When Sam Leaves Why Is Tim Confused Again Chapter 2
READING
a Read the text quickly. What two problems does Linate airport take?
b Read the text again and mark the sentences T (True) or F (Faux).
1 Wildlife experts are going to try to catch the
hares next Dominicus. T
2 Hares recently caused two accidents involving tourist charter planes.
3 Nobody knows why the hare population has suddenly increased in the expanse.
iv Linate volition close at eight o'clock on Sun morning. 5 The hunters volition have the hares to the country
and set them costless.
6 Linate is Milan'south main drome.
7 Only low-price airlines utilise Linate airport. eight The hares are not the only trouble Linate
aerodrome suffers.
c Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text. What do yous ¢ink they mean? Check with your dictionary, and then the states"due east them to consummate the sentences.
i Due to a technical fault, our flight is going to
be rescheduled for this afternoon.
A plague of hares has been causing such chaos at Milan'southward city airport that authorities have decided to take 'drastic m urs� to attempt and catch them. Linate airdrome will is for three hours on Sunday while 200 wildlife experts go out on the runways to : P'e: near lxxx hares.
Hares have been invading the runways for months,
confusing the ground radar, and 'e_nc'iar.ig riiig' shipping landing and taking off, say officials. 'ln the final 2 weeks hares have ended up beneath the wheels of ii tourist charter planes,' said Alberto Grancini, the Milan province official in charge of hunting and wild fauna. 'They could have caused serious accidents.'
The Milan airports dominance said that the hare population
at Linate had 'fue p.q_9.xi:>ly increased this year leading to
2 The police are trying to a depository financial institution robber who
several � �'.em'
p to drive them away from the airport.
is hiding somewhere in the building.
3 We set off on our journeying __, when the sun was just ascent.
4 The plane crashed ane minute after taking off. It's a complete mystery.
v The government needs to taketo reduce gun crime in big cities.
half dozen Firefighters fabricated several to enter the building, but the burn down was too strong.
vii The man will from prison later on serving only ten years of his sentence.
viii People who drink and bulldoze are __ the lives of other drivers.
Unfortunately the hares accept refused to exit, then the
determination has been fabricated to close the airport birthday to
endeavour to capture them.
The operation begins on Saturday, when an expanse of 4 foursquare kilometres willbe fenced off ineludingthe runways, hangars, and aircraft parking areas. The hare hunters will motion in .<!t da� on Sun, chasing hares until
8.00 a.m. when Linate will reopen. Twelve flights will have to [b':frStjl' iv)eA for subsequently in the solar day. The hares volition be taken to protected nature reserves in the Milan area and will - reI.<lSe4:, in the promise that they do non find their way back to the airport.
Linate, which is only 7 km from the centre of Milan, was built in the 1930s, and served every bit the urban center's main airport until the modernization of Malpensa, 50 km upwards the route. Linate is used by charters and low-cost airlines such every bit easyjet, as well equally by national carriers such as Alitalia and British Airways. It is plagued non only by hares but also by frequent fog. 8
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ii VO CAB U LA RYair travel
a Complete the crossword. 2 3
Clues beyond ' 4
half-dozen When I went to selection up my ..., I constitute that one pocketbook hadn't arrived. s vi
7 The air ... were very efficient when we had to make an emergency landing. 8 Later the flight landed, the ... had to stay on board the plane for an hr
because of a security alert.
Clues down .J..
1 It'south not always easy to notice a ... at airports if you need help with your
suitcase.
2 Present Ialways wing with low-cost ... . They are much cheaper! a iii Afterward we'd checked in, nosotros went through to ... to find the right gate.
4 When Igot to the airport,Iwent direct to ... to run across if my female parent's flight had landed yet.
v Iasked a flying ... to bring me an extra pillow.
b Consummate the text with suitable words.
3 Thousand I Northward I G RAM MA R so / such...that
Circumvolve the correct answer.
IPlease don't walk @ I such fast. Ican't keep up!
ii I've never seen such I such an awful film in all my life! 3 This is the commencement time nosotros've had a so long I such a long
filibuster at the airport.
4 The terminal was so I such crowded that we couldn't find a trolley.
5 There was and so much I and then many snow on the runway that the airport was closed.
half dozen Our neighbours have got such a I such noisy dogs that nosotros take had to complain twice.
seven The taxi driver collection then I such slowly that we most missed our flight.
8 There were so I such a lot of passengers that at that place wasn't a single empty seat on the plane.
4 G RAM MARna rrative tenses, past perfect continuous
a Correct (.I) or wrong (x)? Right the wrong phrases.
IIwas being late for my flight because Ihad parked in the incorrect terminal. )( I was late
2 Had yous a good flight?__
three Someone stole their hand luggage when they waited in the queue .__
4 
Where was going Ewan when his car broke down?
5 Daisy had already left the airport when she realized she had the incorrect suitcase._____
half dozen Our suitcases were already at baggage repossess when nosotros were getting there ._
7 We said bye to our friends. And so we went through security and passport control into the departure lounge.___
8 He had been flying for twelve hours by the time he reached Australia. ___
b Circumvolve the correct verb class. Sometimes both are possible.
i The crew were exhausted because they <:liad worke / (!tad been workini)all night.
2 Jess was exhausted because she had waited I had been waiting for three hours for her flight to board.
3 We weren't hungry during the flight because we had had I
had been having a meal earlier in one of the airport restaurants.
4 Afterward I had picked up I had been picking upward my luggage,
Itook a taxi to my hotel.
5 My mother couldn't move her legs because she had saturday I
had been sitting downwardly for so long.
half dozen My flight arrived late considering it hadn't taken off I
hadn't been taking off on time.
c Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in
brackets.
More Words to Acquire
| Word | Pronunciation | Translation |
| cabin ( noun) miracle (substantive) | /'krebm/ | |
| /mrrabl/ | ||
| shortage (noun) | / 'J::>:tidy' | |
| swan ( noun) | /swon/ | |
| turbulence (substantive) | /'t3:bjalans/ | |
| wheelchair ( substantive) | /'wi:ltJea/ | |
| cling (clung) (verb) | /kluj/ | |
| scream (verb) | /skri:m/ | |
| stagger (verb) | /'strega/ | |
| be near to | /bi: abaut ta/ |
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5 PR ON U Due north CIATI ON irregula r by forms
a 
Write the irregular by elementary forms.
| 1 /pe1d/ | paid | /influenza:/ | ||
| 2 /br::i:t/ | /wAn/ | |||
| 3 /sed/ | /tuk/ | |||
| four /raut/ | /t::>:t/ | |||
| five /bdt/ | fh3:d/ |
b Do maxim the words in a.
lj!!f!(!J!rt)� Studenf s Book p.158 Sound Bank
El Listen to a radio programme about the pilot Amelia Earhart. What was she famous for and what happened to her in the stop?
IJ Heed again and mark the statements T (True) or F (False), according to the speaker.
1 Amelia was excited when she first saw a plane.
2 An experience at a flying exhibition made her want to fly.
3 Amelia'southward begetter gave her the money for her flying lessons.
4 She was taught to wing past a woman.
5 She named her first airplane after a bird.
six It took Amelia less than two years to become her pilot's licence.
7 Amelia's first flight across the Atlantic was as a rider.
8 Her second try to wing around the earth was in 1947.
ix Amelia and her co-pilot nearly completed their round-the-world trip.
a Listen again with the tapescript on p.75 and try
to gauge the meaning of any words that you
don't know. Then check in your dictionary.
l
I G RAM MARadverbs and adverbial phrases
a Complete the sentences with adverbs made from the adjectives in the list.
two illI hardly I daughter I is I My I e'er
3 parents I adjacent I are I His I retiring I year
bad careful correct hard fast
brilliant happy condom extreme 4 boy I rude I teacher I was I to I The I extremely I his
1 Jack won the tennis last because he played
brilliantly
2 My blood brother had an accident considering he was driving too __
3 You'll have to call back very_ earlier you decide whether to accept the job.
4 I speak French very. No one tin understand me.
5 we I umbrella I an I had I Luckily I taken
6 at I police I immediately I depository financial institution I arrived I The I the 7 is I James I apparently I divorced I getting
8 eats I My I unhealthily I very I blood brother
v 
Who tin can spell this word _
6 Although the weather was awful, the airplane landed
c Put the adverbs I adverbial phrases inthe right place in each sentence.
7 
His parents have been 40 years.
__ married for most
usually immediately
1 HXSets uhen his warning clock rings.
eight She works_ and she's very ambitious as well.
b Order the words to make sentences. Put the adverb in its usual position.
1 tall I son I incredibly I has I Your I grown
(unremarkably I immediately)
2 Although she likes reading, she goes to the library. (a lot I hardly ever)
3 
I crashed my new motorcar. (unfortunately I last calendar week) 4 We should leave tomorrow. (ideally I early)
5 I tin can understand when people speak English. (hardly I rapidly)
half dozen 
My brother forgot his girlfriend's birthday. (nigh I yesterday)
7 He eats fruit. (surprisingly I never)
eight It didn't rain at the weekend. (luckily I very much)
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two VO CAB U LARYconfusing adverbs and adverbial phrases
Circle the right answer.
1 My father worked very / hardly all his life.
two I haven't seen Harry late I lately. Take you?
3 I tin't stand about TV programmes, specially I especially reality shows.
4 Dave near I about broke his leg skiing in the Alps. five Please don't tell me what happens because I oasis't
read the book notwithstanding I yet.
half-dozen I'thousand not going to Sam'south party. I hard I inappreciably know him! He'southward your friend, not mine.
7 Do y'all ever I even habiliment jeans to work?
8 A Do your parents live most I well-nigh hither? B No, they live nearly thirty miles away.
9 Ellie ate all her lunch, always I even the vegetables! 10 Alan'southward feet are so big that his shoes are especially I
specially made for him.
eleven My cousin is a md and at the moment I actually she'southward working in Africa.
12 We all cried at the stop I in the end of the picture show when the principal graphic symbol died.
iii PR ON U Northward CIATI ONword stress
a Write the adverbs in the correct cavalcade.
absolutely accidentally apparently definitely eventually fortunately immediately insecurely obviously successfully incredibly surprisingly
| stress on 1st syllable | stress on 2nd syllable | stress on 3rd syllable |
| absolutel y |
b 
Now practice saying the words in a.
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