- •Air travel
- •1. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
- •2. Instructions as above.
- •3. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Complete the sentences.
- •6. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 1 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •1. Listen to the airport announcements and complete the chart.
- •2. Where do you go first when you travel by plane? Put these places in the correct order. Write 1-5 on the left.
- •3. Read and listen to the conversations. Where are they? Write the letter next to the correct place on the right in Exercise 2.
- •4. Read the conversations again carefully. Who are the people?
- •5. Close your books. Listen to some of the lines from the conversations. There is a pause after each one for you to respond. You can use the ideas from the conversations in the book or your own ideas.
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Who is saying what? Write the letters (a-m) in the correct Speech balloon. Try to memorize what each person says.
- •8. What did the people at the airport say to each other?
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Make up micro dialogues:
- •Listening comprehension:Travelling by Air
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Translate into your language and back into English: Lufthansa’s home base
- •3. Match a line in a with a line in b to form a question. Answer this question
- •4. Work out questions to the following answers.
- •5. Listen and complete the conversations.
- •6. Practise the conversations in two several times. Use different information each time.
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Listen to the questions and choose one of the responds.
- •Key to Exercise 5
- •1. Read the text. Welcome to heathrow
- •Amazing facts... Every year Heathrow hands over There are 9,200 baggage
- •2. Fill the gaps with numbers from the box. Then check your answers in the text.
- •3. Pair work. Ask your friend about Heathrow airport. Begin each sentence from How many...? and use sentences of exercise 2. Listen to your friend's answer.
- •4. Which of these remarks are true? Begin your sentence with "Oh, yes, it's true..." or "Oh, no, it's not true..."
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Speak about Heathrow airport.
- •8. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 4 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •Word list
- •1. Study this information from a brochure for people travelling from other countries to London Heathrow Airport. Arrivals
- •2. Which of the following statements are true and which are false?
- •3. Change the sentences above which are false so that they are true.
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Complete the sentences:
- •Word list
- •Flying to spain
- •2. In flight. Norman is now on the plane. Listen to the four announcements, and answer the questions after each one.
- •3. Lunch on the plane. Listen to the dialogue and repeat. Then make up your own conversation.
- •5. Pair work. Ask each other questions and complete a landing card for each other.
- •6. Passport control. Listen to the dialogue and repeat. Then make up your own conversation.
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 6 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •Word list
- •1. Read the story. Travelling by air
- •2. Put these events in the right order, according to the story.
- •10. Replace the underlined words with the words of the same meaning that appeared in Unit 7.
- •Word list
- •1. Put the different phases of flight in the correct sequence, filling in the table below
- •2. Look at the pictures and write down the number that corresponds to these words.
- •Word list
- •Keys to exercises
- •1. Read a slightly abridged story by Robert l. Fish. Hijack
- •2. Answer the questions to the story.
- •3. Take the parts of the characters of the story and try to dramatize it.
- •4. Nouns that go together. Match a line in a with a line in b. (The stress is on the first word in all the combinations).
- •6. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •2. Find in the text examples of Present Perfect Continuous Tense and Present Perfect Simple Tense and explain the difference.
- •3. Here are the summaries of the seven paragraphs. Match them to the correct paragraph.
- •4. Read this summary of the text. There are some mistakes in it. Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •5. Translate into Russian and then back into English.
- •6. Make up sentences of your own with the word combinations in
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Speak about one of the items shown in Exercise 3. Word list
- •Reading comprehension:Airplane Structure
- •5. Look at these words for parts of a plane:
- •6. Look at the diagram on this page. Do you know the words which correspond to the numbers? Fill in the crossword below.
- •7. Read the text. Aeroplane structure
- •8. Answer the questions to the text.
- •9. Find in the text examples of Participle I and Participle II and try to explain the difference.
- •10. Find in the text examples of -ing forms and explain the difference between Participle I and Gerund.
- •11. Match the equivalents.
- •12. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •Key to exercise 6
- •4. Work in pairs. Ask your friend (a pilot) about his possible action in the case of possible incidents during flight. Listen to his answer.
- •5. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •6. Listen to the transmissions and define the type of emergency.
- •Word list
- •Keys to exercises
- •1. Read an abridged extract from a. Hailey's ‘Airport’. Explosive decompression on board trans america two
- •2. Check the box in front of the correct answer.
- •3. Find in the text examples of Continuous Tenses and explain their usage.
- •4. Pair work. You are a controller of the Toronto Air Route Centre. Your partner is Anson Harris who has called you.
- •6. Here are 8 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •7. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •8. Try to explain the words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •9. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •1. Read an article by Andrew Alderson and Ian Birrell from The Sunday Times, 28/10/90. Concorde and jumbo in air miss over heathrow
- •2. Answer the questions to the text of the article.
- •3. Word building. The word in capital at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in each blank this way.
- •4. Make short conversations between.
- •5. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •6.Replace the underlined words with the word of the same or nearly the same meaning that appeared in Unit 14.
- •7. Use the word combinations of Exercise 5 in the sentences of your own.
- •1. Read an article from an aviation magazine. Fill each gap with one of the following verb forms:
- •Two aircraft hit uk motorways
- •2. Answer the questions to the text of the article.
- •3. Find in the text of the article words to the following definitions and synonyms:
- •4. Put in the missing prepositions in the following sentences. Each preposition can be used more than once.
- •5. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •6. Use the word combinations in Exercise 5 in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Speak about the accident on the m2 motorway.
- •8. Speak about the accident on the m27 motorway.
- •1. Look at the paragraphs quickly and first decide which paragraphs go with which story.
- •2. Put the paragraphs in the right order.
- •3. Here are the answers to some questions. Work out the questions.
- •4. There are three different pronunciation of the -ed in the regular past tenses.
- •11. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 16 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
- •1. Read the article from Flight International.
- •2. Translate the text into Russian in a written form and make a short summary of the article in your language.
- •8. Use the word combinations of Exercise 7 in the sentences of your own.
- •9. Try to use the words from the box to fill in the gap. Caution! Two words are not used.
- •Word list
- •Reading comprehension: Jet Propulsion.
- •1. Look at these six groups of words about planes. Choose the correct heading for each group from the list of headings below.
- •2. Read the text from the history of aviation. Jet propulsion
- •3. Find in the text some adjectives and adverbs in the Comparative or the Superlative degree:
- •7. Read the short piece of information about Concorde. Fill each gap with one of the following adjectives or adverbs.
- •8. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •Reading comprehension:Careers in Aviation and at the airport
- •1. Here is a table with the names of jobs in aviation, followed by a list of definitions of the jobs. Match the jobs with the definitions, and write the definitions in the table.
- •2. Read the text. Careers in aviation and at the airport
- •3. Answer the questions to the text.
- •4. There are some examples of Present Perfect Tense in the text. Try to find these sentences and translate them into your language. Explain the usage of Present Perfect Tense.
- •5. Translate the sentences with the Infinitive into your language.
- •6. Find in the text synonyms to the following:
- •7. Give English equivalents for the following:
- •8. Use expressions of exercise 7 in the sentences of your own.
- •9. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •Keys to exercises
- •1. There are different jobs for a general aviation pilot. Read the text. Fill each gap with one of the pilot's jobs.
- •The general aviation pilot
- •2. Choose the appropriate meaning.
- •3. Transfer the sentences from exercise 2 from Passive into Active.
- •4. Here are the definitions to the aviation words used in the text. Find them according to the indicated paragraph.
- •5. Pair work. Choose two pilot's jobs, ask and answer each other questions about them as if were a pilot.
- •6. Choose one of the pilot's jobs and speak about it.
- •7. Match English and Russian equivalents
- •8. Translate into English:
- •Word list
- •3. Read the text. Flight instruments
- •4. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •5. Speak about each of the instruments mentioned in the text. Use the following structure.
- •7. Use the word combinations given in Exercise 6 in the sentences of your own.
- •8. Here are 10 names of the flight instruments that appeared in Unit 21 and explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation. Careful! Four names are not used!
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 2
- •3. Now try to make the same words tree, but this time, do not look at the tree you filled in or the list of the words.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Match a line in a with a line in b to define the words in italics. Use your dictionary if you want.
- •6. Read the text. Weather information for the pilot
- •7. Which of these remarks are true? Correct the false ones.
- •8. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •Word list
- •1. Read the text. London volmet service
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •6. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Here are 10 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions, memorize them.
- •Word list
- •1. Read the text and define five types of altitudes.
- •2. Find in the text synonyms for the following.
- •5. Put questions to the following answers from the text above.
- •6. Give definitions to the above mentioned different types of altitude. Word list
- •Key to Exercises
- •1. Read the text. Technology: enhanced vision system (evs)
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Match English and Russian equivalents.
- •5. Find in the text and give synonyms for the following.
- •6. Form adverbs from the following adjectives and translate pairs into your language.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercises
- •1. Read the text.
- •2 Find in the text examples of sentences with modal verbs and explain their meaning. Read the review of modal verbs.
- •3. Answer the questions to the text.
- •4. Give synonyms from the text for the following.
- •5. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •6. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 26. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Which of the statements are true and which ones are false? Correct the false ones.
- •5. Give opposites for the following.
- •6. Write the opposite of words by adding these beginnings.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 27. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •3. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •5. Answer the questions, beginning each with: The function (purpose) of the … is to ...
- •6. Form nouns from the following verbs and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Speak about:
- •8. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •Weight and balance
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Here are the answers to questions. Work out questions.
- •4. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •5. Give synonyms from the text for the following.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •7. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 30. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 4
- •Weight and balance
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Here are the answers to questions. Work out questions.
- •4. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •5. Give synonyms from the text for the following.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •7. Here are 10 words that appeared in Unit 30. Use them in the correct form to fill in the gaps.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 4
- •1. Read the text. Secondary surveillance radar
- •3. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Here are 16 aviation terms and definition to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •6. Find in the text the example of different Future Tenses, translate them into your language and explain the difference.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read text 1. London heathrow
- •2. Answer the questions to text 1.
- •3. Read text 2. Departing flights at heathrow
- •4. Show the sequence for departing flights at Heathrow and speak using the pattern ‘control passes to’.
- •5. Read text 3. Arriving flights at heathrow
- •6. Show the sequence for arriving flights at Heathrow and speak.
- •7. Find in the texts words with opposite meaning to the following ones.
- •8. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •10. Here are 11 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •Word list
- •Key to Exercises
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Find the words in the text to the following definitions.
- •Automatic Terminal Information Service (atis)
- •6. Find in exercises 1 and 4 examples of the verb in Passive Voice. Write the sentences out and translate them into your language.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Heathrow control tower
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •3. Decipher the following abbreviations.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Here are 8 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read the text. Microwave landing systems
- •2. Which of the statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
- •3. Choose the most correct answer.
- •4. Give synonyms for the following.
- •5. Write the opposite of these words by adding these beginnings
- •6. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercises Exercise 4
- •1. Read the text. Fill in the blanks with one of the adjective forms given below. (Each adjective can be used more than once).
- •Control zones / control areas in the united kingdom
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Match a line in a with a line in b to make new words.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Here are 5 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •1. Read the text. Concorde - special arrangements
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Translate the word and word combinations into your language and back into English. Memorize them.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Give words for the following.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read the text. Passenger information
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4.Use the words and combinations from Exercise 3 in the sentences of your own.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Make this sound crossword. The words from the text should be given in transcription.
- •Clues Across
- •Wоrd lisт
- •Key to Exercise 6
- •1. Read the text. Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (tcas)
- •2. Answer the questions to the text.
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •Tcas - это сложный метод
- •5. Match a question word in a with an answer in b.
- •6. Work out full questions to Exercise 5 and give full answers.
- •7. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Answer the questions.
- •Wоrd lisт
- •1. Read the text. Automatic dependent surveillance (ads)
- •3. Desipher the following abbreviations.
- •4. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •Word list
9. Translate into English:
небольшая задержка;
задержка будет ненадолго;
прибыть в Мадрид вовремя;
английское побережье;
ясный и солнечный день;
небольшая турбулентность;
рекомендовать пассажирам оставаться на своих местах;
убедиться, что ремни безопасности пристегнуты;
погасить сигареты;
приятный полет;
путешествие компанией ‘IBERIA’;
до встречи;
оставаться на местах до полной остановки самолета и открытия дверей;
приблизительно на 39 минут;
проследовать незамедлительно к выходу 17;
‘ALITALIA’ с сожалением объявляет;
подойти к пункту информации.
10. Here are 12 words that appeared in Unit 6 and the explanation to them. Find the words according to their explanation.
CAREFUL! Two words are NOT used!
A
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cruise
clearance
announce
chart
information
altitude
foot
permanent
height
permit
expect
descent
a) permission;
b) detailed map used to help navigation by air;
c) travel at a moderate speed, using fuel efficiency;
d) allow;
e) measure of length: 12 inches;
f) to think or believe that something will happen or that somebody/something will come;
g) distance (of an object or a position) above ground;
h) make something known publicly;
i) coming or going down;
j) facts told, heard or discovered.
B
-
remain
forename
proceed
at once
descend
recommend
hope
descent
complete (adj)
welcome
call
approximately
a) shout; cry;
b) immediately, without delay;
c) go on; make one’s way;
d) greet somebody on his arrival;
e) name proceeding the family name;
g) desire for something to happen, combined with the expectation that it will;
h) coming or going down;
i) finished; ended;
j) almost correctly and exactly but not completely.
C
-
purpose
signature
descend
regret
permanent
descent
foot
collect
aboard
coast
speed
remain
a) quickness of movements;
b) feel sorrow about (the loss of somebody/something); to wish to have somebody/something again;
c) person’s name written by himself;
d) bring or gather something together;
e) come or go down;
f) stay in the same place;
g) land bordering the sea;
h) lasting or expected to last for a long period or for ever; not likely to change;
j) thing that one intends to do, get, be; intention.
Word list
aboard [E7bO:d] |
на борту |
на борту |
Alitalia [Eli7tXljE] |
Italian national airline |
|
announce [E7nauns] |
объявлять |
оголошувати |
approximately [E7prOksimitli] |
приблизительно |
приблизно |
British Airways [7britiS7BEweiz] |
British national airline |
|
coast [koust] |
побережье |
узбережжя |
call [kO:l] |
вызов |
виклик |
chart [tSa:t] |
карта, схема, таблица |
карта, схема, таблиця |
clearance [7kliErEns] |
разрешение |
дозвіл |
collect [kE7lect] |
собирать |
збирати |
complete [kEm7pli:t] |
заполнять |
заповнювати |
complete stop |
полная остановка (зд. двигателей) |
повна зупинка (тут: двигунів) |
cruise [kru:z] |
лететь на крейсерском режиме |
летіти на крейсерському режимі |
descend [di7send] |
снижаться |
знижуватися |
expect [iks7pekt] |
ожидать, предпо- лагать |
чекати, передбачати |
foot pl. feet [fut] [fi:t] |
фут |
фут |
forename [7fO:neim] |
имя (в отличие от фамилии на бланках) |
iм'я (на відміну від прізвищ на бланках) |
height [hait] |
высота (относительная) |
висота (відносна) |
hope [houp] |
надеяться |
надіятися |
Iberia [ai7biEriE] |
Spanish national airline |
|
information desk |
пункт (табло) информации (напр. о рейсах) |
пункт (табло) інформації (напр. про рейси) |
miles per hour |
миль в час |
миль на годину |
Olympic Airways [E7limpik7BEweiz] |
Greek national airline |
|
at once [Et7wVns] |
сразу же |
одразу ж |
permanent address [7pE:mEnEntEd7res] |
постоянный адрес |
постійна адреса |
permit [pE7mit] |
позволять, разрешать |
дозволяти |
peseta [pE7seitE] |
песета |
песета |
proceed [prE7si:d] |
следовать, направляться |
направлятися |
purpose [7pE:pEs] |
цель |
мета |
recommend [6rekE7mend] |
рекомендовать, советовать |
рекомендувати, радити |
regret [ri7gret] |
сожалеть |
шкодувати |
remain [ri7mein] |
оставаться |
залишатися |
Sabena [sE7bi:nE] |
Belgian national airline |
|
S.A.S. |
Scandinavian Airlines System |
|
signature [7signitSE] |
подпись |
пiдпис |
speed [spi:d] |
cкорость |
швидкiсть |
welcome [7welkEm] |
приветствовать |
вiтати |
U N I T 7
Learning points: Reading comprehension: Travelling by Air
Review points: Past Perfect Tense