Listen to the Webcast Concerns about volcano overreaction and do the exercises

In class

Translate these sentences into Russian

B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.

A). Match the words

1) blanket ban on	engine failure
2)Iceland's	the blanket ban
3) catastrophic	frustrated, stranded passengers
4) bank-up of	flights
5) yell and jeer	pharmaceutical supplies
6) further immigration	within the royal navy
7) reassess	volcanic cloud
8) set up	a hub
9) reasonable lift capacity	delays
10) effect	at police

1) Last year, a Leipzig judge decided that the __________________________________was illegal, but it's still difficult for researchers to get hold of the documents, as every paper request is judged on a case-by-case basis.

2) An item sold has to be 'of satisfactory quality' and remain so for a reasonable time after sale. A motor car that has a '__________________________________________________' after so short a time of its life can’t be considered to be of satisfactory quality.

3) If you _______________________________________________ when you didn't like something they said to you and then ask for their badge number or whatever, but you never lay a hand on them or make a threatening gesture, what is their justification if they arrest you?

4) Acer Incorporated, the world’s second-largest PC vendor, said it signed an agreement yesterday with the Chongqing Municipal Government to ____________ its second operating ______________in China.

5) Federal officials are studying how the closedown of the plant _____________________________such as pain killers and depression medicine.

1) Hundreds of people crammed into the ferry terminal.

2) Fears are warranted.

3) The paralysing restrictions head into a fifth day

4) It's a scene that epitomises this air crisis.

5) Commuters abandon one queue, only to find themselves at the back of another.

6) Airlines say they're bleeding $1.7 million an hour.

7) There's no duty of care because of adverse weather, or it's an act of god.

8) Airlines shuffle back their reopening time.

9) Over the airport fence, columns of salmon ready for import start to go off, and conveyor belts usually heaving with fresh fruit are empty.

10) Volcanologists say when Iceland's volcano stops spurting ash, the existing plume will take days to dissipate.

2. Divide these word combinations ban on flights, volcanic cloud, volcanic ash, spurts ash, engine failure, frustrated passengers, an uneasy scene, immigration delays, air lockdown, stranded commuters, lifting people, dissipating plume into two groups. Explain what determined your decision. Write Keyword(s) in the heading line of the table below.

Keyword(s)	Keyword(s)

3. Listen and decide “who is who”?

Name	Position
1) Tony Eastley	the UK's Security Minister
2) Rachael Brown	a presenter
3) Siim Kallas	a surgeon
4) Christine Mccandy	the European Transport Secretary
5) Lord West	London correspondent
	Iceland’s Minister for Transport

C – Comprehension Test 1

1. European airlines and airports are not sure that the current blanket ban on flights   A is the wisest solution B is a sufficient measure C is legal	2.Emergency talks convened in Britain are about   A legal aspect of the blanket ban B other means of transportation to be called for help C international organizations to be called for help
It's 3. Passengers at the terminal   A shout at and mock at the police officers B ask the police to insist on further immigration delays C don’t believe the police C	4. What is the most typical scene that can be observed   A passengers abandoning their luggage B passengers rushing from one queue to another C passengers loosing and finding their relatives
5. As a result of air lockdown airlines A are losing 63,000 flights and 1.7 tickets an hour B cancelled 53,000 flights C cancelled 63,000 flights and are loosing about $ 2 mln an hour	6. Test flights from ……….returned unscathed   A France, Germany and Poland B Germany, France and the Netherlands C Wales, Germany and Holland
7.Two bodies representing Europe's airlines and airports say A there have never been such restrictions before B that regulator should cancel the blanket ban C volcanoes have never erupted in other parts of Europe	8. The blanket ban was imposed due to   A the order of European Transport Secretary B the rules accepted before 2004 C the International Civil Aviation Organization’s recommendations
9. The airlines refuse to provide food and accommodation because A volcano ash can’t be considered as “adverse weather” B volcano eruption is the act of god C the situation doesn’t match the legal grounds for them to fulfil duty of care	10. Volcanologists say when Iceland's volcano stops spurting ash   A the cloud will disappear in a few days B the existing plume won’t dissipate C it will take days to clean the aircraft engines
11. The airlockdown also affected A the import\export of foodstuff B fruit, meat and fish deliveries C the conveyor belts	12. The crisis is starting to cause A health care problems B problems in agricultural sector C excessive bone-marrow donation delivery

B – Comprehension Test 2

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