F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the article:

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1805/180506-air-routes.html

Write about your experience in the airport.

Write at least one good thing and one bad thing.

Vocabulary

If you are nervous, will it help you?    (What does IT mean, in this sentence?)    (IT = being nervous)

No, being nervous will make it worse.

headed – going to

eg: Where are you headed?

eg: I’m headed to dinner, do you wanna join me?

hop – a small jump

eg: I need to hop in the shower, then go to work.

eg: I hopped on a flight to Hainan, because I need a break.

out of my hands – I can’t control it

erg: It was rush hour, so I couldn’t get here earlier. It was out of my hands.

I booked a one way ticket to Bangkok and another one way ticket back to Shanghai. Because the round trip ticket from BKK to SH was more expensive. My ticket includes one free checked bag, and of course a carry on bag. I took a taxi to the airport and printed my boarding pass using the machines on the side. It is supposed to scan your passport, but I just put in the I.D. number.  I couldn’t change my seat, so I went to the check-in counter to ask them to help me. At the check in counter they asked if I have any bags I need to check. I didn’t need to check any bags since I just brought a small carry on. I went through security and they stopped me to ask what was in my bag. And told me to “please remove it from your bag”. It was an external battery and some of those are prohibited on flights. So they checked the specs and saw it is not too big, so I can take it. I boarded the plane about 30 minutes late because there was a weather delay. Then we took off another 15 minutes later. At least I wasn’t going to Macau because their flight got cancelled. When we landed in BKK I got off the plane and headed to the baggage claim. I waited for my bag for about 2 minutes before I remembered I didn’t check a bag. so I left the airport and hopped in a taxi.

Pronunciation

presentation – Preh Zen Tay Shun