The flight gate

CURRENCY EXCHANGE

DUTY-FREE SHOP

DEPARTURE LOUNGE

SECURITY CONTROL

PASSPORT CONTROL

This is the area where you show your passport and try to prove that you are who you say you are…which is something that philosophers have been trying to answer for centuries.

This is the area you pass through where they check you have no dangerous WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) on you. In the past, this consisted of passing through a metal detector, and letting your bag go through an X-ray machine. These days it’s much more complicated and involves biometric tests, dogs, etc.

This is the large area where you wait for your plane. It’s full of shops, restaurants and bored-looking passengers.

This is the shop where you can buy presents for your friends and family at supposedly duty-free prices. However, many of these prices are still higher than the prices you pay in an ordinary shop outside the airport.

This is the type of bank where you can change your money into another currency. In the past, you were charged enormous amounts of commission to do this, but the introduction of the common currency has changed all that. Halleluiah!

This is the area where you wait immediately before boarding your plane. It’s the final part of your journey in the airport. Now, it’s time for you to get on that plane and fly away. Have a good flight!

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions:

1. When was the last time you went on a plane?

2. Did you have a good flight?

3. What signs at the airport do you remember?

4. What are the main premises at the airport?

5. What do passengers usually do at the Customs?

Exercise 3. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms.

huge safety

successful method

control scrupulous

security airplane

techniques check

careful mechanism

protect competent

device massive

aircraft confidence

efficient wealthy

trust defend

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