Базовый курс Часть 2 Учебное пособие Второе издание, переработанное Томск 2003 удк 628. 91

UNIT 2

Travelling By Air

I. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

1. 
   When should you arrive at an airport?
   
2. 
   What is the first thing you are to do when you arrive at the airport?
   
3. 
   In what cases should you pay for your luggage?
   
4. 
   May you take your suitcase on board a plane with you?
   
5. 
   What does the captain usually say?
   

1. 
   Passengers are requested to arrive at the airport (air terminal) one hour before departure time on international flights and half an hour on domestic flights.
   
2. 
   Passengers must register their tickets, weigh in and register the luggage. The economy class limitation is 20 kg. First-class passengers are allowed 30 kg. Excess luggage must be paid for.
   
3. 
   Passengers are permitted to take only some personal belongings with them into the cabin. These items include handbags, brief-cases or attache-cases, umbrellas, coats and souvenirs bought at the tax-free shops at the airport.
   
4. 
   Each passenger is given a boarding pass to be shown at the departure gate and again to the stewardess when boarding the plane.
   

5. 
   Watch the electric sign flashes in the plane. When the «Fasten Seat Belts» sign goes on, do it promptly, and also obey the «No Smoking» signal.
   
6. 
   Listen to the announcements on the public address system. The captain will welcome you on board, tell you all about the flight and the interesting places you are flying over.
   
7. 
   Do not forget your personal belongings when leaving the plane.
   

II. Say which of the following statements are false and why.

1. 
   Nowadays most people travel by train.
   
2. 
   All passengers should arrive at the airport an hour before the departure no matter which flight it is.
   
3. 
   Passengers must register their tickets.
   
4. 
   The first-class limitation is 20 kg.
   
5. 
   Excess baggage must be paid for.
   
6. 
   Passengers are allowed to take any belongings with them into the cabin.
   
7. 
   Some of the passengers are given a boarding pass.
   

III. Read the following dialogues and pay attention to the sentences in bold type.

IV. Tell what you do while you are waiting for a flight. Choose activities from the list.

V. Make up dialogues with the situations given.

1. 
   You come to the booking-office to get a ticket for a plane. What will you ask the clerk about?
   
2. 
   Your flight is 45 minutes delayed. What will you do? Where do you go?
   
3. 
   You’ve just arrived from Moscow. Your friend has come to meet you at the airport. Tell him about your flight.