- •Air travel
- •1. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
- •2. Instructions as above.
- •3. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Complete the sentences.
- •6. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 1 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •2. Where do you go first when you travel by plane? Put these places in the correct order. Write 1-5 on the left.
- •3. Read and listen to the conversations. Where are they? Write the letter next to the correct place on the right in Exercise 2.
- •4. Read the conversations again carefully. Who are the people?
- •5. Close your books. Listen to some of the lines from the conversations. There is a pause after each one for you to respond. You can use the ideas from the conversations in the book or your own ideas.
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7 . Who is saying what? Write the letters (a-m) in the correct Speech balloon. Try to memorize what each person says.
- •8. What did the people at the airport say to each other?
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Make up micro dialogues:
- •Listening comprehension: Travelling by Air
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Translate into your language and back into English: Lufthansa’s home base
- •3. Match a line in a with a line in b to form a question. Answer this question
- •4. Work out questions to the following answers.
- •5. Listen and complete the conversations.
- •6. Practise the conversations in two several times. Use different information each time.
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Listen to the questions and choose one of the responds.
- •Key to Exercise 5
- •1. Read the text. Welcome to heathrow
- •Amazing facts... Every year Heathrow hands over There are 9,200 baggage
- •2. Fill the gaps with numbers from the box. Then check your answers in the text.
- •3. Pair work. Ask your friend about Heathrow airport. Begin each sentence from How many...? and use sentences of exercise 2. Listen to your friend's answer.
- •4. Which of these remarks are true? Begin your sentence with "Oh, yes, it's true..." or "Oh, no, it's not true..."
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Speak about Heathrow airport.
- •8. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 4 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •Word list
- •1. Study this information from a brochure for people travelling from other countries to London Heathrow Airport. Arrivals
- •2. Which of the following statements are true and which are false?
- •3. Change the sentences above which are false so that they are true.
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Complete the sentences:
- •Word list
- •Flying to spain
- •2. In flight. Norman is now on the plane. Listen to the four announcements, and answer the questions after each one.
- •3. Lunch on the plane. Listen to the dialogue and repeat. Then make up your own conversation.
- •5. Pair work. Ask each other questions and complete a landing card for each other.
- •6. Passport control. Listen to the dialogue and repeat. Then make up your own conversation.
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 6 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •Word list
- •1. Read the story. Travelling by air
- •2. Put these events in the right order, according to the story.
- •10. Replace the underlined words with the words of the same meaning that appeared in Unit 7.
- •Word list
- •1. Put the different phases of flight in the correct sequence, filling in the table below
- •2. Look at the pictures and write down the number that corresponds to these words.
- •Word list
- •Keys to exercises
- •1. Read a slightly abridged story by Robert l. Fish. Hijack
- •2. Answer the questions to the story.
- •3. Take the parts of the characters of the story and try to dramatize it.
- •4. Nouns that go together. Match a line in a with a line in b. (The stress is on the first word in all the combinations).
- •6. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •2. Find in the text examples of Present Perfect Continuous Tense and Present Perfect Simple Tense and explain the difference.
- •3. Here are the summaries of the seven paragraphs. Match them to the correct paragraph.
- •4. Read this summary of the text. There are some mistakes in it. Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •5. Translate into Russian and then back into English.
- •6. Make up sentences of your own with the word combinations in
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Speak about one of the items shown in Exercise 3. Word list
- •Reading comprehension: Airplane Structure
- •1. Look at the picture, listen to the tape and repeat the words.
- •2. Look at the pictures on the next page. There is a word which corresponds to each number. Decide which of the words you know.
- •5. Look at these words for parts of a plane:
- •6. Look at the diagram on this page. Do you know the words which correspond to the numbers? Fill in the crossword below.
- •7. Read the text. Aeroplane structure
- •8. Answer the questions to the text.
- •9. Find in the text examples of Participle I and Participle II and try to explain the difference.
- •10. Find in the text examples of -ing forms and explain the difference between Participle I and Gerund.
- •12. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •Key to exercise 6
- •1. Study the following definitions: distress: a dangerous situation requiring immediate assistance
- •2. Classify these incidents into the 'distress' or 'urgency' category, and write them in the table below.
- •4. Work in pairs. Ask your friend (a pilot) about his possible action in the case of possible incidents during flight. Listen to his answer.
- •5. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •6. Listen to the transmissions and define the type of emergency.
- •Word list
- •Keys to exercises
- •1. Read an abridged extract from a. Hailey's ‘Airport’. Explosive decompression on board trans america two
- •2. Check the box in front of the correct answer.
- •3. Find in the text examples of Continuous Tenses and explain their usage.
- •4. Pair work. You are a controller of the Toronto Air Route Centre. Your partner is Anson Harris who has called you.
- •6. Here are 8 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •8. Try to explain the words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •9. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •1. Read an article by Andrew Alderson and Ian Birrell from The Sunday Times, 28/10/90. Concorde and jumbo in air miss over heathrow
- •2. Answer the questions to the text of the article.
- •3. Word building. The word in capital at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in each blank this way.
- •4. Make short conversations between.
- •6. Replace the underlined words with the word of the same or nearly the same meaning that appeared in Unit 14.
- •1. Read an article from an aviation magazine. Fill each gap with one of the following verb forms:
- •Two aircraft hit uk motorways
- •2. Answer the questions to the text of the article.
- •3. Find in the text of the article words to the following definitions and synonyms:
- •4. Put in the missing prepositions in the following sentences. Each preposition can be used more than once.
- •6. Use the word combinations in Exercise 5 in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Speak about the accident on the m2 motorway.
- •1. Look at the paragraphs quickly and first decide which paragraphs go with which story.
- •2. Put the paragraphs in the right order.
- •3. Here are the answers to some questions. Work out the questions.
- •4. There are three different pronunciation of the -ed in the regular past tenses.
- •Inhabited filled skidded
- •5. Here are the past tense forms of 7 irregular verbs from the articles. Write the base forms.
- •6. Find the examples of Participle I and Participle II in the articles and explain the difference. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •7. Read the articles again and find the words to the following definitions.
- •8. Role-play game. You are reporters of a newspaper. Take an interview of one of passengers from twa Flight 843.
- •9. Role-play game. You are an observer of tv news. Speak about el al Boeing 747 Amsterdam crash.
- •10. Translate into English.
- •11. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 16 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •1. Read the article from Flight International.
- •8. Use the word combinations of Exercise 7 in the sentences of your own.
- •9. Try to use the words from the box to fill in the gap. Caution! Two words are not used.
- •Word list
- •Reading comprehension: Jet Propulsion.
- •2. Read the text from the history of aviation. Jet propulsion
- •3. Find in the text some adjectives and adverbs in the Comparative or the Superlative degree:
- •4. Answer the questions to the text:
- •5. Which of these remarks are true?
- •6. See the sentence from the text:
- •Complete the sentences using the same structure
- •7. Read the short piece of information about Concorde. Fill each gap with one of the following adjectives or adverbs.
- •8. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •Reading comprehension: Careers in Aviation and at the airport
- •1. Here is a table with the names of jobs in aviation, followed by a list of definitions of the jobs. Match the jobs with the definitions, and write the definitions in the table.
- •2. Read the text. Careers in aviation and at the airport
- •3. Answer the questions to the text.
- •4. There are some examples of Present Perfect Tense in the text. Try to find these sentences and translate them into your language. Explain the usage of Present Perfect Tense.
- •5. Translate the sentences with the Infinitive into your language.
- •6. Find in the text synonyms to the following:
- •7. Give English equivalents for the following:
- •8. Use expressions of exercise 7 in the sentences of your own.
- •9. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •Keys to exercises
- •1. There are different jobs for a general aviation pilot. Read the text. Fill each gap with one of the pilot's jobs.
- •The general aviation pilot
- •2. Choose the appropriate meaning.
- •3. Transfer the sentences from exercise 2 from Passive into Active.
- •4. Here are the definitions to the aviation words used in the text. Find them according to the indicated paragraph.
- •5. Pair work. Choose two pilot's jobs, ask and answer each other questions about them as if were a pilot.
- •6. Choose one of the pilot's jobs and speak about it.
- •8. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •Listen to the description of the main control panel and write in the abbreviations for the instruments in the correct place on the diagram. The first two instruments are labelled for you.
- •3. Read the text. Flight instruments
- •4. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •5. Speak about each of the instruments mentioned in the text. Use the following structure.
- •Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •7. Use the word combinations given in Exercise 6 in the sentences of your own.
- •8. Here are 10 names of the flight instruments that appeared in Unit 21 and explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation. Careful! Four names are not used!
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 2
- •3. Now try to make the same words tree, but this time, do not look at the tree you filled in or the list of the words.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Match a line in a with a line in b to define the words in italics. Use your dictionary if you want.
- •6. Read the text. Weather information for the pilot
- •7. Which of these remarks are true? Correct the false ones.
- •8. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •Word list
- •1. Read the text. London volmet service
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •4. The Volmet broadcasts are given in the wrong order. Correct them.
- •5. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •6. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Here are 10 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions, memorize them.
- •Word list
- •1. Read the text and define five types of altitudes.
- •2. Find in the text synonyms for the following. Sort; ground; straight; present; to set; obstruction; ascent; real; show in; changes.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •Вертикальное расстояние
- •4. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •5. Put questions to the following answers from the text above.
- •6. Give definitions to the above mentioned different types of altitude. Word list
- •Key to Exercises
- •1. Read the text. Technology: enhanced vision system (evs)
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •5. Find in the text and give synonyms for the following.
- •6. Form adverbs from the following adjectives and translate pairs into your language.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercises
- •1. Read the text. Holding procedures
- •Holding
- •Non Holding
- •2 Find in the text examples of sentences with modal verbs and explain their meaning. Read the review of modal verbs.
- •3. Answer the questions to the text.
- •4. Give synonyms from the text for the following.
- •5. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •6. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 26. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Which of the statements are true and which ones are false? Correct the false ones.
- •5. Give opposites for the following.
- •6. Write the opposite of words by adding these beginnings.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 27. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •3. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •Make up sentences from the following words and word combinations.
- •Word list
- •Read the text. Fill each gap with one of the words or word combinations given below. Weight and balance
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Here are the answers to questions. Work out questions.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •7. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 30. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 4
- •Weight and balance
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Here are the answers to questions. Work out questions.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •7. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 30. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 4
- •1. Read the text. Secondary surveillance radar
- •Answer the questions.
- •3. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Here are 16 aviation terms and definition to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •6. Find in the text the example of different Future Tenses, translate them into your language and explain the difference.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read text 1. London heathrow
- •2. Answer the questions to text 1.
- •3. Read text 2. Departing flights at heathrow
- •4. Show the sequence for departing flights at Heathrow and speak using the pattern ‘control passes to’.
- •5. Read text 3. Arriving flights at heathrow
- •6. Show the sequence for arriving flights at Heathrow and speak.
- •7. Find in the texts words with opposite meaning to the following ones.
- •8. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •Translate into English.
- •10. Here are 11 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercises Exercise 7
- •Exercise 10
- •1. Read the text. Standard instrument departures at heathrow
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Find the words in the text to the following definitions.
- •Automatic Terminal Information Service (atis)
- •6. Find in exercises 1 and 4 examples of the verb in Passive Voice. Write the sentences out and translate them into your language.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Read the text. Heathrow control tower
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •3. Decipher the following abbreviations.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Here are 8 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read the text. Microwave landing systems
- •2. Which of the statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
- •3. Choose the most correct answer.
- •4. Give synonyms for the following.
- •5. Write the opposite of these words by adding these beginnings
- •6. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercises Exercise 4
- •1. Read the text. Fill in the blanks with one of the adjective forms given below. (Each adjective can be used more than once).
- •Control zones / control areas in the united kingdom
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Match a line in a with a line in b to make new words.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Here are 5 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •1. Read the text. Concorde - special arrangements
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Translate the word and word combinations into your language and back into English. Memorize them.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Give words for the following.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read the text. Passenger information
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4.Use the words and combinations from Exercise 3 in the sentences of your own.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Make this sound crossword. The words from the text should be given in transcription.
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read the text. Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (tcas)
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •Tcas - это сложный метод
- •5. Match a question word in a with an answer in b.
- •6. Work out full questions to Exercise 5 and give full answers.
- •7. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Answer the questions.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •1. Read the text. Automatic dependent surveillance (ads)
- •3. Desipher the following abbreviations.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •Word list
1. Read the article from Flight International.
EL AL BLAMES BOEING FOR AMSTERDAM CRASH
El Al has blamed Boeing for the crash of its 747 freighter in Amsterdam on 4 October, 1992, and attacked Dutch air traffic control for making the attempt to land the damaged aircraft at Schipol more difficult than it need have been. The accusations are in the final report by an EL AL committee investigating the crash. The airline's president, Raphael Harley, says, that the airline will ask Boeing to compensate it for the damage which the incident caused to its reputation.
Boeing has responded, saying that it is neither denying nor accepting responsibility for the crash, and is waiting for the final verdict of the official investigation before assessing its position.
The Tel Aviv-bound aircraft crashed on a block of flats in the Amsterdam suburbs as its crew attempted to return to Schipol, killing over 50 people on the ground, the crew of three and the one passenger.
The Israeli report says: ‘The sole responsibility for the accident is on the aircraft manufacturer.’ The investigation committee found that the accident was a result of a sequence of events that began with the breaking of a fuse pin in the No3 (inboard) engine-mount attachment. It is most likely that the sequence started in the right fuse pin and spread from there, leading to the separation of the mount from the wing. After engine No3 separated, it hit engine No4 (outboard), which also separated from the wing, it says.
The report says that there was no technical problem in either engine and ‘... additional damage to the right wing made the control of the aircraft very hard and finally caused the total loss of control.’ The final loss of control, in the last 40s of the flight, resulted as ‘... the right wing lost its lift and the balance of its rolling moment. This was followed by a dropping of the right wing and a yaw to the right which developed into a spiral turn that ended in the crash.
The fact that the engine separated as a result of a failure in the fuse pin appears to be a deviation from the ‘fail-safe design principle,’ says the report. ‘There is a reason to wonder how this principle, which went into effect in the Federal Aviation Administration in 1976, was not applied and does not apply today to 747 aircraft.’
2. Translate the text into Russian in a written form and make a short summary of the article in your language.
3. Find in the text some examples of Past Simple Tense and Present Perfect Tense and explain the difference.
4. There are some examples of -ing forms in the text of the article. Write them out and say whether a particular -ing form is Participle I, Gerund or Verbal Noun.
5. Here are the answers to some questions. Work out the questions.
a) for the crash of its 747 freighter in Amsterdam on October, 1992;
b) on a block of flats;
с) over 50 people on the ground, the crew of three;
d) and the one passenger;
e) on the aircraft manufacturer;
f) the breaking of a fuse pin in No3 engine-mount attachment;
g) engine No4;
h) additional damage;
i) a dropping of the right wing and a yaw;
j) in 1976.
6. Draw a sequence of events which resulted in a crash:
the breaking of a fuse pin in the No3 (inboard) engine - mount attachment ® ... ® ... etc.
7. Match English and Russian equivalents.
the attempt to land the damaged aircraft |
изготовитель ( производитель) ВС |
the final report |
разворот по спирали |
committee investigating the crash |
результат последовательных событий |
to deny or accept responsibility for the crash |
отклонение от принципа конструкции, устойчивой к отказам |
the final verdict of the official investigation |
поломка стрелочного болта |
the crew of three |
полная потеря управления |
the sole responsibility for the accident |
отделение рамы от крыла |
the aircraft manufacturer |
равновесие момента крена |
a result of a sequence of events |
вся ответственность за несчастный случай |
the breaking of a fuse pin |
комитет, расследующий катастрофу |
the number 3 (inboard) engine-mount attachment |
попытка посадить поврежденное ВС |
the separation of the mount from the wing |
крепление рамы двигателя номер 3 (установленного в фюзеляже) |
additional damage to the right wing |
рыскание вправо |
the total loss of control |
как результат поломки |
the balance of the rolling moment |
дополнительное повреждение правого крыла |
a dropping of the right wing |
окончательный вердикт официального расследования |
a yaw to the right |
окончательный доклад |
a spiral turn |
экипаж из трех человек |
as a result of a failure |
завал на правое крыло |
a deviation from the fail-safe design principle |
отрицать или взять на себя ответственность за катастрофу |