Airport Announcemen

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Airplane flights come and go at airports everyday. What kinds of public announcements would you expect to hear at an airport while waiting for your flight? Write down your ideas before beginning the listening. (AIRPORT 2)

1. Who is probably making the announcement?

A. a pilot

B. a flight attendant

C. a ticket agent

D. a ground crew member

2. What is the ultimate destination of the flight?

A. Atlanta

B. Miami

C. Caracas

D. Lima

3. What change has been announced?

A. the flight number

B. the gate number

C. the arrival time

D. the boarding time

4. What are the current weather conditions outside?

A. It's raining.

B. It's cloudy.

C. It's hailing. (град)

D. It's windy.

5. What time will the plane depart?

A. 9:50 AM

B. 12:15 PM

C. 4:05 PM

D. 8:45 PM

Text Completion

Hello. Passengers of flight 17 (1….) for Caracas, with stops in Atlanta and Miami. The (2….) gate has been changed to 30B. Also, there will be a (3…..) departure delay due to (4……) weather outside. The ground (5…..) is in the process of deicing the (6……) in preparation for departure. It also looks like the flight is slightly (7…..), so we are offering (8….) round-trip tickets to a few passengers willing to take a (9…..) flight. We should be boarding about a (10….) to the hour. Thank you for your patience.

Script

Hello. Passengers of flight 17 bound for Caracas, with stops in Atlanta and Miami. The departure gate has been changed to 30B. Also, there will be a slight departure delay due to inclement weather outside. The ground crew is in the process of deicing the wings in preparation for departure. It also looks like the flight is slightly overbooked, so we are offering complimentary round-trip tickets to a few passengers willing to take a later flight. We should be boarding about a quarter to the hour. Thank you for your patience.

Explanation of Answers

Correct Answer (C). Since the announcement deals with boarding location and time, the ticket agent at the gate would take care of this. The pilot and flight attendants make announcements after passengers board the plane.

Correct Answer (C). The plane makes stops in Atlanta and Miami, but the final destination is Caracas, Venezuela.

Correct Answer (B). The ticket agent announces that the departure gate has been changed to 30B.

Correct Answer (C). Since the ground crew needs to deice the plane, it must be cold weather, and hail (small chucks of frozen rain) could accumulate on the wings.

5. Correct Answer (D). The announcement says that passengers "should be boarding about a quarter to the hour." A "quarter to the hour" is another way to say fifteen until the hour, so the only possible answer would be 8:45 PM.