Unit 2 The Flight Schedule

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《民航服务英语口语教程》

Unit 2 The Flight Schedule

Part One: Warming-up

In aviation English three letters are often used to indicate various city/ airport names. These letters are know as city/airport codes.

Examples:

SHA------------Stands for Shanghai Hongqiao

PVG------------Stands for Shanghai Pudong

BJS-------------Stands for Beijing

CAN------------Stands for Guangzhou

HKG------------Stands for Hong Kong

Please identify the following city/airport codes

City Names City Code City Name City Code

Beijing BJS/PEK Bangkok BKK

Guangzhou CAN Frankfurt FRA

Haikou HAK Los Angeles LSQ/LAX

Shanghai pudong PVG Sydney SYD

Kunming KMG San Francisco SFO

Lanzhou LHW New York NYC/JFK

Huangshan TXN Osaka OSA

Tianjin TSN Paris CDG

Zhangjiejie DYG Tokyro TYO/NRT

Sanya SYX Melbourne MEL

24-hour system vs. 12-hour system

12-hour clock time

Spoken Equivalent

24-hour system

Spoken Equivalent

8:00 a.m. Eight a.m 0800 O-eight hundred

12:00 noon Twelve noon 1200 Twelve hundred

11:45 p.m. Eleven forty-five p.m

2345 Twenty-three forty-five

Example

Flight MU560 leaves at 10:50 a.m. and arrives at 12:35 p.m.

Day Dep. Arr. Flight A/C Stop Class

1--4-- 1050 1235 MU560 340 -- FCYK

In air service, airlines offer different class of service. Do you know the following letters for class of service?

Example: F: First Class; P: _________________________ C: _________________________ J: __________________________ Y: _________________________ K: _________________________ M: _________________________

Useful Expressions

Dialogue A

OW: one-way (fare) RT: round-trip CT: circle-trip Meal/snack Class: F=first class

C=business class

Y=economy class

K=budget class

Dialogue B

Via/by way of A/C: Type of aircraft Luxurious seat Electronic headphones

M=meal S=snack B=breakfast

Part Two :Dialogue A: The Flight Schedule

Days Dep. Arr. Flight A/C Stops

Class

MI Fare

SHA-SFO

1-3-6

1155 0655 CA981 747 --- FCYK M/S CNY12020(Y)

SHA-SYD

-2-567

2135 0930* MU561 340 --- FCYK M CNY13310(Y)

-34-6 2200 0950* CA175 777 --- FY M CNY13310(Y)

PEK-NRT

-2-567

0940 1325 CA925 777 --- FY M CNY6150

(Y)

1234567 1450 1900 MU507 767 --- FCY M CNY6150

(Y)

Part Two :Dialogue B: A Scheduled Flight with an International Point

Days Dep. Arr. Flight A/C Stops Class MI Fare

PEK—SFO

-2-4567

1245 1115 CA985 747 SHA FCY M/S CNY12020(Y)

SFO—PEK

1234567

1600 2100* UA853 777 NRT FY B/S CNY12020(Y)

SHA—SIN

-3-

1410 2340 SQ091 A310 HKG FCY M/S CNY5450

(Y)

Part Two :Dialogue C: A Connecting Flight

Routing: Beijing San Francisco SeattleUseful Expressions Direct flight Taking a connecting flight Every Thursday Time difference Arrange a United Flight 2806 for you International/domestic flight Take you to your destination fresh and relaxed

Notes

CNY= Chinese Yuan An intermediate point Stopover: >24 hours Transfer connection: <24 hours Transit: <24 hours Chose from the finest meals and a choice of

wines

Summary: Useful Expressions

A direct/non-stop flight A daily/ continuing/connecting

flight To make a brief

stop/stopover/layover at To break one’s journey at Ahead of schedule (time) The International Date Line The time difference A scheduled/regular flight A transit flight

A charter flight To depart from… and arrive

in… Behind schedule (time) Greenwich Mean Time (G.M.T)

Situation Practice:

Discuss with your partner the following routings and then make dialogues:

1. New York Shanghai Beijing MU2112(1~7)

CA982(2.4.7) Lanzhou

2. London Paris AF174(2.7)

BA2828(3.6) Bangkok Singapore

Part Three : Language Practice

We have a scheduled flight that departs for New York twice a week, Wednesday and Saturday.

Flight MU983 is a direct flight, departing from Shanghai at 16:00 and arriving at Los Angeles Airport at 12:00.

Model: They will stop over at Shanghai and San Francisco, then go straight to New York They will go to New York, breaking their journey at Shanghai and San

Francisco. They will go to New York by way of Shanghai and San Francisco.

Blank Fillings

(From Beijing to Rome) P: I need some information about your flights to Rome. A: Oh, yes. We have _________ flights leaving on______

and ______at ______. When do you intend to leave? P: Could I make ______ _______ on your Saturday flight? A: Sorry, sir. Only ______ flight is available. P: Is it a ______ flight, by the way? A: No, it will go via _______ _______. P: I don’t think it ______ me.

Part Four Communication Activities

Discuss the following situation with your partner then fill in the blanks of the table according to the itinerary:

Mr. Wang, head of a delegation of six people, leads his visiting group to tour Europe. They start the journey next Saturday leaving Guangzhou for Beijing then to London for six days of business and then Frankfurt for five days of visit. Mr. Wang inquires about the flight schedules of their itinerary:

Guangzhou Beijing London Paris Frankfurt

Itinerary

Routings Dep. Date Flight Dep. Time Arr. Time A/C Stop Meals

CAN—PEK

Sat./ Mar.17

PEK—LON

LON—

CDG

CDG—

FRA

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上海交通职业技术学院

《民航服务英语口语教程》

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Presented by Gao Feng