Driverless car trial: BBC News Review

A major trial of driverless cars on the public roads has been taking place in the UK city of Milton Keynes. Learn key vocabulary to help you talk about this news story.
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Video chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:32 - Story
1:50 - Headline 1: The Times: Driverless cars kick off by taking footballers to training
4:30 - Headline 2: BBC News:- Milton Keynes to hold large-scale driverless car trial
7:10 - Headline 3: Autocar: Driverless cars to hit public roads in Milton Keynes
10:00 - Language summary
Key words and phrases:
kick off - begin; start
- The match kicks off at six o’clock - so don’t be late!
- I’ll kick off the meeting with a look at our sales figures.
large-scale - involving many people or things
- Illegal logging has caused large-scale damage to the rainforests.
- Obesity has become a large-scale problem in the developed world.
hit - make an impact on
- The new computer game has hit the shelves.
- Coronavirus has hit the world economy.
To download the audio and a transcript and test your understanding, go to our website: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
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I've been driving my whole life and I have intention to be driving the rest of it(long I hope) ..😜 But I don't fancy at all being driven in a car without driver.Not my cup of tea 🚩 Besides I read one of these cars was involved in a deadly car crash... So count me out🛴🛴🛴

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The universe is homogeneous on large scale. (looked as a whole)
You hit four million subscribers a few days ago. (hit=reach)
With a few restrictions, it's time to hit the road. (hit=leave)
The idea hit me like a ton of bricks. (hit=strong emotional impact)

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The eating food kick off the next few hours

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When is the large-scale production of self driving car hitting Africa? Expect it to kick off in Ghana anytime soon

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