1 – vocabulary
Review the vocabulary on radio operations with this section from L’Anglais pour voler: Radio – ATS .2 – crossword
Radio operations3 – reading comprehension
Read this February 2013 Info-pilote article: icing, a winter delicacy , and answer the following questions: – What are the two types of structural icing? – What does rime ice look like? – What is the other name for clear ice? – What are the four categories of icing intensity? – What does FIKI means?4 – listening comprehension
Using the second part of the same article as support, listen to the recording below and find the missing words.5 – The General English corner
Check what a contranym is here. Now, let’s transform the General English corner into a French corner. Do you know the French translation for contranym? Try to find some examples.2 – crossword
ACROSS: 2 – switch off, 4 – relay, 6 – select, 7 – antenna, 9 – spell out, 11 – transmit, 14 – receive, 18 – squelch, 20 – radio set, 21 – mike, 22 – fade, 23 – stuck mike
DOWN: 1 – fluctuate, 3 – contact, 5 – failure, 8 – ANR, 10 – unreadable, 12 – frequency, 13 – push to talk, 15 – monitor, 16 – distorted, 17 – jammed, 19 – headset
3 – reading comprehension
– clear and rime
– opaque, rough and brittle
– glaze ice
– trace, light, moderate and severe
– Flight Into Known Icing
4 – listening comprehension
1 – light; 2 – rime; 3 – chop; 4 – reports; 5 – moderate; 6 – through ; 7 – worse; 8 – straight; 9 – moderate; 10 – icing; 11 – higher ; 12 – anti-ice; 13 – picking it up; 14 – severe
5 – general English corner In French, we use the word « synantonymie ». The two most well-known examples are: – « louer » which means both « to let » and « to rent » – « hôte » which means both « host » and « guest ». If you Google « synantonymie » you’ll get only 3 answers!