Unit 6. At the Airport

3.3. Study the following pictures. Read the text and try to guess the meaning of the words printed in bold.

Pat arrived at the airport two hours ago to catch her plane to Tokyo. At the check-in-counter, a ticket agent looked at her ticket and her passport and her baggage was checked in (weighted on the scales). Pat's suitcases were very heavy, so she had to pay an excess baggage charge (amount of money for additional weight).

Next she was given a boarding pass (a ticket that allows her to get on the plane). The boarding pass has a seat number written on it, and Pat was given a window seat in the non-smoking section. Her suitcases were labeled and sent off to be loaded into the hold of the airplane.

While waiting for the flight to be called, Pat goes to the newsstand to buy a newspaper. Then she goes through the security check, where her carry-on luggage (the bags she is keeping with her on the plane) is searched. Then Pat goes into the duty-free shop where she has a chance to buy some things cheaply. The goods she buys here are cheap because they are not taxed.

3.3.1. Answer the questions to the text:

1. When you arrive at the airport you first go to the ... counter.

2. You have to have a ... pass so that you can get on the plane.

3. After the security check, you wait in the ... lounge.

1. You can buy many things cheaply at the ... shop.

2. When you hear the announcement, you go to the ... to board your plane.

3.3.2. Find out English and Russian equivalents for the words presented below:

— check-in-counter

билет ––

багаж ––

излишек, превышение (багажа) —

–– load (v)

тележка ––

–– hold (n)

посадочный талон ––

–– departure lounge

магазин беспошлинной

торговли ––

–– gate

–– conveyor belt

весы ––

–– satchel

–– to check in

объявление —

–– security check

–– carry-on luggage

3.4. Read the text and try to translate it without the dictionary.

9. Past Simple We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions or situations and habits.

Past Simple is formed in this way:

[subject] + [verb 2]. [subject] + did + not + [verb 1]. Did + [subject] + [verb 1]?

Form In this tense we add -ed to infinitive (ending -y changes to -ied) or we use the past form of irregular verbs. In questions or negative sentences we use the infinitive and did or didn't.

 Did you see the match last night?  We didn't like the play. It was so boring!

Exercises:

9.1. Put the verbs into correct form:

- I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I ___ my teeth. (to clean) - Terry ___ in a bank from 1981 to 1986. ( to work) - Yesterday it ___ all morning. It ___ at launchtime. (to rain, to stop) - We ___ the party last night. We ___ a lot and ___ to a lot of people. (to enjoy, to dance, to talk) - The party ___ at midnight. (to finish)

9.2. Make up negative sentences:

- I played tennis yesterday but I ___ . (to win) - Don ___ breakfast this morning. (to have) - They went to the cinema but they ___ the film. (to enjoy) - We ___ much work yesterday. (to do) - I don't watch television very often. I ___ television yesterday. (to watch)

9.3. Complete these questions:

- ___ she ___ last night? (to go out)

- ___ you ___ Joe yesterday? No, I didn't. (to see) - ___ it ___ on Sunday? Yes, it did. (to rain) - When ___ Helen ___ to the party? At 8. (to come) - ___ your friends ___ a good holiday? Yes, they did. (to have)