4 Travelling in a balloon Listen to a story about men traveling in a balloon and compete the statements below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Travel in balloon: On December 1, 1783 two 1______ tested the first hydrogen balloon. Two years later two men crossed 2_____ in a balloon. On Nov. 18, 1908 three men went up in a balloon from 3_____. The three men were carrying the rope and some 4_____. At the bottom of the rope they fixed a 5 _____ cylinder. These were used to change 6 _____. When they came to the sea, the balloon was moving at a speed of 7_____ an hour. They tried to make the cylinder full of 8_____ and it pulled the balloon’s rope and it acted like a 9 ______. The men threw some 10 _____ out to make the balloon’s weight less. The next day, the balloon went higher up to 11 ______ feet and the water in the balloon began to 12 _____. The balloon began to go down towards the ground because 13 ______ made it very heavy. Finally, they landed safely in 14 ____ and they travelled 15 _____ from London.