Ex.3 Read and translate. The main parts of the aircraft

The main parts of the aircraft.

The main parts of the aircraft are: fuselage, engines, wings, tail unit and landing gear. The fuselage is the body of the airplane. It houses the crew, passengers, controls, equipment, baggage, mail and cargo. The fuselage is divided into several cabins. A nose cabin is a cockpit. Passenger cabin accommodates passengers. The rear part of the fuselage is called a baggage compartment. It is designed for cargo.

The wings are the main lifting surfaces which support the aircraft in flight. The tail unit provides the necessary stability in flight. The undercarriage is used during taxiing of the airplane on the ground during take-off and landing. The retractable landing gear is retracted in flight into the fuselage structure.

Ex.4 What information is on the boarding pass?

On most flights, seats are allocated to passengers at the check-in desk. The seat number is often recorded on the passenger's boarding pass.

Seats are numbered in rows from the nose of the aircraft to the tail and lettered from the right to the left as you look back from the flight deck.

Note that most seat allocation problems involve the cabin attendant requesting the passengers' boarding cards. There are several ways of doing this:

- Your boarding pass, please.

- Give me your boarding card, please.

- Will you show me your boarding pass, please?

- Can I see your boarding pass?