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Travel & Transport

Travel & Transport. Li Xiaoli Beijing Language and Culture University. Answer Key. Catching planes and trains: 1 . Paris; 2 . Miami; 3 . 10; 4. red emergency phone; 5 . 40; 6 . 16; 7 . 8 , Tokyo. Some Clues. Announcement 1:

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Travel & Transport

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  1. Travel & Transport Li Xiaoli Beijing Language and Culture University

  2. Answer Key • Catching planes and trains: • 1. Paris; 2. Miami; 3. 10; 4. red emergency phone; 5. 40; 6. 16; 7. 8, Tokyo.

  3. Some Clues • Announcement 1: • TWA Flight 810 to Bostoncontinuing to Paris is now ready for boarding at Gate 2. • (a two-day stopover in Hong Kong) • Announcement 2: • Standby passenger Peter Rogers for Eastern Airlines Flight 227 to Miami, please report to the departure desk. • (a standby passenger, departure desk) • (a cheap standby ticket) (All the seats are taken, but we can put you on standby.)

  4. More Clues • Announcement 3: • This is the final call for Delta Flight 153 non-stop to Houston boarding now at Gate 10. • (a non-stop flight, a boarding pass) • Announcement 4: • Please pick up one of the red emergency phones. • Announcement 5: • Pan American Airlines regrets to announce that Flight 445 to Caracas, scheduled to depart at two pm, has been delayed. • (be scheduled to, depart, a connecting flight, a ticket agent)

  5. More Clues • Announcement 6: Air Canada Flight 191 to Toronto is now ready for boarding. Would passengers with small children or requiring assistance please proceed through Gate 16? • (proceed through) • Announcement 7: Northwest Airlines announces the departure of Flight number 17 non-stop to Tokyo. Would passengers please proceed through security clearance to Gate 8? • (security clearance)

  6. Answer Key • Car rental: • 1. Lake Road; 2. 36874500; 3. international; 4. a four-door car; 5. 24 (of) June/24th June; 6. a week/one week; 7. (the) airport; 8. (around) lunchtime; 9. child’s seat; 10. extra cover/ extra insurance.

  7. Some Clues • 1. I’d like to make a booking for a car, please. • 2. … the area code is zero-two, and the number is… • 3. And do you have a current licence, sir? • 4. So you’ll need a station wagon or a… • 5. I don’t mind what make it is, but I’d like a four-door car. • 6. Well, if you go up to a six-seater, you’ll be into the next price bracket.

  8. More Clues • 7. Collect car on the 23rd of June. • 8. Well, the rate is $70 a day if you have it for more than three days. Otherwise it’s $90 a day. • 9. … At our Melbourne city branch? • 10. And do you require any other special equipment? • 11. And what about insurance? Is the car fully insured? • 12. You’re partially covered, but we do recommend that you take out extra cover,… • 13. I suppose I’d better have the extra insurance. Better to be safe than sorry.

  9. Answer Key • A Trip to Sydney: • 1. bridge; 2. observation area; 3. an hour; 4. Guided Tour office; 5. oldest; 6. cafes, restaurants; 7. 2,000; 8. drums, dancing.

  10. Some Clues • 1. I really like the Pylon Lookout: the entrance is on the bridge. It’s got an interesting display on how the bridge was built. • 2. The panoramaof the harbour from the observation area is spectacular. • 3. Do you know if there are any tours of the Opera House? • 4. As far as I remember there’s one every 30 minutes, and you spend around an hour exploring different parts of the building, depending on which tour it is. • 5. Do I need to book tickets in advance?

  11. More Clues • 6. No, just buy them at the Opera House from the Guided Tour office. You’ll see the signs to point you to the right direction. • 7. I reckon you should walk around the Rocks. It’s the oldest part of the city. • 8. The cafes and restaurants keep very busy. • 9. There are races between lots of traditional wooden boats, decorated with dragons’ heads and tails. • 10. Each boat has something like 20 people rowing it, and over 2,000 people take part altogether. • 11.The opening ceremony is pretty exciting, too, with drums and dancing.

  12. Answer Key • About tourism industry: • 1. technology; 2. wealth; 3. developed; 4. skiing; 5. art galleries; • 6. railway; 7. Internet (book holiday); 8. literature/ names of writers; 9. garlic; 10.drama festival.

  13. Some Clues • 1. These are firstly social factors and secondly technology and the way it’s developed. • 2. Demand for tourism is determined mainly by the amount of wealth a country has. • 3. However, growing wealth in developing countries will mean that demand for holidays abroad will take off there in the near future, boosting tourism enormously. • 4. That said, the majority of tourists are still from what are called the developed nations.

  14. More Clues • 5. However, studies show that their numbers will not rise much further in the next few decades because their populations are fairly stable. • 6. As a result, there’ll be a growth in the number of retired people who’ll have more time on their hands. • 7. This will influence the kind of tourism wanted: fewer skiing holidays will be required, but there’ll be an increase in the number of people wanting to visit art galleries.

  15. More Clues 7. The technology that sustains mass tourism today is the jet plane. 8. In 1970, scheduled planes carried 307 million passengers. 9. In fact, cheaper and more efficient transport has been behind the development of mass tourism from its beginnings in Britain. 10. The first package tour were arranged in 1841 by Thomas Cook. 11. In his day, it was the railway that allowed his business to flourish.

  16. More Clues 12. In the past people went to a travel agent to find and book their holiday. Now many of these people are bypassing the High Street travel agent and booking their holidays themselves on the Internet. 13. Airlines have been keen to encourage this direct approach as it keeps down its costs. 14. These days there may be more tourists to go round, but there is also more competition among destinations, as cities, countries and continents all compete for tourist revenue.

  17. More Clues 15. However it soon discovered that it was attracting young student backpackers without any money. 16. So how did Ireland set about increasing revenue from tourism? 17. The Irish Tourist Board came up with the idea of promoting the country’s literature, using the names of writers such as Oscar Wilde and James Joyce to appeal to older, richer tourists who… 18. The US is dotted with places that claim to be the capital of something or other…

  18. More Clues 19. Crystal City… the vegetable broccoli, and then there’s Gilroy, famous for its garlic. 20. These towns are trading on a single gimmick to attract the tourists. 21. Many a town has sought to copy the success of Stratford, Ontario, which was transformed from a small run-down blue-collar town to a bustling cultural center by the efforts of Tom Patterson, who managed to persuade a British director to stage their first drama festival in 1953.

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