Unit g visitors and travelers 9.1 Going abroad Vocabulary Add the missing words to the puzzle. 1. You may need a if you're staying in the USA for longer than a month class is cheaper than business or club 3. You can a car at the airport 4. You can to a connecting flight without reclaiming your luggage 5.Hehas_histiptotheUSAtllnextmonth.Whatisthebest center 6. An American asks for the check, a British person asks for the 7. The is cheaper than choosing dishes from the a la carte menu 8. After the main course you can have a g a in Geneva next month 10. Can you get a to help us with this Japanese document, please? isitor doesn't speak English, so we'll need an 12. How many will there be altogether at the congress? 13. What time do you have to for your flight? 14. The annual ty each yu 5. A charter flight is less expensive than a 9. 2 Air travel in the usa Reading A. Before you listen the recording, read this article and answer the questions in B below. Hubs and spokes Domestic flights in the USA are organized on the principle of hubs and spokes, like a bicycle wheel which has a hub at the center and lots of spokes radiating out from it in all directions. One such hub is Huston in Texas: flights to over 100 other airports radiate out in different directions from there and half of these are non-stop flights For example, if you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can catch a Continental Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale(a few miles north of Miami and less hassle than Miami International Airport), change planes in Huston and fly on to Orange County (John Wayne Airport!)or Hollywood-Burbank Airport- both of which are much more relaxing and less crowded ways into os Angeles than the appealing LAX (Ls Angeles International Airport) The hub and spoke network had made flights cheaper and means that even quite small places are connected to each other by a major airline or feeder service. Another advantage of the system is that connecting flights are to some extended guaranteed. If one incoming flight is up to one hour late, all the connecting flights(up to 30 or 40)will be held until it arrives. So if you are on a delayed flight, thats good news- but it's bad news for everyone else because they all have toUnit 9 Visitors and travelers 9.1 Going abroad Vocabulary Add the missing words to the puzzle. 1. You may need a __________ if you’re staying in the USA for longer than a month. 2. __________ class is cheaper than business or club. 3. You can _________ a car at the airport. 4. You can _________ to a connecting flight without reclaiming your luggage. 5. He has _________ his trip to the USA till next month. What is the best _________to the city center? 6. An American asks for the check, a British person asks for the _________. 7. The _________ is cheaper than choosing dishes from the àla carte menu. 8. After the main course you can have a _________ . 9. I’m attending a _________ in Geneva next month 10. Can you get a _________ to help us with this Japanese document, please? 11. Our visitor doesn’t speak English, so we’ll need an _________. 12. How many _________ will there be altogether at the congress? 13. What time do you have to __________ for your flight? 14. The annual _________ is held in a different city each year. 15. A charter flight is less expensive than a _________ _________. 9.2 Air travel in the USA Reading ＆ Listening A. Before you listen the recording, read this article and answer the questions in B below. Hubs and spokes Domestic flights in the USA are organized on the principle of hubs and spokes, like a bicycle wheel which has a hub at the center and lots of spokes radiating out from it in all directions. One such hub is Huston in Texas: flights to over 100 other airports radiate out in different directions from there and half of these are non- stop flights. For example, if you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can catch a Continental Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale (a few miles north of Miami and less hassle than Miami International Airport), change planes in Huston and fly on to Orange County (John Wayne Airport!) or Hollywood-Burbank Airport- both of which are much more relaxing and less crowded ways into Los Angeles than the appealing LAX (Ls Angeles International Airport). The hub and spoke network had made flights cheaper and means that even quite small places are connected to each other by a major airline or feeder service. Another advantage of the system is that connecting flights are to some extended guaranteed. If one incoming flight is up to one hour late, all the connecting flights (up to 30 or 40) will be held until it arrives. So if you are on a delayed flight, that’s good news — but it’s bad news for everyone else because they all have to