Vocabulary
What does the word passion means?
a strong feeling or emotion. Like love.
According to the article where is the small cafe that Garry was sitting?
What is the first and last name of the futurist in the article.
Where Garry earned his graduate degree of Future Studies?
The University of Houston.
"Some futurists study the ________."
a) decision making.
b) environment.
c) transportation.
b) environment.
What does the word futurist means?
a person who studies the future and makes predictions about it based on current trends.
What are the sketches in front of Garry in his table?
Sketches of cars, trains and highways.
Garry focuses on the study of what?
transportation.
How living in Houston for two years changed Garry's mind?
Changed the way that he viewed transportation in the USA.
Garry believes American cities will become more similar to _______ in several ways over the next 20 years.
New York City.
What does the word sprawl means?
to spread in a manner that is not ordered or organized.
What is Garry's passion?
Transportation, the science of how to move people from place to place.
Garry earned his graduate degree in what area?
Future Studies.
Why public transportation advocates dislike Houston?
They argue the city is too Sprawling.
Garry spends his days studying the relationships between ____, _____ and ____.
cars, subways and trains.
What does the word trend means?
a general course, direction, or tendency.
What does a futurist predicts?
They predict the future and analyze the way the world is today.
What newspaper interview Garry?
The New York Times.
What Garry said about Houston in the interview with The New York Time?
"Houston is a really interesting place and their transportation id fascinating story."
Garry points out that having so any parking spaces is ______.
inefficient.
What does the word inefficient means?
taking too much time or supplies to produce or reach results.
Garry spends his days studying the relationship of what?
The relationship of cars, subways and trains.
Where does Garry lives?
Houston.
What is the another trend that excites Garry?
The other trend that excites Garry is electric cars. "We need to reduce the amount of fuel we consume," says Garry. "Everyone agrees on this. The question is how to do it."
One challenge related to the production of electric cars is that it is hard to cheaply produce _______ that are strong enough for these cars.
batteries.