EXECUTIVE
ENGLISH TELEPHONE COURSE
By Viv Quarry
(www.vivquarry.com)
Session Three
1.
Vocabulary
sb.=
Somebody
sth.=
Something
Travel
Vocabulary - Planes
A ONE-WAY
TICKET = A ticket in one
direction only.
A RETURN
TICKET = A ticket which returns you to your departure point.
AIRPORT TAX
=
Travel tax paid at some airports.
AISLE SEAT
= Seat near the corridor.
ARRIVALS = The area where passengers arrive
at an airport.
BAGGAGE
RECLAIM = Place where
passengers can collect their checked in luggage.
BOARDING
CARD
=
Permission to enter a plane.
BUSINESS CLASS = Expensive area reserved for business travellers.
CHECKED-IN
LUGGAGE = Luggage which the airline takes
when you check in.
CUSTOMS = Police check of a passenger's
possessions.
DEPARTURE
GATE
=
The area where passengers wait to board a plane.
DEPARTURE
LOUNGE
= The area after
passport control.
DEPARTURES
=
The area where passengers leave an airport.
DUTY FREE = Goods sold at a reduced tax.
ECONOMY
CLASS = The cheapest seats on a plane.
FIRST CLASS = The most expensive seats on a plane.
FLIGHT
ATTENDANT =
Airline employee on a plane.
HAND
LUGGAGE = Bags which a passenger takes onto the plane.
PASSPORT = Official document needed to
travel.
PASSPORT
CONTROL
= Police check of
passenger's passports.
SHUTTLE = A bus or plane which goes between
two fixed points.
TAXI RANK = Place where taxis wait to collect
passengers.
TO BE OK
= To have a place on a flight
confirmed.
TO BE
UPGRADED
= To be moved to a higher class due to over-booking.
To BOOK A
FLIGHT = To reserve a seat on a
plane.
To CHECK IN
=
To register before a flight.
TRAVEL
AGENT = Travel organisation which sells flights and holidays.
TROLLEY
= A small metal car used to
transport heavy luggage.
VISA
= Official permission to travel.
WAITLISTED = On a waiting list for available seats on a fully booked flight.
WINDOW SEAT = Seat next to the window.
X-RAY
MACHINE
= Security check machine.
The international spelling code.
Alpha,
Bravo, Charlie , Delta, Echo, Foxtrot , Golf, Hotel, Indio, Juliet, Kilo, Lima,
Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Queen, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor,
Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.