Getting There--Airport Language

Directions: Sanjeev and Meera are at an airport in New York. Listen as they talk to an immigration officer about their trip to the U.S.

NARRATOR: Sanjeev and Meera Patel are at the airport in New York. They flew from London and are stopping in New York before they fly to San Francisco. Listen to their interview with a United States immigration officer.
OFFICER: Hello. May I see your passports and your other documents, please? Thank you. How long are you planning to stay in the U.S.?
SANJEEV: We're planning to stay in California for one year.
OFFICER: Is this your first trip to the United States?
SANJEEV: Yes, it is. For both of us.
OFFICER: Well, welcome to the U.S. And what's the purpose of your visit?
SANJEEV: I'm here to work on a project for a company called McKay Designs in Palo Alto, California.
OFFICER: And what kind of work will you do for them?
SANJEEV: I have a one-year contract with them. I'll work on software for Web sites.
OFFICER: Will you both stay in the U.S. for the whole year?
MEERA: Yes, we will. OFFICER: And are you going to work in the U.S., ma'am?
MEERA: No, I'm not. I'll be researching and writing the final paper for my Ph.D.
OFFICER: So you won't be employed by a company?
MEERA: That's right. I'm a student. I won't be a paid employee.
OFFICER: Will you both return to India after your project?
SANJEEV: Yes. We have round-trip tickets. We plan to return after a year.
OFFICER: OK. Thank you. Please get your bags from baggage claim. Then go to customs, where a customs officer will check your bags. Be sure you have the customs form that the flight attendant gave you. Enjoy your time in California.
MEERA: Thank you.
SANJEEV: Thanks.

Directions: Read the fictional customs declaration form. Click on a speaker icon to hear Sanjeev giving personal information. Use that information to fill in the blanks with the missing word or number.

WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS DECLARATION Each arriving traveler or one person per family must give the following information (only ONE written declaration per family is needed): 1. Family Name Patel 2. First (Given) Name Sanjeev 3. Middle Initial(s) 4. Date of Birth (date/mo/yr) 25/ /70 5. Airline/Flight Number Atlantic Airlines, flight 6. Number of Family Members Traveling with You 7a. Country of Citizenship 7b. Country of Residence India 8a. U.S. Address (or Hotel in U.S.) The Plaza 8b. U.S. City Palo Alto 8c. U.S. State 9. Countries visited on this trip before U.S. arrival: a. b. c. d. 10. The purpose of this trip is or was: [X] Business [ ] Personal 11. I am (We are) bringing fruits, plants, meats, food, birds, other live animals, farm products: [ ] Yes [X] No 12. I am (We are) carrying currency over U.S.$10,000, or equal foreign amount: [ ] Yes [X] No 13. I have (We have) business merchandise, U.S. or foreign: (Check one box only) [ ] Yes [X] No 14. The total value of all items I/we bought or received abroad and am/are bringing to the U.S. is: (See the instructions on the back of this form. Use the space provided there to list all the items you must declare. If you have nothing to declare, write " 0 " in the space provide above.)

Directions: Look at each picture below. Then read each sentence and type in the word from the list that matches the picture.

passengers flight attendant documents immigration

departure gate arrival baggage claim

1.	2.
Our in Hong Kong was right on time.	Please listen to the safety instructions given by the .
3.	4.
Before we get on the plane, we have to wait at the .	This flight is full. There are many on the plane.
5.	6.
Please take your seats so we can have an on-time to Los Angeles.	Here are all of the for Susan's visa.
7.	8.
Before he went to customs, Andy got his bags at .	You must show your passport at when you enter a country.

Directions: Click the play button to hear some announcements. Then answer the questions that follow. Use your knowledge of the vocabulary you've learned in this assignment to answer the questions.
The flight to Mexico City is __________.

		delayed by 20 minutes
		departing from a different gate
		departing from gate 2018

Your friend is arriving on flight 319. Where can you meet her?

		at the baggage claim
		at gate 179
		at gate 79

What does the woman say about luggage?

		Keep it with you.
		Take it to baggage claim.
		Give it to an attendant.

What does the man say about the flight?

		It will leave at 9:00.
		It will leave on time.
		It will not be leaving.

You arrived on Western Airlines. Where do you go to get your bags?

		at baggage claim 12
		at baggage claim 2
		at Western Airlines

The flight from Barcelona is __________.

		leaving from gate 32
		canceled
		delayed

Who is speaking in this announcement?

		the flight attendant
		the customs officer
		the passenger

Where does this conversation happen?

		in the airport
		on the airplane
		in a restaurant

Directions: Sanjeev and Meera's flight to San Francisco was canceled. Take the role of Meera as she talks to an airline worker to get another flight. Complete the following dialogue, using the simple past tense form of the words in parentheses.
Our flight to San Francisco (be) ______________ canceled and we need to find another.
We just (fly) ______________ in from London.
No, we (buy) ______________ round-trip tickets.
It's 3:05 now. It looks like we just (miss) ______________ that one.
I (think) ______________ there was a flight leaving at 5:00.
Window, please. On our last flight we (sit) ______________ next to the aisle.
Thank you. We forgot to use these tags once and the airline (lose) ______________ our bags.

Airports

Write about the last time something unusual, funny, or terrible happened on a trip you took. Where did you go? What did you do? How did you go there (by car, plane, bus?) What happened?

The worst thing that happened to my family and me on a trip was at an airport. Our flight was delayed three hours. We had to stay on the plane the whole time and we were all hot and thirsty. The air conditioning was broken, and we drank all the drinks. It was terrible

vocabulary

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
arrival (đến) baggage claim customs customs officer departure document flight flight attendant gate immigration officer passenger purpose (mục đích) round-trip ticket trip (chuyến đi) claim (đòi tiền) employee (nhân viên) baggage (hành lý) interaction (tương tác) airport fiction (hư cấu, tưởng tượng) declaration (tờ khai, khai báo) citizenship (quyền công dân)	fly to (bay đến đâu) S.W fly from (bay từ) flew be employed (đc thuê by) write research (nghiên cứu) plan get up (thức dậy) drop (đánh rơi) go on vacation took my vacation fill in (điền vào S.T) give (đưa ra bởi by) handle (điều khiển) stay in S.W	canceled delayed paid (trả tiền) basic memorable (đáng ghi nhớ, ko quên) whole (toàn bộ, tất cả) final definite (định rõ, xác định) difficult