Text 1. At an Airport.

NEW WORDS:

conveniences - удобства

gift-shop – сувенирная лавка

first-aid room – пункт скорой помощи

chemist’s – аптека

Exercise 1. Translate the text paying special attention to the words and phrases given in bold type.

At an airport they usually have some halls (lobbies or lounges): an arrival hall (for those who arrive), a departure hall (for those who leave). There may be a transit hall for transit passengers.

Airlines perform a variety of activities in the terminal building of an airport, for which they need some facilities: booking offices, check-in counters, baggage-handling counters, baggage claim area, information board and inquiry offices, telecommunication, crew rest facilities, etc.

In the airport terminal building a lot of conveniences for passengers are provided: cafes and snack-bars, luggage lockers, left luggage department, duty-free shops, various gift-shops, first-aid rooms, lost and found department, currency exchange, chemist’s counters, public telephones.

Text 2. Ticketing and Check-in.

NEW WORDS:

issue a ticket in the name of … - выдать билет на имя …

concede - уступить (передать)

normal fare - обычный (полный) тариф

valid (validity of a ticket) - годный (срок годности билета)

commencement of flight - начало полета

carrier \ airline - перевозчик \ авиакомпания

in due time - в назначенное время

stick - прикреплять

cover - обложка

in the name of - на имя

booking fee - оплата бронирования

on our behalf - от нашего имени

account number - номер счета

The passengers ticket and baggage check for an international flight issued in your name is personal and cannot be conceded to another person. Your ticket is issued at the normal fare and is valid for one year as of the date of commencement of flight. The day before your journey, study again the data in your ticket: airport of departure, the airline you are going to fly (your carrier), flight number, departure check-in time (i.e. the time by which passengers should be at the airline check-in desk to be accepted for the flight), the departure time of the aircraft. If you fail to arrive at the check-in in due time, you will not be accepted for transportation on the flight for which you have reserved a seat.

Each of your pieces of baggage will be tagged with a baggage tag with a serial number and the final destination of your baggage. The other piece of the baggage tag is sticked to the cover of your ticket. After the check-in you will be given a boarding pass. You should keep this boarding pass at hand and present it together with the other documents to the passport and customs control authorities, until you board the plane.

Fax for a plane ticket:

Please reserve a single, business class seat, in the name of Mr. (Mrs.) … , Managing Director, CAT Ltd, on flight KMN 787, leaving London on May 18 at ) 09.00 for Paris. The fare and booking fee will be paid by … Bank which has instruction to do so on our behalf; our account number is … . We thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.

Exercise 1. Translate the following word combinations from English into Russian:

passenger ticket, baggage check, international flight, issue a ticket, to concede, to be valid, commencement of flight, airport of departure, flight number, check-in desk, in due time, to reserve a seat, tag, boarding pass, customs control, board the plane, business class seat, fare, booking fee, on our behalf, account number.