Simplified Speech #052 – Motorcycles
Episode description
Have you ever thought about buying a motorcycle and cruising through the neighbourhood at breakneck speeds? Then this is the topic for you! In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Morag talk all about these two-wheeled vehicles.
Fun fact
The very first motorcycle was invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Germany in 1885. The Dodge Tomahawk, the fastest motorcycle nowadays, can reach speeds over 550 kilometres per hour and accelerate from 0 to 96 kilometres per hour in less than 3 seconds!
Expressions included in the study guide
- General opinion
- Exposed
- Thinking seriously about [something]
- To push to the limit
- Flat out
- Chunky
- Wiped out
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Simplified Speech #052 – Motorcycles
Episode description
Have you ever thought about buying a motorcycle and cruising through the neighbourhood at breakneck speeds? Then this is the topic for you! In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Morag talk all about these two-wheeled vehicles.Fun fact
The very first motorcycle was invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Germany in 1885. The Dodge Tomahawk, the fastest motorcycle nowadays, can reach speeds over 550 kilometres per hour and accelerate from 0 to 96 kilometres per hour in less than 3 seconds!Expressions included in the study guide
- General opinion
- Exposed
- Thinking seriously about [something]
- To push to the limit
- Flat out
- Chunky
- Wiped out
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Morag St. Clair
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Let It Go by Scott Dugdale
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Heather Bates
Study guide writer: Kassy White
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
Image: Justin Clark (Unsplash.com)
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