Grade 10 Unit 1

Transcript

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How Driverless Cars will Change our World Let's Practice Vocabulary!

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Word

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Meaning

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"Under the artificial GLARE of street lamps..."

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Strong and dazzling light

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"..the vehicle RADIATE a low hum."

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To extend or spread from a center

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"The wheel NAVIGATES ..."

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Plan and direct the course of any form of transport, especially by using instruments or maps

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"...wheel navigates the CURB."

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A stone edging to a pavement or raised path

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"...notification PINGS on the phone..."

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Short and sharp sound

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"...with noone UPFRONT."

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At the front; in front

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"...robotaxi, HAILED just 10 minutes ago"

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To call someone in order to attract their attention

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"...technology has long been ENTICING."

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Attractive or tempting

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"...experience of COMMUTING and long journey."

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Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.

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“…and STREAMLINE our industries.”

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Make more efficient and effective by simpler working methods

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“…where our RELIANCE and relationship with cars…”

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Dependence on or trust in someone or something.

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An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease.

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“…want safer roads and fewer FATALITIES.”

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“…a very calm and SERENE way of getting…”

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Calm and peaceful

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“…rethinking the highway code, public PERCEPTION…”

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A belief or an image about how you see or understand something

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“…question of ultimate LIABILITY…”

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The state of being legally responsible for something

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“…that can be DEPLOYED and used…”

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To use something effectively

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“…all these HURDLES in place…”

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A problem or difficulty that must be overcome.

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“…10 years have in store for AUTONOMOUS vehicles?”

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A vehicle that has the technology to drive itself

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“…in complex and UNPREDICTABLE human environments.”

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Likely to change suddenly and without reason

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“…underpasses, building FACADES, tree cover.”

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The principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

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“…ride-hailing, and different TERRAINS such as road…”

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An area of land