Question Time Can you answer these questions?

1 Where are you going to go on holiday this year?

2 What are you going to see there?

3 What are you going to do there?

4 Who are you going to go with?

5 How much is it going to cost you?

Airport

A good traveler has no fixed plans.

Lao Tzu, Taoist philosopher.

Lead-in

Social English

Complete the spaces with a phrase from the box.

a good trip can we meet I’ll call I’ll meet you I’ll e-mail you I’m late

1 – Oh no, I’m going to be late for my train.

- Don’t worry. ________________ a taxi.

2 - _________________ at the airport.

- OK. Where ___________________?

- At the information desk, at 7 o’clock.

3 – Sorry _____________________

- No problem. We have time.

4 – Have ____________________. And please write.

- _____________________ next week, I promise.

READING

a) When was the last time you went to an airport (or station)? Were you meeting someone or going somewhere?

b) Read the magazine article. Complete it with these questions.

A / B / C / 1 D / E / F / G / H / I /

Do you know anybody here? Are you going to stay for long? Is this your first visit? What are you planning to do? When are you leaving? Does he know you’re coming? How are you going to get there? How long are you going to stay? Where are you staying in London?

c) Read the article again and write R (Rimma), J (Jonathan), M (Maki).

1 _______ is going to stay at a hotel.

2 _______ is going to stay at a friend’s house.

3 _______ is going to visit a family member.

4 _______ is going to the theatre tomorrow.

5 _______ is only going to be in the UK for four weeks.

6 _______ is going to work.

Airport Stories.

Heathrow airport near London is the busiest international airport in the world. Every day thousands of travelers arrive at Heathrow from many different countries. Every one of them has a different story to tell. We spent an afternoon in the Arrivals Hall at Heathrow last week talking to travelers arriving from abroad. We asked them: Why are you here?

LOOKING FOR A JOB

Rima, 23, from Vilnius in Lithuania.

Why are you here?

I’m going to look for a job. Maybe as an au pair*, looking after children. And I want to improve my English too, so I can get a better job when I go back home. I hope I can find some work quickly, because I don’t have much money.

1 Is this your first visit?

Yes, it is. I’m really looking forward to living here, but I’m a bit nervous too.

2 ___________________?

Six months or a year. It depends how things go.

3 ___________________?

Yes. I have a friend who’s working here in a restaurant. I’m going to stay with her for a few weeks until I can find my own flat.

Well, good luck!

A FAMILY REUNION

Jonathan, 35, just arrived from Melbourne, Australia.

Why are you here?

I’m going to see my Dad in Wales. It’s his seventieth birthday tomorrow.

4 ______________________?

No. It’s going to be a big surprise for him. And it’s going to be very emotional too. I moved to Australia in 1990, and the last time I saw my Dad was five years ago. It’s too expensive to visit very often and my father can’t fly – he had a heart operation last year.

5 _______________________?

By train. All the family are waiting at my parents’ house. We’re going to have a big party there tomorrow night.

6 _______________________?

Yes, for a month. It’s too far to come for a short time – and I want to see all my old friends here as well as my family.

ON THEIR HONEYMOON

Maki, 25 and Koji, 27, from Nagasaki, Japan.

Why are you here?

We’re on our honeymoon. We got married last Saturday.

Congratulations!

7 ________________________?

We’re staying at the Hyde Park hotel. We’re just here for a few days.

8 ________________________

Everything is organized for us. Tomorrow we’re doing a tour of London on a double-decker bus, and in the evening we’re seeing a show. Then on Tuesday we’re going to Oxford and Cambridge and on Wednesday we’re flying to Edinburgh.

9 ________________________?

On Friday. We’re going to Paris next, and then to Rome…

Well, have a good time!

COMMUNICATION

At Immigration

Cover the dialogue and say how long Alice is going to stay in the United States.

You hear	You say
- Good evening, ma’am. - _____are you arriving from? - ___the purpose of your visit? -___long are you staying in the US? -____ are you staying? -____you know anybody here? -____he family or a friend? -____ you have his phone number? -____ this your first visit to the US? - Enjoy your stay in San Francisco.	-Good evening. -From London. -Business. I’m here for a conference. - A week. - In San Francisco. At the Pacific View Hotel. - Yes, Mark Ryder. - He’s a colleague – and a friend. - Yes, his mobile is 405 655 7182. - Yes, it is. -Thank you.

READING

a) Read the text about Glasgow airport.

Glasgow Airport is the busiest of Scotland’s three main international airports, and 7.5 million passengers pass through it every year. Below you can find five different ways of getting to the airport:

• BY CAR If you’re planning to drive to Glasgow Airport, you need to take the MB motorway and turn off at junction 28. The airport is a 20-minute drive from Glasgow city centre and two minutes from the nearest town, Paisley.

• BY BIKE The National Cycle Network Route will take you to the airport, where there is a safe place you can keep your bike until you need it again when you return. Take National Routes 75 and 7 to ride through Paisley to Glasgow Airport.

• BY TRAIN The train will take you from Glasgow Central to Paisley’s Gilmour Street Station, where you can take a taxi or a bus for the remaining three kilometers to Glasgow Airport. From Monday to Saturday there are eight trains an hour, and there are five every hour on Sunday.

• BY BUS OR COACH Citylink and Failine buses operate a service to the airport from Glasgow city centre. The buses run every 15 minutes and drop you off in front of the terminal building. The price for a single ticket is 3.30 pounds, and the journey takes about 25 minutes.

• BY TAXI Phone Cab Fly 24 hours a day on +44 (0) 141 848 4588 for a taxi to take you to Glasgow Airport. The cost of a taxi from Glasgow city centre to airport is approximately 15.50 pounds, and the journey takes about 20 minutes.

b) How did the following people get to the airport?

1 James went on the motorway. by _____________

2 Sarah paid 3.30. by______________

3 Robert made a phone call. by_______________

4 Steve did some exercise. by________________

5 Carol went from Glasgow Central. by________________

Grammar reference Past Simple

a) Complete the Text with Past Simple forms:

argue rent have go not know drive fly be