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Ex.3.Put each of the following words or phrases into its correct place in the

Airliners, or ..... planes, differ from light planes not only in ..... but also in speed and equipment. They are designed to ..... a greater number of people over longer ..... without stopping to refuel.

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that the passengers fasten their ….. for ……. Later, the ……. distribute magazines, serve meals, and do other things to make the ……. enjoyable.

Lead-in

Think of two things you like and don’t like about travelling by air.

I’ve been shocked, but not altogether surprised, when I think of the efforts the human race (adult variety) has made, and makes to keep itself from being bored on journeys. Look what happens when it crosses the sea in a great ship. Everything is organized to prevent boredom – games and concerts and swimming baths and cinema shows – all sorts of things go on, day in, day out. Airports have huge bookstalls and everybody busily buys magazines and papers to read. In the air there is a continual succession of meals and drinks and sweets brought by helpful airhostesses. No station except the smallest is complete without its railway bookstall, and if you make a journey along any main line for any length of time and look at your grown-up companions you’ll find them always hiding behind their papers and magazines.

Nowadays even those who go by motor-car can’t do without the radio – at least a lot of adults can’t. It’s all part of the general idea that journeys are deadly and that they have got to drug themselves with something to get through. Very few people over the age of thirty look out of the window.

Not long ago I was traveling by air from London Airport to Prestwick in Scotland. It takes ages to get into the air, these days – three-quarters of an hour to get through the London traffic in the bus, perhaps another half an hour at the airport until the flight is ready. On some air journeys you spend as much time on the ground as you do in the air between terminals! Waiting for the flight to be announced on the loudspeaker, I looked at the passengers who were going to travel in our aircraft. They were all slumped about the chairs, idly turning over the leaves of magazines, muttering to each other, obviously bored stiff.

All, that is, except the passengers who were in their teens or younger. These were buzzing round the waiting-room with a great deal of zeal – indeed, impatience – looking closely at all the maps of air-routes, working through the time-tables of the different services.

When the flight was at last announced, a boy of about fifteen slipped, quite politely, to the head of the queue, and was one of the first to board the aircraft when we were out on the tarmac.

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He’d bagged a seat in the rear of the aircraft, by a window that I knew was one of the best for a view of the world below. I sat down behind him. Just after we had taken-off, and everybody had loosened their seat-belts, we both fished traveling atlases of Britain out of our bags.

“Mine’s the same as yours,” I said, over his shoulder. “I like following the flight; and it’s a good day for seeing the ground”, he said.

It was a good day; we flew all the way to Scotland between six and eight thousand feet, and there was not a cloud in the sky. Now and then we got up to look out of the port window, to pick up an expected town, or wood, or lake.

We were not far from Birmingham when the captain of the aircraft came through on one of his periodic visits to the passengers. George was looking out of the window and mumbling away on his running commentary. The captain tapped him on the shoulder. “Navigator, eh?” he said. “You seem to know where we are – would you like to meet out navigator and look at his plot?”

“Would I?” said George. You couldn’t see his tail for smoke as he scuttled forward through the crew door.

On most longish flights captain once or twice passes a bet of paper down to the passengers which gives the aircraft’s speed, height, position, and E.T.A.; or else he announces it over the loudspeaker; or he does both. After some time a voice came over the speaker: “Shortly,” it said, “we will see Windermere to out right – I mean starboard. Below us now, on out port side, is Morecambe bay.” It sounded rather a young voice. Sure enough, along came Windermere, a silver ribbon in a landscape of great green hills, crowned with spring snow. And the voice told us when we were flying over Sca Fell, the highest mountain in England, and showed us Carlisle and the Solvayestuary, and the hills of the lowlands, also powdered with snow. Some of the grownups even put down their magazines for a moment and looked out of the window.

Just before the air-hostess warned us to fasten out safety belts for landing, George came back with a beaming face. “Wizard show,” he said, “the navigator’s a good type; he showed me all his things and even let me get a position on the loudspeaker.”

Ex. 1. Comprehension questions:

1.Where was Mr. Fisher travelling to one day?

2.What were the passengers doing while waiting for the flight to be announced on the loudspeaker?

3.Why were the young travelers buzzing round the waiting-room?

4.What did a fifteen-year-old boy do when the flight was announced?

5.Why did the boy choose a seat in the rear of the aircraft?

6.Where was Mr. Fisher’s seat?

7.What did the boy do when the plane was high up in the air?

8.What was the weather like on the day of the flight?

9.Why did Mr. Fisher and his young fellow-traveller get up from time to time to look out of the window?

10.What did the pilot suggest George should do?

11.What did George announce over the loudspeaker?

12.What did Windermere look like from above?

13.Which is the highest mountain in England?

14.When did the air-hostess warn the passengers to fasten their safety-belts.

15.When did George return to his seat? Why was his face beaming.

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Announcement 4.

This is the final call flight IB763 to Madrid. Will any reminding passengers please proceed immediately to gate number 14 where the aircraft is about to depart.

Announcement 5.

British Airways regret to announce the delay of flight BA008 to New York. Passengers should report with their boarding cards to the BA desk where vouchers for refreshments will be given. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience.

Announcement 6.

This is a security announcement. Passengers are reminded not to leave baggage unattended at any time. Any unattended baggage will be removed and may be destroyed.

Ex. 6. Fill in the gaps with the words or phrases from the list below.

Mackenzie Airport welcomes first-time fliers!

Welcome to Mackenzie airport, designed to get your journey off to the right start. Whether you’re flying first class, business class, or 1_______ class, we aim to give you efficiency and comfort. For first-time fliers, we’ve prepared this leaflet to help you on your way.

When you arrive at the 2_______ you’ll find plenty of 3_______ for your luggage. Once inside the spacious departures concourse there are over fifty 4_______ where your ticket will be checked and you’ll be given a 5_______. Your luggage will be weighed and put on a 6_______

which takes it to the plane. Please note there is a weight limit and any_______ will have to be paid for. You can keep one small bag with you and take it into the plane as 8_______.

You should then go through 9_______, where an 10_______will look at your passport, and a 11_______ to make sure you are not carrying any dangerous or illegal items. Now you’ll find yourself in the comfort of our modern air-conditioned 12_______ . While you are waiting for your flight to be called, why not buy some cheap 13 _______ goods – alcoholic drinks, cigarettes, perfume, electrical goods, or souvenirs?

Soon you’ll hear an 14 _______ or see on the 15 _______ that your flight is 16 _______. It will also tell you which 17 _______ to go to. Here you’ll be helped by a 18_______ and on the plane a 19 _______ will direct you to your seat. Bon voyage!

On your return to Mackenzie Airport we try to offer the same efficient service. After you’ve passed through 20_______ , your luggage will be waiting on the moving 21 _______ in the 22_______ hall. Then pass through 23 _______ where you should take either the 24

_______ , if you have nothing to declare, or the red channel if you have to pay 25 _______ .

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Once inside the arrival concourse, lifts and 26 _______ will take you to all major transport services.

On behalf of everyone at Mackenzie Airport, I wish you a very pleasant journey.

Neil Thomson, Director of Mackenzie Airport Welcome to Mackenzie!

Ex. 7. Translate the following.

1.У меня с собой только личные вещи и несколько мелочей. Какую пошлину я должен заплатить?

2.Пожалуйста, откройте ваш чемодан. У вас есть с собой иностранная валюта?

3.Сожалею, но вам придется заплатить за это пошлину.

4.Это не подлежит ввозу в страну.

5.В день отъезда мы поехали в аэропорт. Там мы зарегистрировали билеты и багаж и пошли в буфет выпить чашечку кофе.

6.По радио объявили, что рейс 234 задерживается на два часа.

7.У трапа пассажиров встречала стюардесса.

8.Через несколько минут самолет вырулил на взлетную полосу.

9.Над кабиной пилота зажглись надписи «Не курить!», «Пристегнуть ремни!»

10.Стюардесса сообщила, не какой высоте и с какой скоростью летит самолет.

Ex. 8. Translate the following.

Первые чертежи летательный машин найдены в рукописях Леонардо да Винчи, великого итальянского ученого, художника и инженера эпохи Возрождения.

После Леонардо да Винчи многие изобретатели в различных странах работали над созданием самых причудливых летательных аппаратов. Некоторые копировали птиц, приделывали к рукам крылья и так пытались подняться в воздух. Но человек полетел, опираясь не на силу своих мышц, а на силу своего разума.

В 1885 г. по проекту русского морского офицера А. Ф. Можайского построили летательный аппарат, у которого были все основные части современного самолета: корпус, крыло, оперение, шасси, управление, моторная установка. Во время одного испытания при пробеге аэроплан приподнялся, но тот час же накренился и поломал крыло. После этого работы над самолетом Можайского прекратились.

Тем временем во многих странах стали создавать крылатые машины. Всех определи американца братья Райт: 17 декабря 1903 г. их аэроплан с двигателем, работающим на керосине, поднялся в воздух и пролетел 32 м. первый полет человека на самолете продолжался 59 с. Но это уже был настоящий полет со взлетом и приземлением. Так родилась авиация (от латинского слова «авис» - птица).

Talking

Study this chart and describe the airport formalities.

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Ex. 1. Match each of the vessels below with the definition

1.Kon-tiki was a famous one.

2.Some people like to make their home in one.

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3.One may be transporting coal up or down the Rhine.

4.Noah would have had problems without one.

5.A small boat, often made of rubber.

6.Full of brave men who go out to sea in all sorts of weather to help other people.

7.A fishing boat that drags a net along the sea bed.

8.A participant perhaps in a sailing race or regatta.

9.A boat to carry people and their things from one point to another – and back.

10.Didn’t they use to travel down the Mississippi in one of these?

11.The Spanish Armada was composed of a number of these.

12.The QE2 is one.

13.An English form of gondola – propelled by a pole.

14.The river police might chase a suspect in one.

15.A Red Indian would have felt at home in one.

16.This one will take part in a very fast race.

17.You won’t get far without oars in this one.

18.A stationary vessel that will guide and direct others.

19.You won’t see it very often but it might see you through its periscope.

20.A little boat that will pull a much bigger one.

Ex. 2. Choose the correct answer.

12. We have been unable to make ..... with the ship by radio for the last two i a) communication b) connection c) contact d) link

13. The old sailor ..... away at his pipe, surrounded by a cloud of tobacco smoke. a) blew b) gasped c) puffed d) snorted

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