Step by Step 3000 第1册 Unit3:Travelling from place to place(1)

 　　Unit 3. Travelling from place to place

　　Part 1. warming up. A.

　　Keywords. call, flight, passenger, depart, board.

　　Vocabulary. depart. board. due. shuttle. check in.

　　Albania. Frankfurt. Karachi. Edinburgh.

　　Nairobi. Madrid. Hamburg. Muscat. Kuala Lumpur. Dublin.

　　Here are some announcements broadcast at some airports.

　　Listen carefully to each announcement, and pay special attention to flight numbers, departure times and boarding gate numbers.

　　Write them in the correct spaces.

　　Last call for British Airways¹ flight BA912 for Tokyo, BA912 for Tokyo due to depart at 11:20 boarding at the gate 17.

　　British Airways flight BA877 to Boston, British Airways flight BA877 to Boston, due to depart at 11:20 boarding now at the gate 14.

　　British Airways flight BA292 for Frankfurt, Athens and Karachi. Flight BA292 for Frankfurt, Athens and Karachi, due to depart at 11:25 now board at the gate 19.

　　TWA flight TW695 to NewYork, TWA flight TW695 to NewYork, departing 11:30 boarding gate 16.

　　British Airways passengers from the British Airways Super Shuttle flight to Edinburgh, this flight is now boarding at gate 4.

　　British Airways Super Shuttle flight to Edinburgh, this flight is now boarding at gate 4.

　　East African Airlines flight EA831 to Nairobi, EA831 to Nairobi, due to depart at 11:35, boarding gate 24.

　　British Airways Passengers wishing to travel to Cork², flight NO. BA838, this flight is now checking in at gate NO.9.

　　British Airways Passengers to Cork on flight NO. BA838, this flight is now checked in at gate NO.9.

　　Iberia flight IB290 to Madrid, Iberia flight IB290 to Madrid, due to the depart at 11:35, boarding gate 15.

　　Lufthansa flight LH039 to Hamburg, Lufthansa flight LH039 to Hamburg, departing at 11:40, boarding at gate 9.

　　Passengers for British Airways flight BA666 to Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, BA666 for Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, due to depart at 11:40, boarding at gate 18.

　　Aer Lingus passengers to Dublin, flight number AI141, this flight is now closing at gate NO.6.

　　Aer Lingus to Dublin, flight NO. AI141, this flight is now closing at gate NO.6.

　　British Airways passengers from flight NO. BA560 to Athens, this flight is now closing at gate 22.

　　B. Keywords. chief steward³. buffet⁴ car, on sale.

　　Vocabulary. steward, buffet, toast, ham, cress, licensed⁵.

　　Here is an announcement made by the chief steward about the buffet car on the train.

　　Listen carefully and write a check next to the things you can buy in the buffet car.

　　May I have your attention please, ladies and gentlemen, this is the chief steward speaking.

　　We would like to inform all passengers that now the buffet car is now open.

　　The buffet car is situated⁶ towards the middle of the train.

　　On sale are tea, coffee and soft drinks,

　　a selection of fresh and toasted sandwiches, including eggs and tomato, ham and tomato, egg and cress, roast chicken and toasted cheese.

　　cheeseburgers, beef burgers and sausages and a licensed bar.

　　The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the train.

　　Thank you.

1 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

2 cork   

n.软木，软木塞

参考例句：

• We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
• Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。

3 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

4 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

5 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

6 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。