Topic: At an Airport. Travelling by Plane.

NEW WORDS:

short flights – рейсы на короткие расстояния

International flights – международные рейсы

domestic flights – внутренние рейсы

charter flight – чартерный рейс

connecting flight – стыковочный рейс

destination – место назначения

booking office – билетная касса

book tickets in advance – заказать билеты заранее

reservation of tickets – бронирование билетов

confirm \ cancel reservation – подтвердить \ аннулировать заказ

single \ one-way – билет в один конец

return \ round-trip – билет туда и обратно

open return – обратный билет с открытой датой

replacement ticket – билет взамен утерянного

delay – задержка

arrival \ departure time – время прибытия \ отправления

on time – по расписанию, вовремя

meet smb at the airport – встречать кого-либо в аэропорту

terminal building – здание аэровокзала

lobby \ lounge / departure lounge – зал ожидания

check-in – регистрация

check-in desk – стойка регистрации

baggage (luggage) – багаж

tag - бирка

left luggage – камера хранения

lost and found – бюро находок

inquiry \ information office – справочное бюро

flight number – номер рейса

gate – выход на посадку

hand baggage / luggage – ручная кладь

boarding – посадка

boarding pass / card – посадочный талон

board the plane – совершить посадку, сесть на самолет

get on / board – сесть в самолет

time lag – разница в поясном времени

airhostess / stewardess – стюардесса

steward - стюард

flight attendant – бортпроводник

(cabin) crew – экипаж

airsick – страдающий воздушной болезнью

window \ aisle seat – место у иллюминатора \ у прохода

emergency exit – аварийный выход

currency exchange office – обменный пункт

departures board – табло отправлений

excess luggage – излишек багажа

flight number – номер рейса

overhead locker – полка для ручной клади над сиденьем в самолете

baggage reclaim – выдача багажа

passport control – паспортный контроль

runway – взлетная полоса

landing card – карточка с указанием порядка высадки пассажиров

fasten one’s seat belt – пристегнуть ремень

take-off – отправление

get off the plane – выйти из самолета

go through customs – пройти таможню

land - приземлиться

Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words given in bold type.

1. Where is the booking \ information office?

2. Will you show me the way to gate 30?

3. Is there a coach service from the terminal to the centre of the city?

4. What are the operating hours of the currency exchange office?

5. Where should I check-in?

6. I would like to make reservations for two round-trip tickets to Oslo.

7. I would like a window seat \ an aisle seat, please.

8. What is the departure \ arrival time?

9. This is your boarding pass.

10. Do I check in for flight 78 here?

11. There is a two-hour delay on our flight.

12. We were delayed at Paris airport.

13. Please fasten your seat belt and put your seat in the upright position.

14. May we remind passengers that there is no smoking now until you are inside the terminal building.

15. The cabin crew are now coming round with landing cards.

Exercise 2. Complete the words or phrases below using the following words:

control, lounge, number, luggage, desk, reclaim, card, locker, baggage

1. boarding …..

2. excess …..

3. check-in …..

4. flight …..

5. overhead …..

6. departure …..

7. baggage …..

8. passport …..

9. hand …..

Exercise 3. What do you call these? Use the following words for your answer:

runway, excess luggage, cabin crew, hand luggage, overhead locker, check-in desk, boarding card

1. The place where you go when you arrive at the airport with your luggage.

2. The card they give you with the seat number on it.

3. What you have to pay if your luggage is very heavy.

4. The bags you carry into the plane with you.

5. The place above your head where you can put these bags.

6. The part of the airport where the plane accelerates and takes off.

7. The people who look after you on the plane.

Exercise 4. Complete these sentences with a suitable word.

1. There was a mechanical problem, and we ended up with a two-hour ….. .

2. Several passengers had to fill in landing ….. .

3. I went through passport control and sat in the departure ….. .

4. If you have nothing to declare, you follow the green sign when you go through ….. .

5. A woman at the check-in desk weighed my ….. .

6. I looked for our flight number on the departures ….. .

Exercise 5. Fill the gaps in this letter.

Dear Jane,

I have just arrived in Rome but I am still recovering from a really terrible flight. We ….. two hours late because of bad weather, and then over the channel we had more bad weather. The ….. told us to ….. our seat belt, which worried me a bit, and for half an hour we ….. through a terrible storm. I was almost sick, but the cabin ….. were really nice. It was still raining and very windy when we ….. in Rome and I was really glad to ….. the plane and get into the airport building. I really hope the return ….. is a lot better.

Exercise 6. Answer these questions. If you do not fly very much, try to ask someone who does.

1. What is the most interesting part of the flight, and what is the most boring part?

2. Where do you often have delays, and why?

3. What do you usually do during the flight?

4. Do you always eat the food they give you? Do you ever drink alcohol on the flight?