Word list

arrival card [E7raivl7ka:d] карточка прибытия

board the plane [bO:d] всходить на борт самолета

brief [bri:f] делать сводку, резюмировать

cabin crew [kXbin7kru:] часть экипажа самолета, занятая обслуживанием

cockpit [7kOkpit] кабина

crew [kru:] экипаж

day-off [7dei6Of] выходной

delay [di7lei] задержка

duty-free products [7dju:ti7fri:] товары, не облагаемые пошлиной

emergency [i7mE:d3Ensi] чрезвычайная ситуация

equipment [i7kwipmEnt] оборудование

follow the schedule [7fOlEu] [7skedu:l]or [7Sedu:l] следовать расписанию

get instructions [in7strVkSnz] получить указания

monitor [7mOnitE] контролировать, проверять

passenger safety [7pXsnd3E7seifti] безопасность пассажиров

responsibility [ri6spOnsE7biliti] обязанность

safe distance [7seif7distEns] безопасное расстояние

safety issue [7seifti7isju:] вопрос безопасности

stressful [7stresful] стрессовый

supervise [7su:pEvaiz] наблюдать

take off [7teik6Of] взлетать

work under pressure [7preSE] работать под давлением

work closely [7wE:k7klEusli] тесно работать с кем-то

QUESTIONS:

1. What does Rebecca do?

2. What are her main responsibilities during the flight?

3. How many hours per month does she usually work?

4. Why does she enjoy her job?

5. What is Mark’s main responsibility?

6. How does he spend most of his time?

7. How many hours per month does he usually work?

8. Why does he like his job?

9. What is Charlie’s main responsibility?

10. Who does he work closely with?

11. What does he do before and after the flight?

12. What doesn’t he like about his job?

T 1.4

- In today’s program we’re continuing the theme of ‘lives of people’ in different industries. Today we are going to focus on a very important industry – aviation. And I’ve got three people here to talk to today: Rebecca White, a purser for Pacific International Airlines, Mark Ryan, an air traffic controller at Melbourne Airport, and Charlie Rogers, a flight engineer also working for PIA Airlines. Okay. Let’s start with Rebecca. Rebecca, could you tell us a little about what made you decide to work for PIA?

• Sure, well, I was born and grew up in Brisbane, and my father was a pilot. I think I had my first flight when I was about 5 years old. I loved it straight away. After I was 8 he often took me on flights from Brisbane to other cities in Australia.

• I see. That sounds interesting. But why didn’t you become a pilot?

• Well, I never thought of flying a plane, but I loved travelling and when I was 19 years old I started a course at Brisbane Tourism College to become a flight attendant. This is a 2-year course. After this I was very lucky. I got a job with PIA in 1994. The only problem was that I had to move to Melbourne and leave my parents in Brisbane. I had training in Melbourne for about 1 year and in 1995 I had my first flight when I was about 22. Then in 1996 I got married to Charlie – two years after we met when I started at PIA.

• And did you get a chance to travel around the world when you started work?

• Well, no, not exactly. I worked on domestic flights between 1995 and 1999. I flew between Melbourne and Sydney, and sometimes Melbourne and Perth. I flew on Boeing 737 at that time, but then in 2000 I was offered a better job. They asked me to do more training on Boeing 767s, so in 2001 I started flying between Melbourne and Bangkok, Singapore and Beijing.

• And are you doing that still?

• Not really. I was lucky enough to be given another job as a purser in 2002. After that in 2003 I started flying on 747s. Sometimes I still fly to Bangkok, but that’s only when we stop on longer trips to Europe. Now I fly to London, Paris and Los Angeles.

• How exciting!

• Yes, but not always. Sometimes I get very tired after flying so much, and I’m sometimes away from home too long.

• I see. And can I ask, do you have any children?

• Yes, I have a daughter. She is three years old.