Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 65 стр.

B: Flight 179 to New York … are you going there?                           B:   I’ll have the same, thank you… Excuse me, would mind
A: Yes, I am.                                                                   changing places with me? Then I can sit next to my friend.
B: So am I … Gate 4’s this way … follow me!                                A:   Oh, I see. No, I don’t mind.
                                                                           B:   Thank you very much.
                    ***********************                                A:   Not at all … Excuse me…
Announcer: Attention, please! Will passengers for Edinburgh please join    B:   Yes? Can I help you?
           Flight Six now waiting…                                         A:   Would you ring for the stewardess?
Ann:       That’s us. You’d better get your passport ready. I’ve already   B:   Yes, of course.
           taken mine out.                                                 A:   And would you mind lowering the back of my seat a little?
Charles:   Oh, you needn’t have done that. You don’t need passports             I’m afraid I’m getting air-sick.
           for Scotland. Not for internal travel in Britain.               B:   Oh, I’m sorry. Is that all right now? Now, the stewardess is
A.:        Of course not. Stupid of me. One gets so used to producing           coming.
           passports every time one travels by air…
C.:        You needn’t hurry yet. Have a cigarette while we are wait-                         ********************
           ing at the gate.                                                A:   Excuse me, what was that announcement?
A.:        No, thanks. I’d rather wait until we are checked into our       B:   They are asking us to fasten our seat belts.
           seats.                                                          A:   Why? Is anything the matter?
C.:        Then you’ll have to wait for quite a while. They’ll ask the     B:   Don’t worry. The plane is going down. Well, I suppose we’d
           passengers to fasten their safety-belts and no smoking will          better get ready for landing.
           be allowed during the take off.                                 A:   You haven’t got anything to declare, have you?
                                                                           B:   I don’t think I have, only my personal belongings.
                         9. On the Plane                                   A:   Good. Have you filled in the landing card/ entry card?
Flight                                                                     B:   Not yet. Would you mind lending me your pen?
attendant: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Captain Gibson and his    A:   Oh, yes, here you are.
           crew welcome you aboard British Airways Flight 179 to New       B:   Thank you, madam / sir.
           York. We’re now flying at a height of 30,000 feet. Our speed    A:   Oh, don’t mention it. And can you help me with my landing
           is approximately 600 miles an hour. We’ll land in New York           card?
           in five and a half hours. The temperature in New York is now    B:   Oh, certainly.
           630F. In a few minutes you’ll be able to see the Irish Coast.
           Our flight attendants will serve lunch in half an hour.                           ********************
F.A.:      Are you comfortable, sir / madam?                               A:   Well, we’ve nearly crossed the Channel. I can see the English
A:         Yes, quite. Could I have a newspaper, please?                        coast already, can you?
F.A.:      Here you are. Would you like a magazine?                        B:   Yes.
B:         I’ll have the Times, thank you.                                 A:   Well, I suppose we’d better get ready for landing and we’ll
A.:        Excuse me, when will you be serving drinks?                          soon have to go through the customs. I say, you haven’t got
F.A.:      I’ll be bringing the trolley round quite soon. Will you have         anything dutiable, have you? If you have, you’d better declare
           some chewing-gum or peppermint now?                                  it. You don’t want to get into trouble, do you?
A:         Some peppermints, please. My ears often ache during take-off    B:   As a matter of fact, I don’t have anything to declare. Still,
           and landing.                                                         thanks all the same.

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