Unit g visitors and travelers 9.1 Going abroad Vocabulary Add the missing words to the puzzle. 1. You may need a if you're staying in the USA for longer than a month class is cheaper than business or club 3. You can a car at the airport 4. You can to a connecting flight without reclaiming your luggage 5.Hehas_histiptotheUSAtllnextmonth.Whatisthebest center 6. An American asks for the check, a British person asks for the 7. The is cheaper than choosing dishes from the a la carte menu 8. After the main course you can have a g a in Geneva next month 10. Can you get a to help us with this Japanese document, please? isitor doesn't speak English, so we'll need an 12. How many will there be altogether at the congress? 13. What time do you have to for your flight? 14. The annual ty each yu 5. A charter flight is less expensive than a 9. 2 Air travel in the usa Reading A. Before you listen the recording, read this article and answer the questions in B below. Hubs and spokes Domestic flights in the USA are organized on the principle of hubs and spokes, like a bicycle wheel which has a hub at the center and lots of spokes radiating out from it in all directions. One such hub is Huston in Texas: flights to over 100 other airports radiate out in different directions from there and half of these are non-stop flights For example, if you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can catch a Continental Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale(a few miles north of Miami and less hassle than Miami International Airport), change planes in Huston and fly on to Orange County (John Wayne Airport!)or Hollywood-Burbank Airport- both of which are much more relaxing and less crowded ways into os Angeles than the appealing LAX (Ls Angeles International Airport) The hub and spoke network had made flights cheaper and means that even quite small places are connected to each other by a major airline or feeder service. Another advantage of the system is that connecting flights are to some extended guaranteed. If one incoming flight is up to one hour late, all the connecting flights(up to 30 or 40)will be held until it arrives. So if you are on a delayed flight, thats good news- but it's bad news for everyone else because they all have to
Unit 9 Visitors and travelers 9.1 Going abroad Vocabulary Add the missing words to the puzzle. 1. You may need a __________ if you’re staying in the USA for longer than a month. 2. __________ class is cheaper than business or club. 3. You can _________ a car at the airport. 4. You can _________ to a connecting flight without reclaiming your luggage. 5. He has _________ his trip to the USA till next month. What is the best _________to the city center? 6. An American asks for the check, a British person asks for the _________. 7. The _________ is cheaper than choosing dishes from the àla carte menu. 8. After the main course you can have a _________ . 9. I’m attending a _________ in Geneva next month 10. Can you get a _________ to help us with this Japanese document, please? 11. Our visitor doesn’t speak English, so we’ll need an _________. 12. How many _________ will there be altogether at the congress? 13. What time do you have to __________ for your flight? 14. The annual _________ is held in a different city each year. 15. A charter flight is less expensive than a _________ _________. 9.2 Air travel in the USA Reading ＆ Listening A. Before you listen the recording, read this article and answer the questions in B below. Hubs and spokes Domestic flights in the USA are organized on the principle of hubs and spokes, like a bicycle wheel which has a hub at the center and lots of spokes radiating out from it in all directions. One such hub is Huston in Texas: flights to over 100 other airports radiate out in different directions from there and half of these are non- stop flights. For example, if you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can catch a Continental Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale (a few miles north of Miami and less hassle than Miami International Airport), change planes in Huston and fly on to Orange County (John Wayne Airport!) or Hollywood-Burbank Airport- both of which are much more relaxing and less crowded ways into Los Angeles than the appealing LAX (Ls Angeles International Airport). The hub and spoke network had made flights cheaper and means that even quite small places are connected to each other by a major airline or feeder service. Another advantage of the system is that connecting flights are to some extended guaranteed. If one incoming flight is up to one hour late, all the connecting flights (up to 30 or 40) will be held until it arrives. So if you are on a delayed flight, that’s good news — but it’s bad news for everyone else because they all have to
wait for your plane to la From the point of view of overseas connections, many hubs also operate as points or gateways, where passengers flying in from another country can join the hub and syster The same type of system does operate in other parts of the world for example, you can fly from one part of Europe to another via Frankfurt or Pairs or Amsterdam or London, but the difference in other parts of the world is that the fares are not any cheaper so there's no special advantage Flying in to the USA, it's advisable, if you possibly can, to avoid any major gateway, such as Los Angeles International, Miami and JFK (New York) in favor of a smaller gateway like Charlotte Pittsburgh or Orlando B. Using the information in the text, complete each of these sentences. The first is done for you as an example 1. If you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can Lly from Fort Lauderdale and change planes at Huston, Texas. 2. If you want to avoid flying into Lax(Los Angeles International Airport), you should 3. If your flight is less than an hour late, your connecting flight will 4. If you fly between London and Vienna via Frankfurt or Paris, instead of direct, the fare 5. If you are entering the United States from abroad, you should C. Now listen to the recording you' ll hear an interview with Nigel Isaacs, the editor of Business Travel Weekly. Using the information in the interview, complete each of these 1. If the flight is scheduled to take off atSp. m, it will probably 2. If you are sitting in a plane that hasnt taken off yet, you cant 3. If your flight is flying round and round, waiting to land, you may feel 4. If you volunteer to leave on a later flight, make sure that 5. If you are traveling before a national holiday, you can expect that 6. If possible, don t fly via 7. If you have a small amount of luggage, dont 8. If you want to be prepared for delays, take 9.3 Traveling Functions
wait for your plane to land. From the point of view of overseas connections, many hubs also operate as entry points or ‘gateways’, where passengers flying in from another country can join the hub and spoke system. The same type of system does operate in other parts of the world: for example, you can fly from one part of Europe to another via Frankfurt or Pairs or Amsterdam or London, but the difference in other parts of the world is that the fares are not any cheaper so there’s no special advantage. Flying in to the USA, it’s advisable, if you possibly can, to avoid any major gateway, such as Los Angeles International, Miami and JFK (New York) in favor of a smaller gateway like Charlotte, Pittsburgh or Orlando. B. Using the information in the text, complete each of these sentences. The first is done for you as an example: 1. If you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can … fly from Fort Lauderdale and change planes at Huston, Texas. 2. If you want to avoid flying into Lax (Los Angeles International Airport), you should… 3. If your flight is less than an hour late, your connecting flight will… 4. If you fly between London and Vienna via Frankfurt or Paris, instead of direct, the fare… 5. If you are entering the United States from abroad, you should… C. Now listen to the recording. You’ll hear an interview with Nigel Isaacs, the editor of Business Travel Weekly. Using the information in the interview, complete each of these sentences: 1. If the flight is scheduled to take off at5p.m, it will probably… 2. If you are sitting in a plane that hasn’t taken off yet, you can’t… 3. If your flight is flying round and round, waiting to land, you may feel… 4. If you volunteer to leave on a later flight, make sure that… 5. If you are traveling before a national holiday, you can expect that… 6. If possible, don’t fly via… 7. If you have a small amount of luggage, don’t… 8. If you want to be prepared for delays, take… 9.3 Traveling Functions
Write down what you would say in each of these situations. The first is done for you an example 1. Your flight to Charlotte is delayed. Find out the reason Can you tell me wy there is a delay on the night to Charlotte? 2. You are booked on flight LJ879 on May 16. You want to change this to ZZ857on May 17 3. Flight RA372doesn't leave till5pm but youve arrived at the check-in desk at 12 noon 4. You don' t understand how to take a ticket from an automatic machine. Ask a passer-by for 5. Someone asks you how to get to the main rail way station-tell him or her that it's two blocks down and then left 6. You have arrived late because your rented car wouldnt start. Apologize to your host or 7. You dont understand some of the dishes on the menu. Ask your companion for help 8. You want to order a plain omelette, which is not on the menu 9. Ask your companion to recommend a local dish 10. At the end of the meal you want to pay the bill, but the waiter has given it to your companion 9.4 Preposition Fill the gaps in these sentences with a suitable verb or noun preposition. The first is done for you as an example. qualified for range from... to reduction regardless of lating to responsible for retire from un short of run out of 1. That reminds me a funny thing that once happened to me 2. She the firm after 25 years'service 3. He post after the scandal 4. Have you read this West african market? computer disks-I'll order some more 6. We must achieve our targets the amount of work we have to do 7. He is not really job he has applied for 8. Their products pens and stationary 9. There has been a he fares to the usa 10. She is making travel arrangements for the staff
Write down what you would say in each of these situations. The first is done for you as an example: 1. Your flight to Charlotte is delayed. Find out the reason. Can you tell me why there is a delay on the flight to Charlotte? 2. You are booked on flight LJ879 on May16. You want to change this to ZZ857on May17. ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. Flight RA372doesn’t leave till5pm but you’ve arrived at the check-in desk at12 noon. ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. You don’t understand how to take a ticket from an automatic machine. Ask a passer-by for help. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Someone asks you how to get to the main railway station-tell him or her that it’s two blocks down and then left. ………………………………………………………………………… 6. You have arrived late because your rented car wouldn’t start. Apologize to your host or hostess. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. You don’t understand some of the dishes on the menu. Ask your companion for help. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. You want to order a plain omelette, which is not on the menu. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9. Ask your companion to recommend a local dish. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10. At the end of the meal you want to pay the bill, but the waiter has given it to your companion. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9.4 Preposition Fill the gaps in these sentences with a suitable verb or noun + preposition. The first is done for you as an example. 1. That reminds me _____a funny thing that once happened to me. 2. She ______ the firm after 25 years’ service. 3. He ______post after the scandal. 4. Have you read this _____ West African market? 5. We’re ______computer disks-I’ll order some more. 6. We must achieve our targets _____the amount of work we have to do. 7. He is not really _____ job he has applied for. 8. Their products ______ paints _____ pens and stationary. 9. There has been a _______ the fares to the USA. 10. She is_____ making travel arrangements for the staff. qualified for range from…to reduction in regardless of relating to remind…of remit money to report on report to resign from responsible for retire from run short of run out of
l1. While I was abroad I nearly 12. Jan and Pat both Mr. Brown, the export manager 9. 5 What the clever traveler knows Listening A. which of these'tips for travelers'do you agree with? Which do you disagree with? Always take a good long book to read on a journey, in case of delays Take one large suitcase --but dont pack it full. Always try to do some work on planes and trains-there are no phone calls to interrupt you Always be very careful about local food and drink. When you're abroad treat every person you meet respec Do your 'homework before you go: read books about the place youre going to, its people and their customs. B. Listen to the recording. You'll hear more advice from Nigel Isaacs(the man you heard in 9.2c). Complete these sentences, using the information given in the interview. This first is done for you as an example. you can avoid delays by Only taking carn -on luggage onto aplane 2 you can avoid losing any important documents by keeping them 3 you can sometimes save money flying to Australia by buying 4 you can sometimes save money flying to Rio by buying 5 you will need a long time to recover from a flight to Japan via 6 you will lose efficiency and energy by 7 when scheduling important meeting it's wise to 8 if you make a lot of trips abroad, it's essential to 9 if you plan to travel with your husband or wife, it's worth 10 you can get special facilities at a hotel by staying their regularly and
11. While I was abroad I nearly _____ money. 12. Jan and Pat both ______ Mr. Brown, the export manager. 9.5 What the clever traveler knows Listening A. Which of these ‘tips for travelers’ do you agree with? Which do you disagree with? Always take a good long book to read on a journey, in case of delays. Take one large suitcase -- but don’t pack it full. Always try to do some work on planes and trains-there are no phone calls to interrupt you. Always be very careful about local food and drink. When you’re abroad treat every person you meet respect. Do your ‘homework’ before you go: read books about the place you’re going to, its people and their customs. B. Listen to the recording. You’ll hear more advice from Nigel Isaacs (the man you heard in 9.2c). Complete these sentences, using the information given in the interview. This first is done for you as an example. 1 you can avoid delays by… Only taking carry-on luggage onto a plane. 2 you can avoid losing any important documents by keeping them… …………………………………. 3 you can sometimes save money flying to Australia by buying… ………………………………… 4 you can sometimes save money flying to Rio by buying… ………………………………… 5 you will need a long time to recover from a flight to Japan via… ………………………………… 6 you will lose efficiency and energy by… ………………………………… 7 when scheduling important meeting it’s wise to… ………………………………… 8 if you make a lot of trips abroad, it’s essential to … ………………………………… 9 if you plan to travel with your husband or wife, it’s worth… …………………………………… 10 you can get special facilities at a hotel by staying their regularly and… ……………………………………
References 9.1 Going abroad 1. visa 3. hire 45 6. route 7. bill 10 conference 11. transla 12. interpreter 13. delegates 14. check 15. convention 16. scheduled 9.2 Air travel in the usa B Suggested answers 2. fly to Orange Country (John Wayne Airport)or Hollywood-Burbank Airport 3. wait for your plane 4. won't be any cheaper 5. avoid a busy gateway like New York, Miami or Los Angeles-Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Orlando are less busy C. Suggested answers 1. be delayed because too many flights are scheduled to take off around that time 2. get anything to drink or eat. 3. frightened, especially if you're in the clouds 4. you get a guaranteed seat and a free phone call to the person who is meeting you the other end 5. airports will be especially bus 6. O'Hare(Chicago), Atlanta or Denver 7. check it in -take it as hand baggage 8. something to eat and drink in your hand luggage or irline passengers face in the Usa Nigel. Most of the problems are caused by the heavy volume of traffic. All airports have a limit to the number of takeoffs and landings they can handle All flights from a hub arrive and leave at more or less the same time: if 60 aircraft are
References 9.1 Going abroad 1. visa 2. economy 3. hire 4. transfer 5. postponed 6. route 7. bill 8. set 9. dessert 10. conference 11. translator 12. interpreter 13. delegates 14. check 15. convention 16. scheduled 9.2Air travel in the USA B. Suggested answers 2. fly to Orange Country (John Wayne Airport) or Hollywood-Burbank Airport 3. wait for your plane 4. won’t be any cheaper 5. avoid a busy gateway like New York, Miami or Los Angeles-Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Orlando are less busy C. Suggested answers 1. be delayed because too many flights are scheduled to take off around that time. 2. get anything to drink or eat. 3. frightened, especially if you’re in the clouds. 4. you get a guaranteed seat and a free phone call to the person who is meeting you the other end. 5. airports will be especially busy. 6. O’Hare (Chicago), Atlanta or Denver. 7. check it in –take it as hand baggage. 8. something to eat and drink in your hand luggage. Transcript Presenter: Nigel Isaacs is editor of Business Travel Weekly. Nigel, what kind of problems do airline passengers face in the USA? Nigel:Most of the problems are caused by the heavy volume of traffic. All airports have a limit to the number of takeoffs and landings they can handle. All flights from a hub arrive and leave at more or less the same time: if 60 aircraft are