Listen to the following dialogues and read them in pairs.

Dialogue 1

Dima How do you prefer to travel?

Timur I like trains better as they are safer and you can have a scenic view over the window.

Dima Yeah, you are right! But I prefer going by plane as it is several times faster.

Timur Don’t you think planes are very dangerous. I am terrified of going by air.

Dima I agree, but nowadays they are becoming much safer.

Dialogue 2

Gulnaz Natasha, have you reserved your ticket?

Natasha Yes, I have actually bought it through the Internet.

Gulnaz How?

Natasha I paid for it by card and all I will have to do is to pick it up

at the airport.

Gulnaz Cool!

Dialogue 3

Tania Hey, look! The registration for our flight has already begun.

Lena Let’s hurry then, we must go through customs and check in our

baggage.

Tania Yes, shall we check in all our bags?

Lena No, I think we can take a small case into the cabin.

Tania OK.

Vocabulary

baggage	багаж
cabin	салон самолета
customs	таможня
dangerous	опасный
fast	быстрый
flight	рейс, полет
registration	регистрация
safe	безопасный
scenic	живописный
to be terrified of	испытывать ужас от
to check in	сдавать (багаж)
to pick up	забрать
to reserve	резервировать
view	вид

Pronunciation

Practice the following tongue-twister till you can read it very quickly.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

Oral exercises

Match the antonyms.

boring hot dangerous stupid safe ugly right late low fast small beautiful interesting clever wrong early big high cold slow

4 Find in the dictionary as many words as you can for the given key word.

Example: Bus station – bus, fare, stop, cashier, operator.

Railway station –

Airport –

Sea or river port –

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