- •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
6. Here are 5 aviation terms and definitions to them. Try to match the terms with their definitions. Memorize them.
Aeronautical Information Publication
Control Area
Control Zone
flight level
level
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A generic term relating to the vertical position of an aircraft in flight and meaning variously, height, altitude or flight level. |
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A controlled airspace extending upwards from the surface of the earth to a specified upper limit. |
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A controlled airspace extending upwards from a specified limit above the earth. |
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A publication issued by or with the authority of a state and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. |
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А surface of constant atmospheric pressure which is related to a specific pressure datum, 1013.2 hectopascals (hPa), and is separated from other such surface by specific pressure intervals. |
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Wоrd lisт
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Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) |
Сборник аэронавигационной информации (САИ) |
Збірник аеронавігаційної інформації (ЗАІ) |
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arrangement [E7reid3mEnt] |
расположение, классификация |
розміщення, класифікація |
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beyond [bi7jOnd] |
за, по ту сторону |
за, на тій стороні |
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coincide [6kouin7said] |
совпадать, соответствовать |
співпадати, відповідати |
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Control Area |
диспетчерский район |
диспетчерський район |
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Control Zone |
диспетчерская зона |
диспетчерська зона |
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cylindrical [si7lindrikEl] |
цилиндрический |
циліндричний |
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diameter [dai7XmitE] |
диаметр |
діаметр |
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infringe [in7frind3] |
нарушать |
порушати (закон) |
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oval [7ouvEl] |
овальный |
овальний |
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prohibit [prE7hibit] |
запрещать |
забороняти |
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protect [prE7tekt] |
защищать |
захищати |
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refer (to) [ri7fE] |
отсылать, ссылаться |
відсилати, посилатися |
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region [7ri:d3En] |
район |
район |
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regulated airspace |
регулируемое воздушное пространство |
регульований повітряний простір |
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requirement [ri7kwaiEmEnt] |
требование |
вимога |
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shape [Seip] |
форма, очертание |
форма, обрис |
U N I T 37
Learning points: Reading comprehension: Concorde - Special Arrangements
1. Read the text. Concorde - special arrangements
Few people, even if they are only remotely interested in aviation, can fail to be excited by their first sight of Concorde. The western world’s first supersonic transport aircraft has caught the imagination of the ordinary public like no other, yet its commercial operation has become routine in the space of a few years. Thirty-six British Airways scheduled passenger flights cross the Atlantic every week, 28 of them to and from New York, the remainder to and from Washington and Barbados. In addition, ‘pleasure’ flights on Concords are being arranged more and more frequently , perhaps to European or Middle East destinations, or to the Bay of Biscay for a short supersonic trip before returning to London. Air France Scheduled Concorde Services to the United States also operate daily, routing through UK airspace under the control of the London ATCC.
Although Concorde is designed for supersonic flight, it is restricted to normal subsonic speeds and flight levels while over land, to avoid possible disturbance to persons and property on the ground. Of course the essential advantage Concorde has over conventional aircraft is the reduction, by roughly 50% in travelling time between international airports.
Also, the special characteristics of Concorde make it unique in air traffic controls terms. The aircraft has an optimum operating profile-which, if not followed, can result in a dramatic loss of economy. Control decisions, especially during the climb and acceleration phases, are critical to the efficient performance of the flight. The fuel calculations start before the aircraft leaves the airport gate - the fuel for ground running must be used up while the aircraft is still on the ground: from start-up to take-off must not be greater than l5 min, and Concorde will often ‘jump the queue’ ahead of other aircraft waiting for departure.
After take-off Concorde climbs at between 3,000 and 6,000 ft/min, up to 28,000 ft at 95% of the speed of sound during the subsonic phase. Other flights may will be overtaken due to the higher speed and this has to be taken into consideration by the controller so as to permit, as far as possible, a climb which avoids deviations from track.
When the aircraft accelerates and climbs to supersonic flight, reheat is applied and fuel consumption is especially high. During this phase an uninterrupted climb is essential for optimum performance; controllers need to plan for the absolute minimum of changes to the aircraft’s track.
A similar situation applies during the descent and deceleration phase towards the end of the flight. Here again, control instructions for changes in track or descent profile will increase fuel consumption considerably. Where there are likely to be delays in landing at the destination airport, the usual procedure is for aircraft to enter a holding pattern, quite close to the airport, at low level. For Concords, this is a routine which consumes excessive fuel, and low level holds are to be avoided whenever possible.