Amelia Earhart

Posted by: Jaksyn Peacock

One of the most widely-known female pilots – and the mystery of her death.

Pre-listening vocabulary

pilot: a person who flies an airplane
passenger: a person who travels in a vehicle or plane, who is not the person driving it
capable: skilled, competent
solo: alone; not accompanied by other people
depart: to leave a place, especially for a journey

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American pilot Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897. She became interested in flying after her first ride at age 23. She began to take flying lessons in 1921, and earned her pilot’s license in 1923. In 1928, Earhart was a passenger on a flight across the Atlantic ocean. The flight took over 20 hours, and after the plane landed, Earhart quickly became . Determined to prove that she was a capable pilot herself, Earhart made another trip across the Atlantic – this time as the pilot of the plane. She completed this flight in 14 hours, which was a new . After her solo flight across the Atlantic, Earhart made several other historic flights, including the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. In 1937, Earhart decided that she wanted to fly around the world. She departed from Miami, Florida, and nearly 40,000 kilometres before her plane mysteriously disappeared. Earhart was never found. The most common explanation is that she crashed in the Pacific ocean after her plane ran out of fuel.

Comprehension questions

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Discussion/essay questions

While it is very likely that Amelia Earhart crashed in the Pacific Ocean, no one knows for sure what happened to her. Do you have any other theories about why her plane disappeared?

Transcript

American pilot Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897. She became interested in flying after her first airplane ride at age 23. She began to take flying lessons in 1921, and earned her pilot’s license in 1923. In 1928, Earhart was a passenger on a historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The flight took over 20 hours, and after the plane landed, Earhart quickly became famous. Determined to prove that she was a capable pilot herself, Earhart made another trip across the Atlantic – this time as the pilot of the plane. She completed this flight in 14 hours, which was a new record. After her solo flight across the Atlantic, Earhart made several other historic flights, including the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. In 1937, Earhart decided that she wanted to fly around the world. She departed from Miami, Florida, and travelled nearly 40,000 kilometres before her plane mysteriously disappeared. Earhart was never found. The most common explanation is that she crashed in the Pacific Ocean after her plane ran out of fuel.

Written and recorded by Jaksyn Peacock for EnglishClub

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14 comments

Ashley Alvarez B says:

I really liked this story since it is about a woman who wants to be pilot and it was better said and I would like there to be more stories like that.
william Duran says:

is very good
Kean says:

Amelia Earhart
oscar says:

the history was very intresting, i want to know if it is truth
vi vi says:

she was interested woman who reached herself dream to be a pilot
Kory Aran says:

It was okey
Albert GACKOU says:

Very interesting.
Anderw says:

Good story . I can listen anh understand
Mohammad Heshemi says:

I don’t have to say something
Duyên says:

I can understand story and study some vocabulary.But My Skill is still very low
XINGANG BAI says:

Good story! I learned many words.
Sang Phan says:

Amelia Earhart was one of the most famous female pilots of the early 20th century in the world. She was interesting in flying.She ever established a new record when just taking 14 hours to fly across the Atlantic. Unfortunately, she was missing in Pacific Ocean after a 40,000 kilometer-flight around the world. Nobody did not know why so far!
Anyway I admire her as a “female hero of sky” because she dared fly around the world by herself.
Thank you for your interesting short-audio text.
William Hung says:

The story is very sample and short and prefect for me.
omar says:

I liked the exercises on Amelia Earhat