Exercise 1. Write down the questions for the answers

1. Modern life is impossible without travelling.

2. People travel for different reasons: on business or for pleasure.

3. You can travel by air, by rail, by see or by road.

4. Travelling by train is very exiting.

5. Modern trains are very comfortable.

6. In a foreign country you can rent a car and make a wonderful trip.

7. The fastest and the most convenient way of travelling is flying.

8. The most expensive way of travelling is flying.

9. Planes give the only possibility to go from one country to another very quickly.

10. Travelling by air has some disadvantages: Customs and lots of other formalities.

11. The customs officer may ask any passenger to declare the things, spirits, tobacco, presents.

12. In the check-in desk they look at the ticket, weigh and label things.

13. There are 2 classes of travel, first class and economy class.

14. The economy class is cheaper then the first class.

15. The limit for free luggage allowance is 20 kg for economy class passengers and 30 kg for first class passengers.

16. If your luggage is more then 20 kg, you may have to pay excess baggage.

17. You write your name, nationality, permanent address and the purpose of your trip in the immigration form.

18. You can fill in the immigration form on board the plane.

19. The immigration officer may ask you on whose invitation you are coming.

20. At the departure lounge you can relax: have a snack, read a paper, buy something in the duty-free shop.

Exercise 2. Match each word with a noun from the line to make compound words.

control number desk card baggage lounge luggage reclaim locker

1 boarding

2 excess

3 passport

4 check-in

5 flight

6 overhead

7 baggage

8 departure

9 hand

Exercise 3. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents.

1. ARRIVALS A. ПРОКАТ БАГАЖНЫХ ТЕЛЕ­ЖЕК

2. BAGGAGE CHECK IN B. ПОЛУЧЕНИЕ БАГАЖА

3. BAGGAGE CLAIM C. РЕГИСТРАЦИЯ

4. CART RENTAL END D. ТОЛЬКО ДЛЯ ПАССАЖИ­РОВ ПЕРВОГО

(LUGGAGE CART AREA) КЛАССА

5. CHECK IN E. ПРИБЫТИЕ

6. FIRST CLASS ONLY F. РЕГИСТРАЦИЯ БАГАЖА

Exercise 4. What do you call these?

1 The place where you go when you arrive at the airport with your luggage.

2 The card they give you with the seat number on it.

3 What you have to pay if your luggage is very heavy.

4 The bags you carry onto the plane with you.

5 The place above your head where you can put these bags.

6 The part of the airport where the plane accelerates and takes off.

7 The people who look after you on the plane.

Exercise 5. Complete these sentences with a suitable word.

1 There was a mechanical problem, and we ended up with a two-hour ....

2 The flight was … because of the fog.

3 I went through passport control and sat in the departure …

4 If you have nothing to declare, you follow the green sign when you go through …

5 A woman at the check-in desk weighed my ...

6 I looked for our flight number on the departures ….

Exercise 6. Here are some lines from conversations on different kinds of transport. Where does each conversation take place? Choose from the following:car, train, bus, plain, taxi, ferry, underground.

1.Excuse me, are we landing on time?

2.– Would you like to sit by the window? – No, I like the aisle seat better.

3.Can you take us to the British Museum, please?

4.No, no! He said turn left at the pub, not right!

5.– I’m hungry! – I'll get you something from the dining-carriage.

6.Which line is it for Oxford Circus?

7.Could you possibly tell me where to get off to get to Green Park?

Exercise 7. Find the definitions for the underlined words.

Sometimes buses are punctual, but not always. Where I live, buses should run every ten minutes, but sometimes I wait at the bus stop for half an hour in a queue, and then three buses come together, and they're all full up. Other times the bus is early and I miss it.

1.line of people

2.full of people

3.operate

4.don't catch it

5.arrive at the correct time

Exercise 8. Fill in the table.