Topic 1.5.4 At the airport
AT THE AIRPORT
DISCUSSION:What do you usually buy when you are at an airport?How many airports have you been to in your lifetime?What was your favourite airport? Why?Do you travel for work?
ACTIVITY: vocabulary.
LISTENING ACTIVITY: listen to a traveller meeting his guide at a Terminal. Which city is he in?
- Have you ever had to wait at the airport many hours for a second flight ?
ACTIVITY: work in pairs. Plan a tour for people who have a stopover at your nearest airport. use the questions to help you:
- How are you going to get to the town or city centre?
- What are you going to see, and in what order?
- Where and when are you going to have lunch?
- What time are you going to leave to get back to the airport?
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: work in pairs choose one of the options suggested below and have a conversation.
ROLEPLAY 1: student A is a traveller who has a stopover from 9 am to 3.30 pm. Student B works for a Travel Agency. Have a conversation using the itinerary planned in the prevous exercise.
ROLEPLAY 2: student A is a tourist who is looking for information about free tours in Berlin and calls a Travel Agency. Student B works at the Travel Agency which offers the tour that you can find clicking the link below. Have a conversation.
Video: watch the airport scene and discuss the following questions.
- What does he mean when he says “every moment is precious”?
- Why does he ask for a fake ticket to Yemen?
- How does the conversation change when the woman on the PA announces the final boarding call?
- What are his plans regarding his trip to Yemen?
- What does he promise to do while he is away?
PRONUNCIATION: wordstress
ACTIVITY: Work in pairs.
READING: read the article about airport security. Place the heading into the right place.