether something or someone is speedy. Examples: Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? Speedy Expressions Meanings & Examples 1 At the drop of a hat A To do something quickly because you are scared. 2 Get a move on! B To move / do something very slowly. 3 Go hell for leather C A choice made on impulse. 4 Blink of an eye D A person who speaks very quickly. 5 Leaps and bounds E To do something immediately. 6 Like a bat out of hell F Trying to finish something before it is too late. 7 Spreads like wildfire G To try and finish something very quickly. 8 Race against time H To accelerate quickly. 9 A snail s pace. I Someone who talks too fast to understand! 10 A snap decision J Hurry up! 11 Step on the gas K Surprised at how quickly something was done. 12 19 to the dozen L To make rapid / incredible progress. 13 Quick as a flash M Rumours or gossip becomes known very quickly. 14 A fast talker N Something happens to fast to be noticed. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic World Bicycle Record Fails For Now Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 Do you currently own a bicycle? Why / Why not? 3 What is the farthest you have ever ridden on a bicycle? Where / Why? 4 What is your most used form of transport? Why? How often? 5 If you could cycle anywhere in your home country, where would you go to? 6 How much money would you be willing to spend on a bicycle? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!
7 The English News W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Writing This Week What World Record do you think you have a chance to break? There are many weird and unusual world records use the Internet or Guinness Book of World Records to help you find one. Explain your reasoning! END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End
8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Visual TV Links Project Speed (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcfant4eim [01:20] Denise Mueller Attempts Cycle Record. You Tube (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cdnzmywsw [02:11] Denise Mueller Bio Global Cycling Network (UK) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trxggj0caps [03:37] The Five Most Amazing Record Breaking Bikes Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out B Sedate A / C / D are all words that mean speed or quickly. B = slowly. Warm Up 3 Unusual Speed Records 1 K 2 D 3 J 4 B 5 E 6 I 7 F 8 C 9 L 10 - A 11 G 12 H A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 C E1 A E2 B E3 C Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences She became the fastest women in history quite easily as no female had ever attempted to ride as fast before! A2 True or False 1 T 2 T 3 F 4 F 5 T Synonyms 1 E 2 H 3 B 4 F 5 J 6 D 7 G 8 A 9 I 10 C
Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening 278 World Bicycle Speed Record Fails For Now 1 Most people around the world have at one time or another ridden a bicycle. Usually it begins when we are young children and we start to scoot around our backyards or neighbourhood parks. Then as we get older we migrate to bigger and more expensive two wheel varieties. A select few go on to make careers out of riding a bike whizzing around a velodrome or peddling around France, Italy or Spain. But for one mother in the USA bikes have always meant just one thing speed. 2 Denise Mueller has become the fastest female on a bicycle in history when she hit 147.7 mph, or 237.78 km/h on a non-motorised bicycle. Mueller, who is a mother of three children and aged 43 years-old set her new fastest time at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. She became the fastest women in history quite easily as no female had ever attempted to ride as fast before! 3 The speed ride is quite complicated and requires the help of a modified Range Rover which is attached to the bicycle for the first mile. After which the bike was detached from the cable when the speed dial hit 100 mph. For the next four miles Mueller cycled frantically as she attempted to remain within the slipstream behind the car. Her average speed is calculated by measuring the average over the four miles cycled 4 The attempt by Mueller to break the speed record for a non-motorised paced bicycle ultimately failed as her top speed was just under 7 mph slower than the record time set in 1985 by American three-time Olympian John Howard. Mr Howard managed to reach an average speed of 152.5mph (244.62 kph). But after three days of trying and failing to break the record Denise Mueller said I m very frustrated and very tired, but everything has gone perfectly. I have no complaints or regrets. 5 The third and final day of the record attempt had to be abandoned due to rain which made the Salt Flats unsafe. However, Mueller has not given up on breaking the 32 year old cycling speed record. Her 16 year-old son summed up his mother s feelings as, bittersweet, but she has more to give and will be back next year! Answers Part 4 A3 Q & A 1 152.5 mph 5 One mile 2 Range Rover 6 32 years old. 3 43 y.o. E1 Benjamin Bonneville 4 Bonneville E2 Four A & Q Example Questions [371 Words] Post-Listening / Reading A1 What speed was the bike detached from the car? A2 How much slower was Denise Mueller s attempt off the world record? A3 How old is Denise Mueller s son? A4 How fast did Denise Mueller ride? A5 What year was the cycling record broken?
English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 1 E 4 N 7 M 10 C 13 K 2 J 5 L 8 F 11 H 14 D 3 G 6 A 9 B 12 I And Finally X & Z A4 X: Canadian / Z: helicopter Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images
Episode 278 11 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 MAIN PHOTO: http://www.bicycling.com/news/records/badass-mom-of-three-becomes-worlds-fastest-femalecyclist LINKS: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/explore-records/speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cycling_records http://theprojectspeed.com/ http://www.bicycling.com/news/records/badass-mom-of-three-becomes-worlds-fastestfemale-cyclist http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/17542078/cyclist-denise-mueller-sets-onespeed-record-falls-short-another http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-fastest-woman-1483715969#sandbox http://www.aerovelo.com/our-projects/#atlas-helicopter http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/speed/speed2.html