Booking Airline Tickets by Telephone

Travel Agency Clerk: Good morning. Can I help you?

Mr. Johnson: I’d like to reserve a seat on a morning flight to Seattle next Wednesday.

Clerk: I can offer you two flights: at 7.30 a.m. and at 10 a.m. Which would you prefer?

J.: I’d rather go by the 7.30.

C.: First class or economy?

J.: Economy, please.

C.: Okay. Anything else?

J.: When is the plane due in Seattle?

C.: At 12.30. There are no delays as a rule. Your name, address and a telephone number, please.

J.:(Gives the information required.)

C.: We’ll deliver the ticket two days before your departure. Thank you for calling us.

Booking a Seat at a Booking Office

Clerk: Yes, sir.

Mr. Fennell: I’d like to book a seat on an afternoon train to Glasgow.

C.: Single or return?

F.: Return, please.

C.: That’ll be fifty-seven pounds, sir.

F.: Here you are.

C.: Thank you. Your train leaves at two twenty-five from Platform 6.

Checking in

Mr Nelson: Is this Mercury Airlines counter?

Clerk: Yes, it is. May I help you?

Mr Nelson: I'd like to check my reservation for today's flight to Mexico City.

Clerk: May I see your ticket and passport?

Mr Nelson: Is everything in order?

Clerk Yes, it is. Where is your baggage?

Mr Nelson: It's over there.

Clerk: Very well. It weighs exactly thirty pounds.

Mr Nelson: Do I get a baggage check?

Clerk: Yes, you do. Here it is. Now go to gate number se­ven. Your flight number is 326.

Mr Nelson: What time does the plane leave?

Clerk: Аt 4.30.

Mr Nelson: Excuse me. Is this gate seven?

Official: Yes, it is. We are boarding the plane at any mo­ment.

Mr Nelson: Why! I'm right on time!

Mr Nelson: May I take any seat?

Stewardess: Yes, any seat not marked "reserved".

Mг Nelson: When do we take off?

Stewardess: In about five minutes. No smoking, please.

Mr Nelson: Miss! Do we land in Washington? Are we landing now?

Stewardess: Yes, we are. Please, fasten your belts. Here, let me help you. There!

Mr Nelson: Thank you.

Stewardess: You are welcome. Well, here we are.

At the Customs

Officer: Okay, bags on the table, please, uh-huh. How long are you planning to stay?

Tourist: Four weeks.

Officer: Do you have anything to declare?

Tourist: What?

Officer: Alcohol, cigarettes ...

Tourist: No.

Officer: Any meat, fresh fruit, plants?

Tourist: Uh, no.

Officer: Open your suitcase, please. Any gifts?

Tourist: Excuse me?

Officer: Are you bringing any gifts into the country?

Tourist: No, huh-uh.

Officer: Uh-huh. What's in the bottle?

Tourist: Uh, hand lotion.

Officer: Okay, that'll be okay. Here's your form.

Tourist: Uh, what should I do with it?

Officer: See that officer over there by the gate? He'll take it.

Tourist: Thank you very much.

At the Hotel

A.: Have you got any vacant rooms?

B.: Single or double, sir?

A.: Two double rooms, please.

B.: You are lucky, we’ll be able to put you up. A group of tourists has just left the hotel. Which floor would you like, sir?

A.: It’s all the same to us if the lift is in order.

B.: It has been out of order for a week. But I hope it’ll be all right now. Which floor have you decided on?

A.: We’ll take rooms on the fifth floor. How much are they?

B.: Fifty dollars a night, sir.

A.: O.K. The price is reasonable. We’ll take these rooms.

Ex.12.Переведите на английский язык.

На вокзале

- Объявляется посадка на поезд № 5 до Москвы. Время отправления – 23.30. Поезд стоит у платформы № 7 левая сторона.

А.: Мы как раз вовремя. Постой здесь, а я пойду заберу вещи из камеры хранения.

В.: Поторопись. И купи чего-нибудь поесть. В ночных поездах нет вагона-ресторана.

А.: Ну вот и я. Пойдем в вагон…

В.: Вот наше купе. Верхнее и нижнее места. Куда положим вещи?

А.: Я думаю вниз, под полку. А ту сумку можно положить наверх.

В.: Ну и отлично. Хорошо, что наши места по ходу поезда, не будет дуть.

А.: Да. А когда мы будем в Москве?

В.: По расписанию в 8.15 утра. Но мы можем опоздать.

А.: Не думаю. Фирменные поезда обычно приходят по расписанию. А иногда даже и раньше.

В.: Хорошо. А не пора ли нам отправляться?

А.: Через пять минут поедем. Надеюсь, проводник принесет чаю, а то я страшно голоден.

В.: Постели пока постели.

А.: Потом. Надо было покупать СВ. Там только нижние места, и все уже готово.

В.: Перестань ворчать. СВ – дорогое удовольствие. К тому же, нам пришлось доплатить за багаж.

А.: Я всегда говорил, что лучше путешествовать налегке.

UNIT ELEVEN SPORT AND HEALTH

VOCABULARY

to go in for sport skiing

to do morning exercises skating

to jog figure skating

to train oneself a skating-rink

to take part / to participate in karate

a competition / an event judo

a sportsman / an athlete basketball

physical training volleyball

to keep fit football

to get good results an amateur

to become a winner a professional

summer (winter) sports a match

athletics to win

weightlifting to lose

rhythmic gymnastics to set (to beat) a record

swimming a coach

wrestling a supporter / a fan

Ex.1.Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Does sport play important role in your life?

2. Are you good at any sport or games?

3.Have you ever taken part in any sports competitions?
4. Why do many people go in for sports?

5. What is your favorite kind of sport?

6. Do you practice them or watch them on TV?

7. Many people call themselves football fans, basketball fans, hockey fans. Can you call yourself a fan?

8. What national or international competitions do you know?

Ex.2. a)Прочитайтеследующие тексты об отношении к спорту и ответьте на вопрос“Who is for watching and who is for participating?”

Text I

BOB:Sport is an important part of my life. I like to take part in sports competitions. I play in our school basketball team. I think that it helps me in different ways. First of all sport builds character. It teaches to win or lose. It makes you strong, fast and patient. More than that it makes men out of boys and women out of girls. Besides it teaches you about life. And it is a good way to meet people, even from other countries. But for it you must be a good sportsman.

Text II

Mrs. BROWN :I can’t say that sport is very useful. It takes a lot of energy and time. Children often have no time for doing things that teenagers like doing. Sport needs only to work, work and work hard. As a result they have broken legs and arms and other injuries. There is no good in sport, it’s necessary only to be fit. And for it there are PT lessons at school.

b) Ответьте на вопросы.

- How does Bob prove his point of view?

- What reasons does Mrs. Brown give to prove her point of view?

Ex.3. Прочитайте и переведите текст.

SPORT IN OUR LIFE

Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people.

Many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning and train themselves in clubs in different sections and take part in sport competitions.

Other people like sports too, but they only watch sport games, listen to sport news. They prefer reading interesting stories about sportsmen. But they don’t go in for sports.

Physical training is an important subject at school. Pupils have got physical training lessons twice a week. Boys and girls play volley-ball and basketball at the lessons. There is a sportsground near our school and schoolchildren go in for sports in the open air.

A lot of different competitions are held at schools, a great number of pupils take part in them. All participants try to get good results and become winners. Sport helps people to keep in good health. If you go in for sports, you have good health and don’t catch cold.

Children and grown-ups must take care of their health and do morning exercises regularly.

There are some popular kinds of sports in our country: football, volley-ball, hockey, gymnastics, skiing, skating. Athletics is one of the most popular kinds of sport. It includes such kinds of sport as : running, jumping and others. Everybody may choose the sport he (or she) is interested in.

There are summer and winter sports.

My favourite sport is swimming. I go to the swimming-pool twice a week. I prefer to rest by the lake or the river and swim there.

My friend Kostya goes in for boxing. He is a good boxer and he is a brave and courageous boy. His hobby helps him in his everyday life.

Ex.4.Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты для следующих слов и выражений.

Он популярен среди молодых и старых; делать зарядку; бегать трусцой; поддерживать хорошее здоровье; заниматься спортом; разные соревнования; простужаться; заниматься в клубах; спортивная площадка; два раза в неделю; принимать участие; взрослые; катание на лыжах; каждый может выбрать; бассейн; предпочитать; бокс; смелый; в повседневной жизни.

Ex.5. Составьте словосочетания из глаголов в колонке A и существительных из колонки B:

A B

1. to play a. in sport competitions

2. to do b. by the lake or the river

3. to go c. one’s health

4. to take care of d. hockey

5. to get e. a winner

6. to take part f. morning exercises

7. to rest g. good results

8. to become h. in for sport

Ex.6.Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.

1.There are gymnasiums, … and a swimming-pool in our school. 2.Both grown-ups and children … some kind of sport or another. 3.Pupils have … lessons twice a week. 4.Sport helps people … health. 5.To be healthy and keep fit people should do … regularly. 6.Sportsmen often … in different competitions. 7.All … try to get good … and become … .

Ex.7. Согласитесь или опровергните, используя клише “I agree / I disagree”.

1.If you go in for sports, you have good health and don’t catch cold. 2.Sport is popular only among young, but not among old people. 3.Physical training is an important subject at school. 4.Athletics is not an important kind of sport. 5.Everybody may choose the sport he (or she) is interested in. 6.Sport doesn’t help people, but only does harm.

Ex.8.Перефразируйте словосочетания, используя лексику из текста.

• a place where one can play football, basketball and so on;
• to become ill;
• a person who is not afraid anything;
• two times a week;
• a place where people skate;
• to become the first in a competition;
• a kind of swimming when all actions are done at the same time;
• to be not a professional;
• to run not quickly;

§ to do physical exercises in clubs.

Ex.9.Разгадайте кроссворд.

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3.
	4.
5.
	6.
	7.
	8.
9.
10.

1. to keep …;
2. an event (synonym);
3. a professional (antonym);
4. a person who goes in for sports;
5. a winter kind of sport;
6. to take part (synonym);
7. a place where sportsmen train themselves;
8. to set a …;
9. a …-pool;
10. athletics (antonym).

Ex.10. a)Прочитайте и переведите диалог.

b) Составьте диалог по следующей ситуации: You are a student from Russia. You are talking to an American (British) student. Discuss the relation to sports in your countries; popular kinds of sports; whether you go in for sports and how long.