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THE AIRPORT In this conversation, Mr Fleet is travelling abroad. He’s in the airport and he’s just checking in his baggage. Read or listen to the conversation and answer these two questions. 1. What is the problem with his bag? 2. What live creature does he have in his bag? Stewardess: Good morning sir, may I see your ticket and pass port, please? Mr Fleet: Yes, certainly. Here you are. Stewardess: Would you like a window seat or an aisle seat? Mr Fleet: Oh, a window seat, please. Stewardess: Could you place your bag on the luggage belt, please. Mr Fleet: Oh, er, yes, er, (Mr Fleet drags the bag onto the luggage belt). There. Stewardess: Did you pack the bag yourself, sir? Mr Fleet: Yes, I did. Stewardess: Has anyone interfered with your bag, or asked you to take anything on board the plane? Mr Fleet: Certainly not. Stewardess: Do you have any firearms, hazardous material or sharp instruments in your bag. Mr Fleet: Erm, no. Stewardess: (the stewardess looks at the scales). Oh dear, sir. I’m afraid you’re overweight. Mr Fleet: I know I’m a bit fat, but there’s no need to get personal. Stewardess: No, I mean you have exceeded the maximum baggage allowance of 20kg. Mr Fleet: What? Stewardess: You are only allowed to take 20kg. Your bag weighs 200kg. Your bag is too heavy. Mr Fleet: Oh, is it? Stewardess: Yes, and (chicken noise comes out of the bag)… what? What’s that noise? Mr Fleet: What noise? (more chicken noises) Stewardess: Do you have a chicken in that bag? Mr Fleet: No, I have no chickens. Stewardess: Mr Fleet, may I remind you that no livestock may be taken on board our aircraft. Mr Fleet: Oh, why didn’t you tell me before? And besides, he’s
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only a little chicken. No, no chickens. Not even a very special chicken. No, no chickens whatsoever! Oh, well, I’ll just leave my bag full of heavy bricks and one chicken here then. No, you can’t leave a live chicken here. Oh, yes, I’ll let the chicken out. (sound of very excited chicken) Look, there he goes. Such a lovely bird. I would just like to warn you that any unattended luggage will be removed and may be destroyed. Destroyed? How do you destroy a bag? To tell you the truth I don’t really know. They just tell us to say that stuff. Anyway, here’s your boarding card. You need to check in at gate 23 in about half an hour. Have a nice flight. Oh, thank you very much. And take care of my chicken for me, would you? Yes, of course. (more chicken noises) It’ll be a pleasure.
To be continued next month.
GLOSSARY an aisle seat n a seat in a plane that is next to the aisle (the corridor) a luggage belt n a moving object that takes your bag down to the plane. It is made of black rubber to pack a bag exp to put clothes, etc in your bag on board exp on the plane firearms n guns, weapons, rifles, etc hazardous material n dangerous material such as chemical substances, etc scales n objects that tell you how much something weighs overweight adj heavier than is permitted; it also means “fat” when referring to a person to exceed vb if you “exceed” a limit, you go past that
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limit the maximum baggage allowance n the maximum number of kilos that you are permitted to have in your bag livestock n animals that are alive a brick n a small, orange, rectangular, stone object that is used to build houses live adj that is living; not dead to warn vb to tell someone of a possible danger unattended luggage n bags that you leave in a place with no one to look after them to remove vb to take away a boarding card n a card that permits you to go on the plane a gate n the area in an airport where the plane leaves from
