Calling a travel agency

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Give English equivalents.

1. Сколько времени требуется, чтобы добраться туда?	a) How much is a one-way ticket?
2. Вам придется сойти у музея и сесть на автобус № 5.	b) What time does the train to Brighton leave?
3. Сколько стоит билет в один конец?	c) May I see your driver’s license?
4. Сколько стоит проезд туда и обратно?	d) How long does it take to get there?
5. Этот автобус идет до вокзала?	e) You’ll have to leave a deposit.
6. В какое время отправляется поезд в Брайтон?	f) What’s the round-trip fare?
7. Могу я посмотреть ваши водительские права?	g) You’ll have to get off at the museum and take the 5.
8. Вам придется оставить залог.	h) Does this bus go to the train station?

Look at the sentences (a-d) below and put the conversation in order.

a) How long does it take?

b) No. You’re going the wrong way. You want the Number 11. It stops in front of the post office.

c) Only fifteen minutes.

d) Does this bus go to Hyde Park?

At the Information Agency

Read the conversation. Try to memorize it.

A: We’d like some information, please. We want to go to Los Angeles.

Clerk: Yes. What do you want to know?

A: Well, first of all, we want to know the fare. The air fare, of course.

C: When do you want to go?

A: We don’t really know. In July, or perhaps in June.

C: I see. Well, in May and June the fare is £235. But it’s less in March and April. It’s only £220.

A: And what about July?

C: It’s more in July.

A: More? How much is it then?

C: It’s £262.

A: Oh,.. Can you give us a brochure, please? We want to think about it.

C: Yes, of course. Here you are.

A: Thanks.

C: That’s all right.

I. Write the words in these sentences in the correct order.

1. by / I / get / bus / there / could?

2. the / side / road / on / this / keep / of.

3. me / please / Paddington Station / could / way / you / tell / the / to?

4. miss / won’t / you / it.

5. road / along / straight / this / go.

II. Complete this conversation with sentences from I.

A: ………………………?

B: Yes, certainly. ……………………… until you come to the traffic lights, turn left there and you’ll see the station. …………………….

A: Is it very far?

B: No, not really. It’s about ten minutes’ walk from here.

A: ………………………?

B: Yes, but in that case you must go back a little way. ………………… until you come to the bus stop. All the buses from here pass the station.

A: Thank you very much.

B: You are welcome.

III. Have conversations like the one in II.

Read and be ready to reproduce the conversations.

AGENT: Johnson’s Travel. Can I help you?

HERB: Yes, I’d like some information about the special plane fares to New York I read about in your ad.

A: Okay, when’ll you be going and how long do you plan to stay?

H: Well, I’d like to leave three weeks from Friday and stay about two weeks.

A: Then you qualify for our two-week advance purchase excursion fare. That’s $442 if you leave Friday through Sunday, and cheaper during the week.

H: I guess I could leave Thursday afternoon. Are there any other restrictions?

A: There’s a minimum required stay of eight days.

H: Well, that’s no problem. Can I get my ticket now?

A: Sure. Come right in to our downtown office and I’ll have the whole thing written up for you in a jiffy.

H: Okay. Can I pay with traveleers checks?

A: Yes. If you bring some form of identification with you, that’ll be all right.

H: Okay, thanks. I’ll be there in about an hour.

A: Thank you. Bye.

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