A. Match each word with its correct definition.
Readiness, passenger, ownership, consumer, commute, carelessness, hybrid, pedestrian, failure, detour.
1. the act, state, or right of possessing something;
2. a long or roundabout route;
3. a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle;
4. a lack of success;
5. a thing made by combining two different elements;
6. a traveller on a public or private vehicle;
7. failure to give sufficient attention to avoiding harm or errors; negligence;
8. a person who purchases goods and services for personal use;
9. to travel some distance between one’s home and place of work on a regular basis;
10. the state of being fully prepared for something.
B. Give your own difinitions for the underlined words from the text above.
Exercise 20. 
Work in pairs. Student A is a TV reporter. Prepare questions about fully autonomous car forecasts for self-driving carmakers (Student B). Be as imaginative as you can.
For example:
1. Who will win the AV race: carmakers, Silicon Valley or China?
2. When will traffic lights disappear?
3. How will cities change?
Exercise 21. Work in pairs. Watch the video about the top 5 driverless cars. Which one would you like to choose? Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xDF9wnJpk
GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT
Exercise 22. Which sentences in the text above contain modal verbs and their equvalents? Make up negative and question forms with them as in the example:
1. If you want to drive an MG and enjoy that, you’ll be able to.
- Will you be able todrive an MG (Morris Garages) and enjoy that?
- If you want to drive an MG and enjoy that, you won’t be able to.
Exercise 23. Read the text.
A. Fill in the gaps with comparative adjectives.
B. Make superlative form for each of them.
Model:
- This car is certainly better but it’s much more expensive.
- This car is certainly the best one but it’s the most expensive.
You may use the Grammar reference or the Internet:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/adjectives/what-is-an-adjective.html
DRIVING WILL BE NICE!
“Basically everything that moves,
like planes, cars, trucks, toys, shopping carts
and so forth will eventually go autonomous”
Frank Chen
SAFETY
Driverless vehicles will be …….. (save) for the planet. Autonomous trucks and cars will be able to travel …… (close) together, cutting down on negative environmental impact and significantly decreasing the risk of those on the roud.
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The main reason that companies, consumers, and government agencies should be excied about autonomous vehicles is their opportunity to decrease the number of deaths and injuries resulting from car crashers. People are easilly distracted on the road, and self-driving cars provide an answer to that problem. After all, if there are …….(few) human drivers, …… (few) human mistakes will be made.
CONVENIENCE
When driverless tech becomes avaible to the market as a whole, it’ll be ….. (easy) for ….. (low-income) people to buy a car. Mostly, you’ll have …… (much/many) hands-free time on your commute. Early self-driving cars will offer the ability to free up your hands while you keep some attension on the road ahead. They’ll take care of pesky functions (надоедливые обязанности), like parallel parking or navigating narrow alleys.
3. 
EFFICIENCY
Autonomous tech companies are aiming to let cars communicate with each other. This means they should also be able to warn each other about animals crossing roads, pot holes, black ice ….. (fast). They could share information about nearly parking or lane changes. You won’t be at a standstill on the highway for 15 extra minutes.
AFFORDABILITY
As autonomous capability becomes the norm, it will be …..(cheap) and …… (easy) to buy. As a result, we will see driverless cars become … and … (many/much) accessible.
No pollution, no congestions, no accidents, no stress.
Exercise 24. In pairs or small groups match:
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