Unit 11 They lost my luggage!
Vocabulary Task
Answers/Script
1. Your attention, please. Flight 275 to Miami will be delayed for two hours.
2. I’m sorry, there are no window seats left. Would you like an aisle seat?
3. Uh-oh, I think I left my carry-on bag on the plane.
4. Your passport has expired. You can’t leave the country. 5. Aagh! I waited for over an hour in the wrong line
6. Excuse me. I left. My ticket at home. Can I get a replacement?
7. My suitcase is not here at the baggage claim.
8. I’m sorry, all our economy seats are sold out. How about business class?
9. Too much luggage? But I only have three suitcases.
10. You’ll need a tourist visa to enter the country.
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. forgot passport
2. wrong line
3. flight is sold out
4. lost luggage
2 Second Listening
Answers
1. He will call Susan.
2. The flight will be delayed.
3. He will fly first class.
4. He will have his bags delivered.
Script
1. Female: Do you have your passport, honey?
Male: Oh, shoot! I forgot it.
Female: Oh… we don’t have time to go back home and get it. What are we gonna do?
Male: Why don’t we call Susan and ask her to bring it? I think she’s at home.
Female: Good idea. She should have plenty of time.
Male: Good thing we got here early!
2. Male: Can I help you?
Female: Yes, I’m on the flight to New York. It’s leaving in about 10 minutes.
Male: I’m sorry, ma’am. This is the line for Los Angeles. The New York linew is over there.
Female: But I’ve been waiting in this line for 30 minutes! Male: Don’t worry, that flight is delayed. You have plenty of time.
Female: Oh, wonderful!
3. Female: I’m sorry, sir, both business class and economy are sold out.
Male: Mmm. Is there space on the next flight?
Female: Yes, I can book you on the first flight tomorrow morning.
Male: Tomorrow morning? I gotta get out of here tonight. I have to be at a meeting tomorrow at 8 am.
Female: Hold on, let me check something… Oh, we do have space in first class.
Male: Oh. All right. I’ll take it.
4. Male: Excuse me, isn’t this the luggage carousel for flight 275?
Female: Yes, it is. Is there a problem?
Male: I don’t see my bags.
Female: Oh. Well, if you’ll just step over to the counter you can fill out a missing luggage report.
Male: What good will that do?
Female: As soon as we find your bags, we’ll have them delivered to your home.
Male: Great! Give me the form, then!
Real World Listening
1 Predict
Answer
(student answers may vary slightly)
forgot engine day
missed stop luggage
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
1. b. He forgot his passport.
2. a. He missed his flight.
3. b. He plane needed repairs.
4. a. His luggage was lost.
Script
Angela: I’m thinking about going to Costa Rica…
Trevor: Great. I went to Costa Rica once… but I had a terrible time getting there…
Angela: Oh, yeah? What happened?
Trevor: Well, when I got to the airport, I realized I didn’t have my passport…
Angela: Oh no.
Trevor: So I called a friend… and he broke into my house…got my passport and brought it to me. But I missed that flight so I had to stay overnight in San Francisco.
Angela: Oh, that’s too bad.
Trevor: Yeah. So I got the flight the next day… and of course on the way we had engine trouble… so we had to stop in Mexico City… I was stuck there for another, like, 22 hours while they got the part.
Angela: Oh, my gosh!
Trevor: And I mean stuck. They wouldn’t even let us out of the airport…
Angela: You’re kidding!
Trevor: I’m telling you. So finally, we, like, after all this time, I get to Costa Rica two days late and –
Angela: And don’t tell me, your luggage isn’t there.
Trevor: You guessed it. I go into the airline office to complain and there was this really wonderful woman working at the counter.
Angela: Oh, yeah?
Trevor: And she was really nice and helped me out…
Angela: Mm-hmm…
Trevor: …and we sort of hit it off…
Angela: Yeah? And then what?
Trevor: About two months later we got married! |