AIR TRAVEL ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 47 AIR TRAVEL

 

A Departure* When you arrive at an airport, the departures board will show you the flight numbers (e.g. BA735), departure times (e.g. 08.40), and destinations1. At check-in / the check-in desk, someone will check your ticket and weigh2 your luggage. If it is more than, for example, 20 kilograms, you will have to pay excess baggage3. You can take your hand luggage with you on the aircraft4. You also get your boarding card5 and then you can go through passport control, where someone checks your passport6, and into the departure lounge, where you can buy things in the duty-free shop, e.g. cigarettes and perfume. Shortly before take-off7, you go to the place where you get on the plane, e.g. Gate 3 or Gate 5. When you board the plane8, you can put your hand luggage in a small cupboard above your seat called an overhead locker. You then have to fasten your seat belt. If there are no delays9, the plane moves slowly to the runway10, then it takes off.       Common mistakes     My flight number is BA640. (NOT My fly number is BA640.) I slept the whole flight. (NOT I slept the whole fly.)   B Arrival* When the plane lands1, there is always an announcement2 from a member of the cabin crew3 telling passengers to wait until the plane completely stops before they stand up. Then you get off the plane and walk through the terminal building4 to passport control. When you’ve got your luggage from baggage reclaim5, you go through customs6 and leave the airport.   EXERCISES 47.1 Complete the words or phrases using words from the box. board number crew card control luggage reclaim free baggage building desk locker   47.2 Answer the questions. 1 What’s the place where the airline staff check your ticket?_______ the desk-in desk _____________ 2 Who are the people that travel on a plane? _____________________________ 3 What do airline staff weigh at the check-in desk? _____________________________ 4 What’s the piece of paper they give you at the check-in desk? _____________________________ 5 What do we call the place you’re travelling to? _____________________________ 6 What do airport staff do at passport control? _____________________________ 7 What do we call the place where you get on the plane? _____________________________ 8 What do you call the bags that you can take on the plane with you? _____________________________ 9 What’s the part of the airport where the plane takes off and lands? _____________________________ 47.3 Complete the email. 47.4

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