B) At the Station

1. Here you are at last! Here is your ticket.

2. Oh, thank you. It`s a through train at 10 a.m., isn`t it?

1. Yes, but it`s all booked up.I think at 9.30 will do.

2. Yes, I`m glad we shan`t have to change. When is it due in Paris?

1. We are due there at 9.15 p.m.

2. And when is it leaving, by the way?

1. Oh, in ten minutes. Come on or we`ll miss it.

6. Make up your own dialogues.

2. Air Travel

1. Topical words

flight рейс, політ

When is the next flight to …? Коли наступний рейс до ….?

departure відправлення, від’їзд

check- in desk стійка реєстрації

destination місце призначення

to weight luggage важити багаж

boarding card посадковий талон

departure lounge зал вильоту

duty free безмитний

to take off злітати, відлітати

to land приземлятися

landing card картка посадки

gate вихід на посадку

From which gate does my flight leave? Де посадка на мій літак?

overhead locker накладні шафки

delay запізнення

cabin crew бортпровідники

to fasten a seat belt застебнути ремінь безпеки

baggage reclaim отримання багажу

to go through customs проходити митний огляд

2. Important Travel Information.

1. Departures

When you arrive at the airport, you can look at the departures board which shows the flight numbers ( e.g. BA 735), departure times and destinations (e.g. Paris).

At the check-in-desk they weigh your luggage. Usually you can take about 20 kilos. If it is more, you may have to pay excess baggage (= you pay extra). They also check your ticket and give you a boarding card for the plane.

Then you go through passport control where an official checks you passport, and

into the departure lounge. Here you can also buy things in the duty free (e.g. perfume).

About half an hour before take-off, you go to a gate number(e.g. gate 14), where you wait before you get on the plane.

When you board the plane, you find your seat. If you have hand luggage, you can put it under your seat or in the overhead locker.

If there are no delays the plane moves towards the runway.

2. The Flight.

The captain (= the pilot) or cabin crew may say these things :

• Please fasten your seat belt

• The cabin crew are now coming round with landing cards (= cards you have to fill in when you enter certain countries).

3. Arrival

When the plane lands, and the doors are open, you get off the plane and walk through the terminal building and go to the baggage reclaim. You go through customs( GREEN= nothing to declare; RED =goods to declare)