Ex.6. Role-play the conversation and improvise an ending.
Traveller:
Can I check in here for the London flight?
Clark:
WV376? I’m sorry. You’re too late. The flight’s closed.
Traveller:
But I’ve got a ticket…
Clark:
The flight always closes thirty minutes before departure. I’m very sorry…
Traveller:
Look, it’s really important…
Clark:
The flight’s boarding now. It’s leaving in fifteen minutes. There is nothing I can do.
Traveller:
Oh no! My brother’s getting married in London tomorrow! I’ve got only hand-baggage …I can run to the gate!
Clark:
No, you can’t! It’s closed!
Traveller:
Can I speak to your supervisor?
Clark:
No, I’m sorry, you can’t.
Traveller:
I don’t believe it! This is really stupid! I’m going to miss my brother’s wedding! Do you understand?
Clark:
Please don’t lose your temper, sir! There is nothing we can do.
Traveller:
OK, OK. When’s the next flight?
Clark:
This is the last flight today, I’m afraid. The next flight doesn’t leave until 8.30 tomorrow morning.
Traveller:
Tomorrow? When does it get to London?
Clark:
It arrives at 10.30 local time.
Traveller:
OK, change me to that flight.
Clark:
Let me check. That flight’s usually quite busy…
Ex.7. Role-play the conversation:
Agent:
Which day of the week do you want to fly?
Woman:
Sunday. I’m meeting some people in Mexico City on Monday.
Agent:
That’s a pity. There aren’t any direct flights on Sundays. Can you change the meeting to Tuesday? Then you can take the non-stop Monday flight.
Woman:
No, people are coming from Australia and Japan…so what flights are there on Sundays?
Agent:
There are two possibilities really. Either you can change planes in Europe, in Paris or Madrid for example, or you can change planes in the USA.
Woman:
What’s best?
Agent:
Well, the flights via Europe leave very early in the morning. The American ones leave later.
Woman:
I don’t live near the airport. Later, I think.
Agent:
OK. How about this one, Delta Airlines. It leaves London at 11.25 and it goes via Atlanta. It arrives in Atlanta at 15.40…
Woman:
That’s quick…
Agent:
Not really, Atlanta’s six hours behind London!
Woman:
So I arrive in Atlanta at 15.40…
Agent:
Right. Then you take the AeroMexico flight at 17.30 direct to Mexico City. It arrives at 20.10. There’s no time difference between Atlanta and Mexico City.
Woman:
Is there enough time to transfer to the Mexico flight?
Agent:
About two hours. I think it’s OK. But there are sometimes long lines at US immigration.
Woman:
Do I have to go through immigration?
Agent:
Yes, you do. Then there’s a security check before the flight to Mexico.
Woman:
Two hours…what happens if I miss the Mexico flight?
Agent:
Don’t worry. They can put you on the next flight with a different airline.
Woman:
But is there another flight that evening?
Agent:
Well, yes…but they aren’t direct. You change in Dallas or Miami and then arrive in Mexico around midnight…
Ex.8. Role-play the conversation:
Gran:
Aren’t you leaving university this summer, Tony?
Tony:
Yes, I am, Gran.
Gran:
Are you looking for a job?
Tony:
I’ve got one.
Gran:
Have you? What are you going to do?
Tony:
I’m going to work for a travel company.
Gran:
Are you? Doing what?
Tony:
I’m going to be a tour guide.
Gran:
Really? What does a tour guide do?
Tony:
Lots of things. I’m going to work in Bermuda.
Gran:
Bermuda? Can you speak the language?
Tony:
Yes, Gran.
Gran:
Can you?
Tony:
Of course I can. They speak English.
Gran:
Oh. When are you going to start?
Tony:
As soon as possible. But I’m going to have a holiday first.
Gran:
Are you? Where are you going?
Tony:
Australia.
Gran:
Hmm. That’s a long way.
Tony:
I like travelling.
Gran:
Do you? I like travelling too, but I can’t afford it now.
Tony:
Don’t they do cheap foreign holidays for senior citizens, Gran?
Gran:
Yes, but only in January when it’s cold and miserable. Anyway, who’s going to look after the cat?
