Unit VI Flying Gets Cheaper Topical Vocabulary

No-frills airlines	Авиалинии без удобств
To save money	Экономить деньги
A flight attendant	Борт проводник
To fly with low-cost airlines	Летать дешёвыми авиалиниями
Value for money	Соотношение цены и качества
To book a ticket/a hotel online	Бронировать билет/отель по интернету
To complain about flight delays	Жаловаться на задержки рейса
A check-in desk	Стол (стойка) регистрации
An aisle seat	Место в проходе
To fasten a seat belt	Пристёгивать ремень
To leave one’s bags unattended	Оставлять сумки без присмотра
To go through/to pass a passport control	Проходить паспортный контроль
To make an announcement	Делать объявление
To get on a plane	Садитьтся на самолёт
To serve as a mailing centre	Служить почтовым центром
To be different from smth/smb	Отличаться от
To form relationships with smb/smth	Строить отношения с
To serve meals on the flight	Подавать еду во время полёта
To make money	Зарабатывать
To offer cheap fares	Предлагать дешёвые билеты

Task 1. Grammar time: use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.

1. Health and happiness are (important) than money.

2. The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be much (expensive).

3. My salary is not so (high) as yours.

4. It is too noisy here. Can we go somewhere (quiet)?

5. The report confirms that smoking is (common) cause of lung cancer.

6. He is one of (stupid) people I have ever met! He parked his car in (narrow) street in the village, and when another driver complained, he just got angry. In the end, a policeman came and fined him. Perhaps, he will be (careful) in future.

7. I think my English is getting (good), not (bad).

8. I am getting old. This job is for (young) men.

9. When children get a bit (old), they will need a (big) house.

10. It is as (warm) today as it was yesterday.

Task 2 a) match words 1-12 with their synonyms in italics, translate and memorize them. Think of sentences using the words in the box.

to form (relationship) underground fast luggage space to make money

disadvantage independent pedestrian to welcome to convert contemporary

minus ▪ subway ▪ to develop ▪ bags ▪ modern ▪ to build ▪ quick ▪ free ▪ drawback ▪ earn ▪ metro ▪ baggage ▪ walker ▪ room ▪ up-to-date ▪ to turn ▪ autonomous ▪ to start ▪ passer-by ▪ to greet

b) Fill in the gaps with one of the following words: “trip”, “voyage”, “journey”, “travels”, “flight”, “outing” and consider the difference between them. Compose sentences using these words.

……………….. is a short journey that you take for enjoyment.

………………. is an occasion when you go somewhere and come back again.

……………….. is a long journey, especially by boat or into space.

………………. an occasion when you travel from one place to another, especially when there is a long distance between the places.

……………… is a journey through air or space in a vehicle such as a plane.

……………… is a series of journeys that someone makes to different places.

Task 3 a) match a word from the box with one of the definitions below:

to design unattended to take off to cancel to attend to

1. to deal with smb/smth; to take care of smb/smth –

2. to decide how smth will look, work etc, especially by drawing plans and making models –

3. to decide that smth that has been arranged will not now take place –

4. without the owner present; not being watched or cared for –

5. to leave the ground and begin to fly –

b) insert the words in the box in a) into the gaps and translate these sentences into Russian.

1. All flights have been …ed because of bad weather.

2. A good boss must always ……………….. the needs of his/her employees.

3. The programme is ……………ed to help people who have been out of work for a long time.

4. Is it too late to ……….. my order?

5. Never leave young children ……………...

6. The manager …………….. the meeting at the last minute.

7. The plane ……………..an hour late.

8. Are you being ………..ed …., Sir? (e.g., in a shop)

9. They asked me …………….. a poster for the campaign.

Task 4. Complete the text using the appropriate word or word-combinations from the box and talk about the process of boarding a plane.