Read the text and translate it using the dictionary

Pat arrived at the airport two hours ago to catch her plane to Tokyo. At the check-in-counter, a ticket agent looked at her ticket and her passport and her baggage was checked in (weighed on the scales). Pat's suitcases were very heavy, so she had to pay an excess baggage charge (amount of money for additional weight).

Next she was given a boarding pass (a ticket that allows her to get on the plane). The boarding pass has a seat number written on it, and Pat was given a

window seat in the non-smoking section. Her suitcases were labeled and sent off to be loaded into the hold of the airplane.

While waiting for the flight to be called, Pat goes to the newsstand to buy a newspaper. Then she goes through the security check, where her carry-on luggage (the bags she is keeping with her on the plane) is searched. Then Pat goes into the duty-free shop where she has a chance to buy some things cheaply. The goods she buys here are cheap because they are not taxed.

In the departure lounge Pat joins the other passengers who are sitting and waiting until it is time for their flight to depart. After a few minutes Pat hears the announcement: Flight 156 to Tokyo now boarding at Gate Three, and she goes to board (get on) her plane.

9. Answer the questions to the text:

1) When you arrive at the airport you first go to the … counter.

2) You have to have a … pass so that you can get on the plane.

3) After the security check, you wait in the … lounge.

4) You can buy many things cheaply at the … shop.

5) When you hear the announcement, you go to the … to board your plane.

10. Find out English and Russian equivalents for the words presented below:

---- check–in-counter

билет ----

багаж ----

излишек, превышение ----

(багажа)

---- load (v)

тележка ----

---- hold (n)

Посадочный талон ----

---- departure lounge

Магазин беспошлинной ----

торговли

---- gate

---- conveyor belt

весы ----

---- satchel

---- to check in

объявление ----

---- security check

---- carry-on luggage

11. Guess the meaning of the following words by their explanation:

identity (n) sameness, who or what a particular person or thing is;

iris (n) the round, coloured part of the eye;

gauge (v) to judge the worth, meaning, etc., of something or somebody’s actions;

large-scale (adj) long, sophisticated;

trial (n) experiment;

pattern (n) model, sample;

to match (v) to be like or suitable for use;

image (n) a picture, a copy, (esp. in mind);

record ( n) a written statement of facts, amounts, events, etc.;

to detect (v) to find out, to notice

12. Say whether the following statements are true or false:

1) A new hi-tech identity system examines a passenger’s ear rather than their passport as they go through immigration control.

2) Heathrow is the first USA airport to carry out such an experiment.

3) The aim of the system is to speed up the movement of passengers through the terminal.

4) Passengers who frequently fly from North America to Heathrow are taking part in a six-month trial.

5) Each passenger will have an image of their eyes’ iris stored on computer.

13. The following statements are grammatically incorrect. Find the errors and correct them:

1) On the customs-house a passenger’s luggage are carefully gone into customs inspectors. (3 errors)

2) Sometimes customs inspector carefully search under the passenger’s belongings to prevent smuggling. (2 errors)

3) There are 150 % duty about this article. (2 errors)

4) As soon as one’s luggage cleared the customs special stamps are pasted onto it. (2 errors)

5) It took me about two hour to go through all the formalities on the customs- house. (2 errors)