Read the text. Translate into Ukrainian

The words in bold are connected with travel, revise the vocabulary.

Last week he flew to New York. It was an early morning flight. The plane was to take off at 6 a.m. local time. He was stranded at the airport overnight. The plane was delayed by fog. Air passengers often suffer such delays.

Trains always run on time here. You have to c hange trains at Grewe.

We are sailing on the QF2. It sets sail at noon. It will dock in New York at 6 p.m., and we will disembark as soon as we can.

The ship was wrecked. The passengers were marooned on a desert island.

The car does 10 km to the litre. It goes quite fast. We usually overtake other cars.

The car swerved into a middle of the road to avoid the cyclist.

He backed the car into the drive and parked in front of the house.

Here are some more words which could have been included in the table. Where would they fit into the table?

bonnet balloon desk-chair guard’s van

mast petrol pump bus driver anchor

glider oar rudder left luggage lockers

check-in desk control tower canoe dual carriageway

Fill in the blanks. Most of the words you need can be found in the table above in ex.15.

Yesterday John was supposed to take a …….(1) from London to Paris. He got up very early, put his luggage in the …….(2)of his car and tried to start his engine. It wouldn’t start. John lifted the ……. (3), but he couldn’t see what the matter could be. He immediately called his local ……. (4) to ask them to send a ……. (5) at once. Fortunately, the garage had a man free, and he was with John within ten minutes. He quickly saw what the matter was. “ You’ve ……. …….(6) of petrol”, he said. John felt very foolish. “ Why didn’t I …….(7) everything last night?” he wondered. Despite all this, he got to he airport, checked in quite early and then went straight through to the ……. ……. (8) to read a newspaper while he waited. Soon he heard the announcement, “ Passengers on flight BA 282 to Paris are informed that all flights to and from Paris are ……. (9) because of a heavy snowfall last night”, “ If only I had decided to go by ……. (10)”, John thought. “It would probably have been quicker in the end and even if I sometimes feel sick on the ……. (11) across the Channel, it can be quite pleasant sitting in a …….(12) on the deck, watching the seagulls and the other ……. (13). The ……. (14) on a ship seem to produce much better food than those on an aircraft too”.


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