24. 3. 2024
1. Make sure you know this vocabulary
lately
to discover
major (adj)
eventually
to sue
to testify in court
to commit suicide
to spy
to silence
2. Listen and click the words that you hear in the listening. They are in chronological order.
| Not in the listening | In the listening |
|---|---|
| lately | |
| industry | |
| aircraft | |
| error | |
| discovered | |
| major | |
| mistake | |
| aeronautical | |
| pilot | |
| eventually | |
| committed | |
| spying | |
| judge | |
| silence |
3. Read the questions in the quiz. Then listen and choose correct answers.
Questions:
1. How many people have died in Boeing 737 Max crashes?
2. What was the cause of the Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2019?
3. What was discovered by the US aviation authority?
4. Who was John Barnett?
5. How long did John Barnett work at Boeing?
6. What happened to John Barnett on the day he was scheduled to testify in court?
7. According to the police, how did John Barnett die?
8. What did Barnett's family and friends say?
4. Listen and drag and drop words from the table into the text
5. Read the text and try to type in missing words. Then listen and correct the words.
Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead
Boeing has been in big lately. In 2019, two new Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed. 346 died. The cause was an in the plane's software.
The US authority then discovered more problems in the production of planes Boeing.
The major scandal involves a former Boeing employee, John Barnett. John Barnett was an aeronautical who worked at Boeing for thirty-two years. Barnett talked to the media about production quality problems at Boeing and sued the company. On the day he was scheduled to testify in , he was found dead in his car. Police say he committed suicide. His family and friends say that's not . They say Barnett the company was spying on him and might try to silence him.
Transcript
Boieng Whistleblower Found Dead
Boeing has been in big trouble lately. In 2019, two new Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed. 346 people died. The cause was an error in the plane's software.
The US aviation authority then discovered more problems in the production of planes at Boeing.
The latest major scandal involves a former Boeing employee, John Barnett. John Barnett was an aeronautical engineer who worked at Boeing for thirty-two years. Barnett talked to the media about production quality problems at Boeing and eventually sued Boeing. On the day he was scheduled to testify in court, he was found dead in his car. Police say he probably committed suicide.
His family and friends say that's not true. They say Barnett knew the company was spying on him and might try to silence him.