Car manufacturing companies like Ford, Tesla and Audi, and also tech companies like Google, are currently racing to develop the car of the future: the self-driving car. In this video, you will hear about the different features of Google’s car and how it works.
Before you watch
Before you watch, check some vocabulary that you’ll hear in the video.
Use one of the words below to complete each of the flashcard sentences.
drunk / GPA / cyclists / road signs / drowsy / 360 degrees / traffic lights / rear-view mirror / drunk
While you watch
Watch the video to find out more about Google’s self-driving car. Answer the questions that appear on the screen.
After you watch
Now that you have learned more about Google’s driverless car, let’s focus on some interesting language used in the video.
Useful language
Complete the text using one of these words in each space.
Driving language
Here is some of the useful driving language used in the video.
Technical language
Not surprisingly, lots of technical terms are used in the video. Use this activity to check out one or two of them.
Project management
In this activity, you can learn some useful expressions from the video which you can use to talk about projects.
Look at these extracts from the video.
- Driverless car technology is in its early stages right now.
- Good software will really make the difference to driverless cars.
- It’s hard for many to make sense of how driverless cars work.
Everyday phrases
The presenter also uses some interesting colloquial expressions. Use this activity to make a note of them.
Match the highlighted phrases with the explanation of how they are used.
Use a dictionary to check the meaning of words you’re not sure about. Here’s a good online dictionary you can use: Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries.
Language tip
Here are two sentence structures the presenter uses to explain something and to add information enthusiastically and dynamically.
Match the highlighted phrases with the explanation of how they are used.
Phrases like these work especially well in spoken English.
