| Level: | Topic: | Speakers: | Length: |
| intermediate | airline travel | man and woman | 02:10 |
Pre-Listening Exercise
What items are passengers not allowed to take on board airplanes in your country? What are the reasons for these rules?
Idioms
“be up in the air” = undecided
“Because my dad lost his job, our summer plans are up in the air at the moment.”
“travel with something” = carry something as your travel
“Ashley always travels with extra money in case of an emergency.”
Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Vocabulary Practice
Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:
Post-Listening Exercise
With a partner, describe an experience, good or bad, that you have had at an airport or on an airplane. What happened? What did you learn about the experience that will help you the next time you travel?
Online Investigation
Visit the Web site of one or more airlines. Research five items that passengers are prohibited from putting in their checked luggage and/or in their carry-on bags?