On a Plane: Discussing aviation vocab and dialogues. You have to look at the worksheet to comment. Students, please stop looking at the previous comments from your classmates and give an original comment (your own thoughts). Thank you. Cai Huibin will forward you the attachment if you can't see it here.
M - W11a - Discussion - On a Plane.pdf
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The dialogue on pages two and three would be done by Cai Huibin and mr Gonzalez as an example to the class, Zhang Ke. And then the class would practice the dialogues on pages eight and nine (and if time permits, maybe those short conversations on pages six and seven). I hope that by doing that, students would remember the new vocabulary better than just learning new words on a list. I am glad to read that you used your dictionary this time! :)
I'm glad you too realize that this lesson is very practical, Sarah. It is meant to be! Many students haven't traveled by plane yet (it is normal) and they would learn some valuable vocabulary which they can use on International flights (like flight to Europe, for instance!). Don't forget to read through your dialogue before tomorrow's class! Mr Gonzalez would be quite disappointed if the flight attendant doesn't even know her script! ;-)
The next class must be very helpful for me.I have learned much of knowledge about taking a plane.Fortunately,I will not miss the camplimentary beverage and the emergency door because I don't know “camplimentary and emergency”.haha~~
Your turn will come sooner or later, Shelly! I was already 26 when I flew for the first time and about twenty years later I have only traveled by plane for the third time. I guess the main reason is what you have also mentioned - too expensive! But I must correct something about the meals and beverages ... it is not really complimentary - it is included in the flight ticket prices. If the passengers have to start paying for that too, many people may stop flying and the airline companies would have to close down if their income falls seriously. On some planes they may charge for some drinks; and on the budget flights they don't even serve meals because the tickets are much cheaper (only shorter domestic flights though).
Wow, Xu Yang, you are fortunate to have traveled by plane already! I guess you flew from Chengdu to Shenyang, right?! Most people only fly for the first time after they started working! I was already 26 years old before I flew for the first time. But as you said, if one doesn't know something one needs to know on the plane, the cabin crew are more than willing to answer questions.
Wu Ting, the lesson is not necessarily about air security. That is only part of the job of the cabin crew. They mostly have to keep the passengers happy, and of course, the captain (the pilot) has to fly the plane! But I think you don't have your facts right about plane disasters. Although there had been two unfortunate accidents this year with the same airline company, Malaysia Airlines (just a coincidence, I believe), it was not necessarily due to faults with the planes, but humans externally caused probably both those accidents (the one was shot down - a war crime, as soldiers are not allowed to fire on civilian planes; and the first one is believed to be deliberately caused by the pilot who turned the plane's radar off before it disappeared). So, flying today is really much, much safer than a few decades ago.
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