5. Make up your own dialogue “Booking a Flight”.

5. You are checking in for a flight. Make sure you understand the following phrases that the check-in assistant might ask you.

• Can I see your ticket, please?

• Do you have your passport with you?

• I'm afraid your passport has expired.

• I'll need to see your child's birth certificate.

• How many bags are you checking?

• I'm afraid that bag exceeds the size restrictions.

• Did you pack your bags yourself?

• Would you like an aisle or a window seat?

• You'll board at gate 7.

• Please be at the gate thirty minutes before your scheduled flight.

• Your flight is expected to take off on time.

• Your flight has been delayed by bad weather for several hours.

• Flight 87B to Toronto has been cancelled.

• I'm afraid you're too late to check-in.

• Enjoy your flight.

VIII. Make up your own dialogue “Checking In”.

IX. You are a customs officer at the airport. What questions might you ask a passenger?

X. Complete the following dialogues:

A.

Official: Your passport, please.

P.: Here you are.

Official: Where are you going?

P:…:

Official: How long are you going to stay in the country?

P:…

Official: What’s the purpose of your trip?

P:…

B.

Customs officer:…?

M: Yes, it’s mine. Shall I open it?

Customs officer:….

M: I don’t think I have, though I have a box of cigarettes

for my own use. I believe they are duty free?

Customs officer: …

M: Thank you.

C.

Customs officer: Good afternoon, madam, is that your suit-case?

M:

Customs officer: Do you have anything to declare?

M:…

Customs officer: No, thank you. That won’t be necessary.

XI. Complete the air travel announcements. Use the words in the box:

seat-belts overhead locker hand-luggage safety instructions upright position life-jacket

1. For your safety, please put your (1) ... in the (2) ... above your seat.

2. In case of emergency, your (3) … is located under your seat. Please read the (4) … in the seat pocket in front of you.

3. We’ll be landing in a few minutes. Please could you return to your seats and put them in the (5) … and fasten your (6) ….

XII. Why do people go to these places at the airport?

News-stand, lost and found, currency exchange, car rental.

13. Read and translate the text: travelling by air

Nowadays people who go on business mostly travel by air, as it is the fastest means of travelling.

If you travel by air you should arrive at the airport two hours before departure time. First you go to the check-in desk where they weigh your luggage. Usually you are permitted 20 kilos, but if your bags weigh more, you have to pay excess baggage. The airline representative checks your ticket and gives you a boarding card for the plane with your seat number on it. You can ask the clerk to have a seat on an aisle or by the window. Then you go through customs and passport control to the departure lounge. About half an hour before take-off the boarding is announced and you have to go to the gates indicated in your boarding card.

When you board the plane, you take your seat and fasten your seat-belt. As a rule during the flight the flight assistant serves you drinks and meals. Besides, newspapers and magazines are offered to the passengers.

When the plane lands and stops, you get off the plane and go to the baggage claim where you collect your luggage. Then you go through customs. The customs officers may ask you to show your luggage to them. Usually articles for personal use and wear and also gifts are not liable to duty. If you are carrying much currency you should declare it.