gusconversation

05-2012

I) VOCAB

01. drive
The company needs someone with drive and ambitions for this job.

02. picky
She's very picky about her work.

03. out of the blue
We were all at the pub when Susan and Peter announced, out of the blue, that they were getting divorced.

04. stuntman
The movie actor Jackie Chan doesn't use stuntmen in his movies.

05. deforestation
Deforastation is one of the major causes of global warming.

drive - garra, determinação
picky - detalhista, exigente, chato
out of the blue - de repente, do nada, inesperadamente
stuntman - dublê
deforestation - desmatamento
major - principal
global warming - aquecimento global
to lift off - levantar voo
grandstand - arquibancada
meet - encontro
to break the record - quebrar o recorde
quickest - mais rápido
takeoff - decolagem

II) HIGHLIGHT

Jan 11,1910 - With Glen Curtiss at the controls, his biplane lifts off in front of the grandstand at Los Angeles International Air Meet. Curtiss broke the record for quickest and shortest distance takeoff and carrying a passenger.