ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADTheCloakofFeathersbyAnnaHarrisbyAnnaHarrisTheTheFutureFutureofofFlightFlightASTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverGarethPadfield/FlightStabilityandControl(UniversityofLiverpool,UnitedKingdom)www.mycopter.eu**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularycontrolled,direction,flight,impossible,launched,motion,passenger,popularContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,405**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118850-5MHID:0-02-118850-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1WheretofromHere?....................2Chapter2AroundtheWorld........................6Chapter3TravelingintoSpace.....................10RespondtoReading....................15TheCloakofFeathers.........16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience...............20byAnnaHarrisTheTheFutureFutureofofFlightFlightEssentialQuestionHowarepeopleabletofly?Chapter1WheretofromHere?WheretofromHere?You’veprobablyseenHollywoodmoviesinwhichpeopletravelaroundinflyingcarsorusespacecrafttoexploreotherplanets.Couldthesemoviesactuallyshowtheairandspacetravelofthefuture?Oneday,couldthistechnologybeavailabletoanyone?Peoplehaveimaginedallkindsofstrangespacecraft.2BrandXPictures/PunchStockImagineyoulive30yearsinthefuture.Ifyouneedtomakeatriptothestore,howwillyougetthere?Ajetpackisadeviceyoustraponlikeabackpack.Fuelandairareburnedinanengine.Thenhotairisforcedoutoftheexhaust,whichthruststhepersonupward.Ajetpackallow...
