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3a What’s your destination? LessonLink
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    1.LISTENING & READING

    A. Discuss.
    • Do you find travelling enjoyable or stressful? Why?
    • What’s the worst thing that’s happened to you while travelling?

    B. Look at the man in the picture. How does he feel? What do you think
        has happened to him? Listen and check your answers.

    At the check-in desk in Madrid...

    Check-in clerk Good afternoon. Where are you flying to?                   At lost luggage in London Heathrow...
    Passenger London Heathrow.
    Check-in clerk May I see your passport, please?          Attendant I have some good news and some bad
    Passenger There you go. Could I have an                                news. The good news is that we were able
                                                                           to find your bag.
                       aisle seat?
    Check-in clerk Sure. How many bags are you               Passenger At last! You know, I didn’t even want to
                                                                           check that one in. What’s the bad news?
                       checking in?
    Passenger Just this one. Can I take this                 Attendant Well, there’s been a bit of a mix-up. Let
                                                                           me explain. The airport code for London
                       smaller one on the plane with me?                   Heathrow is LHR, but the baggage
    Check-in clerk Let me see. Could you put it on                         handler thought your bag had LHP on it.
                                                                           An easy mistake to make.
                       the conveyor belt?
    Passenger There.                                         Passenger LHP? What airport is that?
    Check-in clerk Hmmm... I’m sorry, but it’s too           Attendant Lehu.
                                                             Passenger Le where?
                       heavy for hand luggage. You have      Attendant It’s in Papua New Guinea.
                       to check it in.                       Passenger What!?
    Passenger But I have important stuff in there.           Attendant We’ve arranged to fly your bag directly
    Check-in clerk Sorry.
                                                                           here as soon as possible. Can you give me
    C. Read the dialogues and answer the questions.                        an address here in London? We can
    1. Where would the passenger like to sit on the plane?                 arrange for a courier to bring it to you.
    2. How many bags does the passenger check in?            Passenger Yes, I’ve written the address in my
    3. What is LHR?                                                        notebook... Oh no!
    4. What’s the bad news?                                  Attendant Is there a problem?
    5. Where is Lehu?                                        Passenger Yes. My notebook is in Papua New Guinea!
    6. Who is going to bring the passenger’s lost luggage

       to him?
    7. What is in the passenger’s lost bag?

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