Answer the detailed questions on the text:

1. How long does it usually take you to get through all the formalities at the airport?

2. Who checks your ticket and luggage?

3. What items of your luggage may you take to the plane?

4. What does the man at the security control do with your hand luggage?

5. What kind of place is a departure lounge?

6. Where can passengers buy cheap things?

7. How many international airports are there in London? What are they?

8. What are the names of the international airports in New York?

9. Why do lots of planes land and take off the international airports of America every day?

10. Why do the large international airports have employees who can speak foreign languages?

11. What is the first form you have to fill out entering U. S. A.?

12. Where can you find your luggage after landing?

13. What should you do if you have lost something on the plane or in the airport?

14. What questions may the customs officer ask you?

15. What channel do you go through if you have nothing to declare?

16. In what case do you have to pay duty?

17. How can you get to the hotel?

 

8. Translate into English the following text:

  Летом следующего года я собираюсь в Англию. Я хотела бы знать, как поехать туда. Моя подруга Нина только что вернулась из США и рассказала мне о своем путешествии.

Она приехала в аэропорт и пошла к месту регистрации, где служащий проверил ее паспорт и билет и выдал ей посадочный талон. Ее вещи не подлежали обложению пошлиной, и ей не понадобилось много времени, чтобы покончить со всеми формальностями на таможне.

Она ждала объявления о рейсе на Нью-Йорк в зале для отъезжающих пассажиров. Наконец она прошла через выход и села на самолет.

Она долетела до Нью-Йорка за 10 часов. После посадки она заполнила форму I-94 и прошла таможенный досмотр. Так как она не должна была платить пошлину, она прошла по зеленому коридору и оказалась предоставленной самой себе. Она не устала брать такси, потому что это дорого, а добралась до отеля на автобусе.

 

9. Have you ever been abroad? Don't be sad, if not. Cheer up! You are a person with imagination. Describe step by step all your actions as if you are going by plane to the U.S. Start from the moment you have arrive~.at the airport in order to get through all the formalities before you leave your country of permanent residence. Come on! Don't forget to make use of the text

«At the airport». Here are two sentences to start with:

 

I am at the airport. I am going to the check-in counter.

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Social English

 

1. Fill in the Security Survey:

Airport Security Survey

1. When you are at an airport, what do you prefer?

 

a. Some security checks

b. Very careful security checks

c. No security checks

 

2. Do you mind opening your carry-on luggage?

 

a. No, I don't mind 

b. Yes, I do mind

 

How to reserve a ticket? You will get it to know reading the following paragraphs about booking a flight:

 

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     When you want to book a flight to a certain place, visit your nearest travel agent. Tell the travel agent the date when you want to travel and the destination to which you want to go. The travel agent will then type this information into a small computer. After checking everything on the computer screen, he/she will send this information to a central computer. This central computer contains all information about bookings and destinations, and sends a reply, showing which are the most suitable flights. It also shows whether the flights are fully booked or not. The information which is now shown on the small computer screen is continually changing as other bookings are made in other parts of the world.

   The travel agent now types in your booking. Then the computer will ask for your name and address as well as for certain other information. It will also ask how you will pay for your ticket (by cheque or by credit card or in cash). Next, the computer confirms the booking and makes a request for payment. When you have paid for your ticket, the travel agent types this information into the computer as well. Finally, some computers print out a ticket before you leave the travel agent's.

 

Word list:

to book a flight –заказать билет на самолет;

destination – пункт назначения;

to send a reply – прислать ответ;

suitable – удобный, подходящий;

to confirm a booking – подтвердить заказ;

o make a request – делать запрос.

to pay by check (by credit card) – платить чеком (по кредитной карточке)

to pay in cash – платить наличными