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1. You want to have a room reserved at a hotel for a friend of yours who is supposed to come in a day or two. Receptionist informs you that they are heavily booked. You are much disappointed and entreat him to help you. He tells you that he will try to do his best but so far can't promise anything definite.
2. You are at the airport. The customs officer asks you if you have anything to declare. You answer in the negative saying that you have only personal belongings in your two suitcases. He doesn't make you open your suitcases and allows you to go to the Passport Control. You thank him and walk to complete the airport formalities.
3. Mrs. Brill wanted to go to New York by air. She went to the agency and inquired if she could book a seat to New York. The clerk answered that they still had some seats available for the next day. So she paid for the ticket, took the change, and returned home. The next day Mrs. Brill arrived at the airport in good time to complete the necessary formalities.
4. A young clerk wants to spend his first three-weeks holiday traveling abroad. The travel agent advises him on the tours available for the season. He is looking for the package tour he can afford.
Travelling by air
1. Read and learn the words:
1. Customs hall – таможенный зал
2. Customs officer – офицер таможенной службы
3. passport – паспорт
4. boarding card – посадочный талон
5. captain – командир
6. air hostess – бортпроводница
7. air steward – бортпроводник
8. (air) plane (airliner) – самолет
9. fuselage – фюзеляж
10. wing – крыло
11. jet engine – реактивный двигатель
12. (tail-)fin – хвостовой киль
13. glider – планер
14. helicopter – вертолет
15. light aircraft – легкий самолет
16. propeller – пропеллер
17. runway. – взлетная полоса
18. control tower – аэродромно-диспетчерский
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19. hangar – ангар
20. flight – полет
21. non-stop flight – беспосадочный полет
22. visibility – видимость
23. altitude – высота
24. gather speed – набирать скорость
25. cruising speed – крейсерская скорость
26. taxi (v) – выруливать (на взлетной полосе)
27. take off – взлетать, взлет
28. land/make a landing – совершить посадку
29. forced landing – вынужденная посадка
30. fair (cross, head) winds – попутный (боковой, встречный)
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31. rock (v.) – качаться (взад и вперед)
32. hit an airpocket – попасть в воздушную яму
33. loop – петля
34. spin – штопор
35. wingover – вираж
36. aircrash – авиакатастрофа
37. hijack (a plane) – угнать (самолет)
38. seat-belt (safety belt) – привязные ремни
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