1) Have you ever travelled by air?
2) Is it more convenient to travel by plane now? Why?
3) Why do people leave their country to spend holidays abroad?
Vocabulary
1) Delayed
2) Facilities
3) Connecting flight
4) Passengers
5) Board
Reading
For many people airports are a nightmare - long queues when you check in and go through security and an even longer wait if your flight is delayed. But there are some airports where you can actually enjoy yourself. All good airports have excellent facilities for business people and children, free Wi-fi, restaurants, cafes, and shops. But the best airports have much more ...
SINGAPORE AIRPORT is paradise for flower lovers, as it has an indoor orchid garden! It also has a rooftop swimming pool and a free sight-seeing tour for people who have at least five hours to wait for their connecting flight.
If you like computer games, you'll never be bored at HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - there are dozens of free. Playstations all over the terminals! It's also good for people with no sense of direction - there are 'Airport Ambassadors' in red coats, who help you to get f rom one place to another.
SEOUL AIRPORT is the place to relax. You can go to the hairdresser and have beauty treatments or a massage. Sports fans can also play golf at their 72-hole golf course!
MUNICH AIRPORT helps to keep passengers entertained with a 60-seat cinema and non-stop films. There is also free coffee and tea near all the seating areas, and lots of free magazines and newspapers.
If you worry about your health and like to be near medical services at all times, OSAKA AIRPORT in Japan is the perfect place to wait, as it has a dentist and doctor's surgery. And for people with animals, there is even a pet hotel!
If you have a long wait between flights at ZURICH AIRPORT in Switzerland, you can rent day rooms with their own bathroom and kitchen and wake-up call service. So you can have a shower and then sleep peacefully until you have to board your flight.
Discussion
1. Do you like to travel by airplane?
2. What was the longest flight you have ever taken?
3. Do you prefer to fly in big planes or small planes? Why?
4. Do you know someone who is afraid of flying in an airplane?
5. What are the advantages of traveling by airplane? What are the disadvantages?
6. Are planes really safer than cars? ( A British study shows that flying is 176 times safer than walking, 15 times safer than driving and 300 times safer than a motorbike.)
SEOUL AIRPORT is the place to relax. You can go to the hairdresser and have beauty treatments or a massage. Sports fans can also play golf at their 72-hole golf course!
MUNICH AIRPORT helps to keep passengers entertained with a 60-seat cinema and non-stop films. There is also free coffee and tea near all the seating areas, and lots of free magazines and newspapers.
If you worry about your health and like to be near medical services at all times, OSAKA AIRPORT in Japan is the perfect place to wait, as it has a dentist and doctor's surgery. And for people with animals, there is even a pet hotel!
If you have a long wait between flights at ZURICH AIRPORT in Switzerland, you can rent day rooms with their own bathroom and kitchen and wake-up call service. So you can have a shower and then sleep peacefully until you have to board your flight.
Discussion
1. Do you like to travel by airplane?
2. What was the longest flight you have ever taken?
3. Do you prefer to fly in big planes or small planes? Why?
4. Do you know someone who is afraid of flying in an airplane?
5. What are the advantages of traveling by airplane? What are the disadvantages?
6. Are planes really safer than cars? ( A British study shows that flying is 176 times safer than walking, 15 times safer than driving and 300 times safer than a motorbike.)
Valeriia Bondarenko | www.thedapo.com
