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AT THE AiRPORT
Vocabulary More words Dialogue: At the airport
• Terminal - a place where vehicles, Mr Fleet is at the airport check-in
passengers, or goods begin or end a desk, hoping to board his plane very
journey. shortly. He's talking to the check-in
• Flight time / departure time - your “flight desk attendant.
tim e” is the time that the plane leaves.
• Check-in desk - a place where you can show Mr Fleet: Hi.
your ticket and give the airline your bags so Attendant: Good
they can put them on the plane. morning.
• Baggage allowance - the m axim um weight May I see
for your bags (it's usually 20 kilos). your ticket
• Excess baggage charge - an am ount and (1)
of money you have to pay if your bags are , please?
heavier than the baggage allowance. Mr Fleet: Certainly. Here you are.
• Luggage belt / baggage conveyor belt - Attendant: Would you like a window seat or
a moving rubber belt that takes your bag from an (2 )____________ seat?
Suitcase
the check-in desk to the plane, or from the Mr Fleet: A window seat, please.
plane to the baggage reclaim area. Attendant: Could you place your bag on the
• Departure lounge - a large room in an luggage belt, please?
airport where you can sit before getting on the Mr Fleet: Sure!
plane Attendant: Did you pack it yourself?
• Security check-in area - the area in an Mr Fleet: Yes.
airport where you show your passport. Attendant: Has anyone interfered with
• Boarding gate - the area where you show your bag, or asked you to take
Taxi
your boarding pass and get on the plane. anything on board the (3)
• Board - if you “board” a plane, you get on it. ___________?
• Arrival time - the tim e your plane arrives at Mr Fleet: No.
its destination. Attendant: Do you have any firearms,
• Land - if a plane “lan d s”, it com es to the hazardous materials or liquids in
ground in a controlled manner. your bag?
• Take off - if a plane “takes off”, it leaves the Mr Fleet: No.
ground in a controlled manner. Attendant: Oh, I’m afraid your bag has
• Delayed - if your plane is “delayed”, it leaves exceeded the maximum baggage
later than planned. allowance, so you’ll have to pay
• Cancelled - if your plane is “cancelled”, it the excess (4 )_____________
doesn't leave and you have to get on another Mr Fleet: Oh, right.
flight. Attendant: If you just go over to that counter
over there, you can pay the amount.
Useful expressions Then, just come back here with
the receipt and I’ll put your (5)
(Luggage) trolley What you say ____________ straight through.
I * W here's the check-in desk, please? Mr Fleet: OK. Thanks.
• W hich terminal does the plane leave from ? [Ten minutes later, he comes
• Do you know which gate the plane is leaving back and hands her the
from ? receipt.] Here you are.
• W here's boarding gate 34, please? Attendant: Thank you. Here’s your boarding
• Can I have a window seat, please? (6 ) Your
• W here's the security check-in area? flight leaves at 13:34. Boarding
Aisle seat
will commence at 12:45. The
boarding gate hasn’t been
What you hear announced yet, but it should
• Can I see your passport, please? appear on the flight information
• Did you pack the bags yourself? (7 ) in about half
• Your plane is delayed forty-five minutes. an hour. The security check-in
• Would you like a window seat or an aisle seat? area is just over there. Have a
Check-in desk Flight information • Here's your boarding card. nice flight!
attendant screen • You'll be boarding at gate num ber 34. Mr Fleet: Thanks.

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