Listening: Should Short Flights Be Banned?

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B2 | Listening from video | 12 min

Should Short Flights Be Banned?

Watch the whole video. You can watch more than once. Then answer the questions below. (6:22)

Choose the best answer.

1. What is the main point of the video?

____ The French ban removed a large share of the country's aviation emissions.____ The ban was a legal milestone but has had little real climate effect.____ The ban failed because high-speed trains were too slow to replace planes.

2. How did the government's changes affect the citizens' original proposal?

____ Far fewer routes ended up banned than the citizens had wanted.____ More routes were banned because the government widened the rule.____ The same routes were banned, but airlines were given more time.

3. What had already happened to the three routes before the law was signed?

____ The European Commission had already refused to approve them.____ Train operators had already replaced them with faster rail services.____ Air France had already stopped operating them under a bailout deal.

4. About what share of surveyed French air travelers said they would choose another option if their flight disappeared?

____ About 14% of them.____ About 41% of them.____ About 74% of them.

True, False or Not Given? Choose Not Given if the video does not say.

5. Most French people supported the ban.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

6. At the citizens' climate convention, people suggested ending flights wherever a good train journey takes more than four hours.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

7. Flights to Charles de Gaulle airport were not covered by the ban.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Complete each sentence with the words you hear.

A NUMBER from the video.

8. Banning a route required train timetables that left passengers over ____ hours at the other end.

A NUMBER from the video.

9. The French aviation authority calculated that ending the three routes would cut roughly ____ tons of CO2 a year.

A NUMBER from the video.

10. Together, the three banned routes made up only about ____ percent of flight emissions leaving mainland France.

Should Short Flights Be Banned?

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