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Did that really happen?
Another Flying Chair
CEF English language level: B2In 1982 Larry Walters made his famous 'lawn chair flight'. 25 years later a man from Oregon tried to do it again.
Watch this film and answer the questions below.
Video
True or False?
True or false?
1. Kent Couch is 38.
2. He is now a celebrity
3. He owns a petrol/gas station.
4. He is from Oregon, near the USA
5. He flew for more than nine hours.
6. He took off in the early evening.
7. There were more than 150 small balloons on board.
8. He used a gun to shoot the balloons
9. He landed in the American countryside
10. People were less friendly to him on this flight.
11. They asked him to leave their property,
12. This was Kent's thirteenth balloon flight
13. He shot too many balloons on his previous flight
14. He will do another balloon flight soon
1. Kent Couch is 38.
2. He is now a celebrity
3. He owns a petrol/gas station.
4. He is from Oregon, near the USA
5. He flew for more than nine hours.
6. He took off in the early evening.
7. There were more than 150 small balloons on board.
8. He used a gun to shoot the balloons
9. He landed in the American countryside
10. People were less friendly to him on this flight.
11. They asked him to leave their property,
12. This was Kent's thirteenth balloon flight
13. He shot too many balloons on his previous flight
14. He will do another balloon flight soon
Answers
1. Kent Couch is 38. False. He's 48.
2. He is now a celebrity True - 'a floating celebrity'
3. He owns a petrol/gas station. True
4. He is from Oregon, near the USA False. Oregon is a state in the USA
5. He flew for more than nine hours. True
6. He took off in the early evening. False. In the early morning ('dawn')
7. There were more than 150 small balloons on board. False - 'giant' balloons
8. He used a gun to shoot the balloons True
9. He landed in the American countryside True - 'rural Idaho'
10. People were less friendly to him on this flight. False - they were hostile after the previous flight
11. They asked him to leave their property False - on the previous flight
12. This was Kent's thirteenth balloon flight False - his third
13. He shot too many balloons on his previous flight True - this is why he parachuted out
14. He will do another balloon flight soon False - this is not known
2. He is now a celebrity True - 'a floating celebrity'
3. He owns a petrol/gas station. True
4. He is from Oregon, near the USA False. Oregon is a state in the USA
5. He flew for more than nine hours. True
6. He took off in the early evening. False. In the early morning ('dawn')
7. There were more than 150 small balloons on board. False - 'giant' balloons
8. He used a gun to shoot the balloons True
9. He landed in the American countryside True - 'rural Idaho'
10. People were less friendly to him on this flight. False - they were hostile after the previous flight
11. They asked him to leave their property False - on the previous flight
12. This was Kent's thirteenth balloon flight False - his third
13. He shot too many balloons on his previous flight True - this is why he parachuted out
14. He will do another balloon flight soon False - this is not known
First published in Ming Pao Daily. Illustrations by MPD illustrator Iris Tsoi.
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