Page 9 - B.J. Thomas - INTERMEDIATE Vocabulary

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Air Travel

At the airport
1 Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the
passage below.
check
departure lounge immigration officer runway
board on board
departure gate security guard
check in
departures board excess baggage duty free
taxi
handluggage conveyor belt passengers
announcement check-in desk take off
trolley
security check
When you travel by air you have to get to the airport early in order to (a) _
about an hour before your flight. If you have a lot of luggage, you can put it in a
(b) and push it to the (c) , where sameone will (d) yaur
ticket and weigh your luggage. If you have (e) , it can be expensive. Your
heavy luggage is put on a (f) and carried away. A light bag is c1assedas
(g) and you can take it with you on to the piane An (h) Iooks at
your passport and a (i) checks your hand luggage before you go into the
(j) to wait till your flight is called. If you want to, you can buy same cheap
(k) goods here. Then you see on the (I) ar you hear an (m) _
that you must (n) your piane. You go through the (o) , then there is
sometimes a (p) before you actually enter the piane. When all the
(q) are (r) , and when the captain and his crew are ready in the
cockpit, the piane begins to (s) to the end of the (t) o Finally,
permission is received tram the control tower and the piane moves faster and faster
in order to (u) _

In the air
2 Instructions as above.
aisle land
headphones seat belts
turbulence cabin crew airliner
Flying is fun. Ilike being in a big (a) with the (b) (stewards and
stewardesses) looking after me. They walk up and down the (c) bringing
meals and drinks; and if the flight is going through same (d) , they warn
everybody that it might be bit bumpy and ask us to fasten aur (e) o On a
long flight Ilike listening to music through the (f) available to all
passengers, and sometimes I have a sleep. I enjoy it all sa much that I never want
the piane to (g) o

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