1 Listen to three conversations and complete them.
Conversation 1
A: Hello, Mr. Donegan?
B: Yes, how do you do?
A: Did you have a good flight?
B: Yes, thank you. Brrr. Is Frankfurt always so _______________?
A: Yes, I’m afraid February is always quite _______________.
B: Cool? It’s ___________________.
A: What’s Dublin like at this time of year?
B: Well, it’s ___________________than here. We get a lot of rain, of course.
A: Ah yes.
B: Less than people think, though. It’s … changeable.
Conversation 2
A: You’re off travelling next week, Sue?
B: That’s right. Frankfurt, then Helsinki.
A: That’s nice. Take some warm clothes.
B: No, it’s not ______________ this time of year.
A: Is that so?
B: Yes, Finland is _______________ than people think in July.
A: Really?
B: Yes, I was there last year and it was great.
Conversation 3
A: Where to, sir?
B: Heathrow airport, please.
A: Where are you off to, then?
B: Spain.
A: Spain? Not _________________ enough for you here, then? B: No, it’s business, not pleasure.
A: Oh, right. Well, anyway, it can’t be ___________ than here. They say it’s the ___________ summer on record.
B: Yes, I heard that as well.
A: Thirty-seven degrees at Heathrow yesterday!
B: Is that right?
A: Yeah, I had that Michael Fish in the cab once. You know, the one who does the weather on TV …
2 Listen to the dialogue “Traffic and weather information and avoidance” and answer the questions.
What is the call-sign of the aircraft?
Where does Baghdad Radar have an indication of weather?
What direction was the pilot instructed to turn?
3 Atis broadcasts give the pilot of a departing aircraft important information about the conditions at the aerodrome. Pilots acknowledge atis when they first contact atc.
Not all aerodromes have this service. Only some major international airports have it, for example, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Gatwick.
a Listen to this ATIS message from London Heathrow, and then answer the questions.
What letter of the phonetic alphabet did you hear?
What time was the ATIS message broadcast?
Is that a.m. or p.m.?
What was the temperature of the air?
What was the speed and direction of the wind?
What was the QNH?
What was the number of the runway?
b This ATIS message for departing flights is from Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen in Denmark. Listen to the tape then choose the correct answer for these questions:
Was the information called
a) X?
b) S ?
c) C?
d) G?
2. Was the message broadcast at
a) 19 00?
b) 09 30?
c) 15 30?
d) 19 30?
3. Was the direction of the wind
a) 204°?
b) 040°?
c) 140°?
d) 240°?
4. Was the QNH
a) 1015 hPa?
b) 1025 hPa?
c) 1019 hPa?
d) 1035 hPa?
5. The number of the runway was
a) 32 left?
b) 22 right?
c) 22 left?
d) 23 left?
c Fill in the missing words from the ATIS broadcast you have just heard:
Hong Kong ___________ Airport information ___________. Runway-in-use___________.
Expect IGS___________ . ___________wind 090 ___________120° at ___________ knots, visibility kilometres, present weather ___________.Cloud ___________ at ___________ feet. Temperature , QNH ___________millibars. Acknowledge ___________on ___________ frequencies for , and ___________ for ___________.
