A Jet Pack . . . A Water Jet Pack
The sun is shining here in Germany–after a long and cold winter–and I have started thinking more about things to do outside as it gets warmer. So, this seems like a good time to watch a YouTube video about what I’d be doing today, if I had the money.
To help you with the vocabulary in this video, here are a few of the words you might not already know:
A jet pack is exactly what you see in this video: the word ‘jet’ refers to the engines you see on a modern airplane, and hte word ‘pack’ is just like a ‘backpack.’ The idea is as old as jet engines–but you see it mostly in comics and movies–to strap a jet to your back and fly around. Here’s an example of a working jet pack.
A lapse in sanity is a polite way of saying “crazy, but only for a little while.” A ‘lapse’ is when something stops, but not permanently. And ’sanity’ is what you have only if you’re not crazy. It’s something like ‘normalness.’ A lapse in sanity, then, means that your normalness stops for a moment. Another phrase you might hear with ‘lapse’ is a lapse in judgement, meaning you normally make good decisions. . . but that you just made a bad decision. Or some bad decisions.
Altitude is the word for how high above the ground something is. When you fly in an airline, the pilot normally comes on and says ‘We’re cruising at thirty thousand feet. . .’ When he says that, thirty thousand feet is your ‘altitude.’
April 5th, 2009 at 01:03
Hi Toby. The same problem, I can’t watch the video. Please send the link of it…