Ex.6. Role-play the conversation and improvise an ending.

TRAVELLER: Can I check in here for the London flight?

CLARK: WV376? I’m sorry. You’re too late. The flight’s closed.

TRAVELLER: But I’ve got a ticket…

CLARCK: The flight always closes thirty minutes before departure. I’m very sorry…

TRAVELLER: Look, it’s really important…

CLARK: The flight’s boarding now. It’s leaving in fifteen minutes. There is nothing I can do.

TRAVELLER: Oh no! My brother’s getting married in London tomorrow! I’ve got only hand-baggage …I can run to the gate!

CLARK: No, you can’t! It’s closed!

TRAVELLER: Can I speak to your supervisor?

CLARK: No, I’m sorry, you can’t.

TRAVELLER: I don’t believe it! This is really stupid! I’m going to miss my brother’s wedding! Do you understand?

CLARK: Please don’t lose your temper, sir! There is nothing we can do.

TRAVELLER: OK, OK. When’s the next flight?

CLARK: This is the last flight today, I’m afraid. The next flight doesn’t leave until 8.30 tomorrow morning.

TRAVELLER: Tomorrow? When does it get to London?

CLARK: It arrives at 10.30 local time.

TRAVELLER: OK, change me to that flight.

CLARK: Let me check. That flight’s usually quite busy…

Ex.7. Role-play the conversation:

AGENT: Which day of the week do you want to fly?

WOMAN: Sunday. I’m meeting some people in Mexico City on Monday.

AGENT: That’s a pity. There aren’t any direct flights on Sundays. Can you change the meeting to Tuesday? Then you can take the non-stop Monday flight.

WOMAN: No, people are coming from Australia and Japan…so what flights are there on Sundays?

AGENT: There are two possibilities really. Either you can change planes in Europe, in Paris or Madrid for example, or you can change planes in the USA.

WOMAN: What’s best?

AGENT: Well, the flights via Europe leave very early in the morning. The American ones leave later.

WOMAN: I don’t live near the airport. Later, I think.

AGENT: OK. How about this one, Delta Airlines. It leaves London at 11.25 and it goes via Atlanta. It arrives in Atlanta at 15.40…

WOMAN: That’s quick…

AGENT: Not really, Atlanta’s six hours behind London!

WOMAN: So I arrive in Atlanta at 15.40…

AGENT: Right. Then you take the AeroMexico flight at 17.30 direct to Mexico City. It arrives at 20.10. There’s no time difference between Atlanta and Mexico City.

WOMAN: Is there enough time to transfer to the Mexico flight?

AGENT: About two hours. I think it’s OK. But there are sometimes long lines at US immigration.

WOMAN: Do I have to go through immigration?

AGENT: Yes, you do. Then there’s a security check before the flight to Mexico.

WOMAN: Two hours…what happens if I miss the Mexico flight?

AGENT: Don’t worry. They can put you on the next flight with a different airline.

WOMAN: But is there another flight that evening?

AGENT: Well, yes…but they aren’t direct. You change in Dallas or Miami and then arrive in Mexico around midnight…

Ex.8. Role-play the conversation:

GRAN: Aren’t you leaving university this summer, Tony?

TONY: Yes, I am, Gran.

GRAN: Are you looking for a job?

TONY: I’ve got one.

GRAN: Have you? What are you going to do?

TONY: I’m going to work for a travel company.

GRAN: Are you? Doing what?

TONY: I’m going to be a tour guide.

GRAN: Really? What does a tour guide do?

TONY: Lots of things. I’m going to work in Bermuda.

GRAN: Bermuda? Can you speak the language?

TONY: Yes, Gran.

GRAN: Can you?

TONY: Of course I can. They speak English.

GRAN: Oh. When are you going to start?

TONY: As soon as possible. But I’m going to have a holiday first.

GRAN: Are you? Where are you going?

TONY: Australia.

GRAN: Hmm. That’s a long way.

TONY: I like travelling.

GRAN: Do you? I like travelling too, but I can’t afford it now.

TONY: Don’t they do cheap foreign holidays for senior citizens, Gran?

GRAN: Yes, but only in January when it’s cold and miserable. Anyway, who’s going to look after the cat?

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