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1.1. Сопоставьте слова (1-5) с их определениями (a-f):

1. smoother a. ending

2. convenient b. through or by

3. eliminating c. reception

4. via d. not so difficult

5. reminder e. easy

6. lobby f. a message to help you to remember

1.2. Вставьте в тексте пропущенные слова. Переведите текст.

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR

Smart travel: New technologies promise to make air travel smoother for passengers and cut costs for airlines.

Get ready to change the way you 1__a__. That is the message from Giovanni Bisignani, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). He believes technology could reduce costs for airlines and make travel simpler and smoother for 2__________.

The first part of IATA’s plan is to end the use of paper 3__________ by the end of 2007. Instead passengers would use an electronic ticket. It is much more convenient for passengers, and might result in huge 4 _________ for airlines: an e-ticket costs around $1 to issue and process, compared with $10 for a paper ticket. Eliminating paper tickets could save the industry over $2.7 billion a year.

Other changes mean that you could check in for your flight from home via the web, or even while on the move via your mobile phone. The system may even be able to 5_________ passengers a text message reminder two hours before the flight. IATA also plan to expand the use of self-service kiosks for passengers to check in. Airlines 6__________ that the majority of their passengers will use kiosks for check-in by 2008. The kiosks might not be found only in airports. It could soon be possible , for example, to use a kiosk in a hotel lobby to check out 7________ the hotel, and then to check in for your flight. It seems that 8__________ could soon make air travel smoother, quicker, more fun and more productive.

1. a travel b go c visit d meet

2. a retailers b pilots c passengers d workers

3. a books b tickets c maps d invoices

4. a savings b money c explain d expenses

5. a take b post c explain d send

6. a want b expect c require d like

7. a on b by c of d for

8. a ideas b technology c customers d research

1.3. Сопоставьте слова и фразы 1-6 с их значениями a-f.

1. capital a. careful control of costs, necessary when

you have very little money

2. start-up cost b. the profit you make from an activity in

relation to how much money you put in

3. a tight budget c. money you lend to someone so that they

start a business venture

4. potential d. the time needed to get back the cost of

an investment

5. return e. the expense of setting up a new business

on investment or new project

6. payback period f. possibility of future success