UNIT 44 I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY

1. That was our holiday in Spain.

Mr Sellers: This is my dear wife at the check-in counter. She’s –-um—checking in. This is the security control at the airport. They’re checking hand luggage. Here the man is checking my dear wife’s passport. And here is my dear wife in the departure lounge. This is my wife going through the duty-free shop at the airport. And this is you-know-who going through the departure gate. . . And here is my dear wife at passport control. This is where we found our suitcase again. This is the red channel (something to declare) but here is my dear wife going into the green channel (nothing to declare). And that, ladies and gentlemen, was our holiday in Spain.

2. There are four flights a day.

Travel Agent: There are four flights a day from Gatwick to Madrid. The flight takes one and a half hours, and the return fare is ￡120.

Mrs Clark: So I leave from Gatwick airport and go to Madrid, then take a connecting flight.

Travel Agent: That’s right, madam. There are four connecting flights every day.

Mrs Clark:Good. Thank you very much.

Travel Agent: I hope you enjoy your holiday, madam.

Mrs Clark: Thank you.

Travel Agent: Well, there are boats to France every hour, madam, from Dover and Folkestone. It only takes an hour and a half to get to Boulogne or Calais. I’ll give you a list of the departure and arrival times and tell you about fares. Then we can make your reservation.