10.5. Speaking Reinforcement

Assignment 1. Get ready to act out a conversation as passengers aboard the plane. One of you is an experienced traveller, the other one flies for the first time. Be prepared to swap your parts. Make sure you use the active vocabulary.

Assignment 2. Get ready to take interviews or to act as a business traveller at the airport with a partner in turn. The interview can follow the following lines.

Interviewing business travellers

Interviewer: Good morning Sir. I'd like to ask you a few questions if I may.

T r a v e l l e r: Well, I'm waiting to catch my flight so I guess I can answer a few questions.

I n t e r v i e w e r: Thank you Sir. First of all, how often do you travel?

T r a v e l l e r: I travel about twice a month.

I n t e r v i e w e r: Where are you flying to on this trip?

T r a v e l l e r: I'm flying to Austin, Texas.

I n t e r v i e w e r: … and where did you fly on your last trip?

T r a v e l l e r: I flew to Portland, Oregon. I've already been there three times!

I n t e r v i e w e r: Really! Do you enjoy travelling for business?

T r a v e l l e r: Yes, although I prefer staying in the office.

I n t e r v i e w e r: What do you like most about travelling?

T r a v e l l e r: I like visiting new cities and trying out new food.

I n t e r v i e w e r: Is there anywhere you would like to visit that you haven't visited yet?

T r a v e l l e r: Yes, I'd like to go to Hawaii! I love going to the beach!

Interviewer: Thank you very much for your time today.

Assignment 3. Get ready to discuss this question in small groups in class:

What are the three best and the three worst things that can happen to you when you’re travelling?

Active vocabulary Unit 10. Business trips. Travelling

TRAVEL EXPRESSIONS

You go on holiday (GB)/vacation (US) or on business by air/by train/by car etc.

You go on a journey/trip/excursion/outing/sight-seeing tour, on a cruise or on a business trip.

You see/do the sights with a guide, if you go on a conducted/guided tour.

You go on/take a cruise, i.e. on a passenger ship or sea-liner.

You go on a world trip/on a round-the-world tour.

If you do a round trip, you travel around a country and return to your starting point.

If you go touring, you travel around a country or countries by car or coach.

You may take a short break (holiday), i.e. for 3 or 4 days only.

A 'package holiday is a holiday booked through a travel agent which includes travel, accommodation, meals and often excursions.

You set off on a journey.

You may break the journey, i.e. stop somewhere for a short time or for some hours, you may travel non-stop or travel through.

You stop off/over (at/in a place), i.e. break the journey.

You may stay the night/stay overnight/make an overnight stop somewhere.

You may put up at a hotel, i.e. sleep and eat there.

You make a reservation/booking if you reserve a room in advance, i.e. by letter or telephone.

You travel/go/book first etc. class.

If you fly you have to check in al the airport and weigh in (your luggage).

When you leave or enter a country you have to go through customs.

You may book a domestic flight (i.e. inland) which is usually also a scheduled flight (with an airline working on a regular schedule).

A cheap flight booked for tourists on most holiday tours is a charter flight.

An APEX flight is a scheduled "advance purchase excursion” flight at a reduced rate.

FOCUS PHRASES

Flight AB 112 is boarding now.

This is the last call for flight 345 to Bombay.

The passengers are asked to go to Gate 7.

(Flight 837} has been cancelled due to (instrument malfunction)

(The aeroplane) has been delayed owing to (engine failure).

This is to announce the arrival of 12.45 service to Paddington.

The service to Petersborough is departing in 5 minutes from Platform 3.

(The train) is running late.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

We apologize for the delay.

We regret to announce the late arrival of …

PHRASAL VERBS

Break down – if a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working

Carry on – to continue going in the same direction

Check in – to register at a hotel or airport

Check out – to pay the bill before you leave the hotel

Come across – to meet someone, or to find something by chance

Drop off – to leave or set down at a particular place; unload.

Fill in (the tank) – to add petrol to the car tank, e.g. at a petrol/filling/gas station/garage

Flag down somebody/something or flag somebody/something down – to signal someone or something to stop by waving

Get away – to go somewhere different from where you live in order to have a rest or a holiday

Get back – to return

Hop on/off – Get on/off the bus

Get to some place – arrive at some place

Head for – to go in a particular direction

Hold up – to obstruct or delay

Look around – to look at what is near you, in your area

Look forward – to excited about something that is going to happen

Pick up – to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle

Put up (for the night) – to provide lodgings for

Run out of (petrol) – to have used up most of; to have no petrol left

See (smb) off – to go somewhere such as a station or airport with someone in order to say goodbye to them

Slow down – to decrease speed; to go slower. Please slow down. You are going too fast.

Set off – to start a journey, or to start going in a particular direction

Speed up – to go faster. Please speed up. We are late.

Stop over – to break one's journey, usually overnight or even longer. On our way to New York, we stopped over in Philadelphia for the night. That's a good place to stop over. There are some nice hotels in Philadelphia.

Take off – when an aircraft leaves and begins to fly

Touch down [for an airplane] – to come in contact with the ground; to land. Flight twelve is due to touch down at midnight. When will this plane touch down?

Turn back (from some place) – to stop one's journey and return. We turned back from the amusement park so we could go home and get the tickets we had forgotten. We turned back at the last minute.