Miles vs. Kilometers

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• similar
• gone the distance
• confusing
• rental car

• conversion
• Whoops

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Good job everyone! You made it to Friday. You’ve really gone the distance this time!
Today we are going to listen as Steph and Sara get all confused about the difference between miles and kilometers.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Steph

Sara

Steph:  Ya know, Canada and America are a lot alike. I went there though. One of the big differences is that they use kilometers.

Sara:  Really? I don’t really know anything about kilometers. Like how many kilometers are in a mile?

Steph:  You know, I know that there are more kilometers in a mile than there are miles in a kilometer.

Sara:  Really?

Steph:  Um, I think it’s 1.6.

Sara:  One point six kilometers equals one mile?

Steph:  I think so. Yeah. It’s very confusing though. Especially when your car is in miles per hour.

Sara:  Mmmhmm.

Steph:  And you’re looking at signs that say kilometers to a certain destination. The math is just terrible.

Sara:  Well then, is the speed different, too? Like if your car says miles per hour and you’re going 30? Are you still going 30 kilometers?

Steph:  Right. Exactly. I mean, if you drive your car in from America, then you have to do all this math. But, um, when I went to Germany, I got in my rental car and I was doing all this conversion. And I was like, oh, ya know.

Sara:  Yeah.

Steph:  Fifty kilometers, ya know, to Frankfurt. And then I was dividing by miles and all this stuff.

Sara:  Wow.

Steph:  It was stupid though because the car was in kilometers.

Sara:  Oh. Whoops.

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