G Active Vocabulary:
to travel – ïîäîðîæóâàòè; to fly – ë³òàòè; a flight – peéc; to catch a plane – âñòèãíóòè íà ë³òàê; to miss a plane – çàï³çíèòèñü íà ë³òàê; to board a plane – ñ³äàòè íà ë³òàê; a boarding card – ïîñàäî÷íèé òàëîí; a handbag – ðó÷íèé áàãàæ; an airhostess (stewardess) – áîðòïðîâ³äíèöÿ; seat belts – ïðèñò³áí³ ðåìåí³; to take off – çë³òàòè; to land – ïðèçåìëÿòèñÿ; to go down – çíèæóâàòèñü; to be air-sick – ñòðàæäàòè â³ä ïîâ³òðÿíî¿ õâîðîáè; to arrive at one’s destination – ïðèáóâàòè äî ì³ñöÿ ïðèçíà÷åííÿ.
Modern life is impossible without traveling. To understand whether it is really true, you only have to go to a railway station, a port or an airport. There you will see hundreds of people hurrying to catch a train, a ship or a plane, all wanting to go somewhere and to get there as quickly as possible. For us, there is nothing like travel by air: it is more comfortable and far quicker than any other means of traveling. When you board a plane with your handbag and boarding card, the airhostess greets you and shows you to your seats. She asks the passengers to fasten their seats belts and not to smoke when the plane is on the ground, while it is taking off or landing. She gives information about the flight (speed, altitude, t° outside and so on) and offers the passengers some mineral water, lemonade or pepper mints if you are air-sick. The seats on the plane are comfortable, and you can relax either reading or looking through the window, or watching films on TV, if you don’t want to sleep. When there is a long-distance flight, you’ll be provided with excellent meals. Thus, the Airline Service does its best for you to enjoy the flight. Look onto the ground when the plane is going down. On and on you fly with the ever-changing scenes below – villages, fields and hills, rivers and valleys, each following the other with great speed, till you arrive at your destination and safely land at an airport. In fact, there’s no better way of traveling than by air.
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