English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate (Unit 47: Air travel)

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A. Departure* When you arrive at an airport, the departures board will show you the flight numbers (e.g. BA735), departure times (e.g. 08.40), and destinations1. At check-in / the check-in desk, someone will check your ticket and weigh2 your luggage. If it is more than, for example, 20 kilograms, you will have to pay excess baggage3. You can take your hand luggage with you on the aircraft4. You also get your boarding card5 and then you can go through passport control, where someone checks your passport6, and into the departure lounge, where you can buy things in the duty-free shop, e.g. cigarettes and perfume. Shortly before take-off7, you go to the place where you get on the plane, e.g. Gate 3 or Gate 5. When you board the plane8, you can put your hand luggage in a small cupboard above your seat called an overhead locker. You then have to fasten your seat belt. If there are no delays9, the plane moves slowly to the runway10, then it takes off. * when you leave a place, at the start of a journey 1 where the flights are going to 2 see how heavy something is 3 pay extra for your luggage 4 plane 5 a piece of paper you must show to get on the plane 6 looks at your passport carefully 7 when the plane takes off / leaves the ground 8 get on the plane 9 when you have to wait longer than expected 10 the large road that planes use for take-offs and landings Common mistakes My flight number is BA640. (NOT My fly number is BA640.) I slept the whole flight. (NOT I slept the whole fly.) B. Arrival* When the plane lands1, there is always an announcement2 from a member of the cabin crew3 telling passengers to wait until the plane completely stops before they stand up. Then you get off the plane and walk through the terminal building4 to passport control. When you’ve got your luggage from baggage reclaim5, you go through customs6 and leave the airport. * when someone or something arrives 1 arrives on the ground 2 spoken information to a group of people 3 the people on the aircraft who look after 4 the airport building 5 the place where you collect your luggage 6 go through the area where your luggage may be the passengers checked to make sure you don’t have anything illegal.

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