Alpine Brings New F1 Car Upgrade for Gasly at Zandvoort
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Alpine is an F1 team. F1 means Formula 1. It is a fast car racing sport.
Alpine has a new upgrade for its car. An upgrade means a new part that makes the car better. Only one driver will get it. His name is Pierre Gasly.
Gasly will use the new part in Zandvoort. Zandvoort is a race track in the Netherlands. Alpine says the new part is powerful. Powerful means very strong.
The other Alpine driver is Franco Colapinto. He does not get the new part yet. Colapinto is thinking about the next race in Monza. Monza is a race track in Italy.
Colapinto says he is excited about new parts coming later. He hopes Alpine will bring more upgrades soon. Alpine wants to make the car faster for both drivers.
Vocabulary15 words
- upgrade
- a new part that makes something better
- powerful
- very strong
- Formula 1
- a sport with very fast racing cars
- Grand Prix
- a big car race
- team
- a group of people working together
- driver
- a person who drives the race car
- track
- the road where cars race
- race
- a competition to see who is fastest
- excited
- feeling happy about something coming
- future
- time that has not happened yet
- part
- a piece of a machine
- fast
- moving very quickly
- Netherlands
- a country in Europe
- Italy
- a country in Europe
- later
- at a future time
Quiz
Answer key
1. Pierre Gasly 2. The Netherlands 3. New upgrades
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Alpine is an F1 team. F1 means _____ 1. It is a fast car racing sport.
Alpine has a new _____ for its car. An upgrade means a new part that makes the car better. Only one driver will get it. His name is Pierre _____.
Gasly will use the new part in _____. Zandvoort is a race track in the Netherlands. Alpine says the new part is _____.
The other Alpine driver is Franco _____. He does not get the new part yet. Colapinto is thinking about the next race in _____.
Colapinto says he is _____ about new parts coming later. He hopes Alpine will bring more _____ soon.