The Galley – Pantry
The galley – pantry is designed for cooking hot meals and cold appetizers (starters), and for beverage and fruit storage.
It is provided with metal containers for dishes and foods, electric boilers, heating ovens. The galley –pantry is provided with hot and cold water supply. There is a special board with the switches and the stewardess’s interphone here.
Wardrobe Compartments and Toilets.
The wardrobe compartments are large enough to accommodate the hand luggage and overcoats of all the passengers. They can be located in the front, middle and rear part of the plane. The location of the wardrobe compartments as well as their number depend on the type of the aircraft. The passenger can find some clothes – hangers for their overcoats in the wardrobe compartments.
The toilets meet all sanitary requirements. They are fitted with a wash-basin with cold and hot water supply, a mirror, a water-closet pan, which is flushed with antiseptic fluid, toilet rolls and an electrical socket for an electrical shaver, towels, a piece of soap and an attendant call button. The location and the number of the toilets depend on the type of the aircraft.
Answer the questions:
A.
Do people like travelling?
What is the most convenient way of travelling?
What classes can passengers choose for travelling?
How many passenger cabins is the plane divided into? What are they called?
What class cabin is the smallest?
How can the seats be arranged?
How are the seats numbered?
How are the seats lettered?
How many signs are there above the cabin door? Name them.
When are these signs switched on?
What are the doors in the passenger cabin fitted with?
What covers the cabin floor?
What extends along the cabin walls?
What are overhead baggage racks and overhead stowage bins designed for?
What can a passenger find above each group of seats?
What does the service unit include?
How can a passenger control the air conditioning?
What does a passenger use as a light filter in sunny weather?
What light do the cabin attendants switch on during night flights?
What is the passenger chair provided with?
How can a passenger recline his seat back?
How can we distinguish each class?
Where is a baby cot fixed?
What is a baby cot supplied with?
Answer the questions:
B.
Where do cabin attendants cook the passengers’ meals?
What is the galley-pantry provided with?
What kind of water is the galley supplied with?
Answer the questions:
C.
Where can passengers leave their hand luggage and overcoats?
Where are wardrobe compartments located?
What can passengers find in the wardrobe for hanging up their overcoats?
What is the toilet fitted with?
Do the toilets on board meet all sanitary requirements?
Useful words and phrases summary
first
class an air vent ( a nozzle)
to travel business class to adjust
economy class an attendant call button
a blind (a shade)
the first class cabin to be fitted (with)
the business (club) (executive) to be provided with
class cabin to be supplied with
the economy class cabin a sliding ash-tray
to number an armrest
to letter a tray-table
a
notice (sign) an angle (pitch)
taxiing a baby cot
take-off a bulkhead
ascent a bedding
descent a baby kit
landing a galley-pantry
curtains to be designed for
a carpet to accommodate
an electrical socket location
an electrical shaver clothes-hangers
a wash basin
a towel