Unit 3

Part 1

1. Your attention, please. Flight CA 1145 from Beijing to Tokyo is now boarding at gate D 45. Please get your boarding cards ready and go to the gate.

2. Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention please? The gate for flight UA 445 from Beijing to Changsha has been changed. The new gate is gate A 15. We will begin boarding in about ten minutes. Thank you.

3. Attention all passengers on flight SE 3765 from Beijing to Paris. Your flight will be twenty minutes late because of bad weather. Please be ready to board the flight at gate E 34. Thank you.

Part 2

1. I am having a great time here. I have seen the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, and I have also been to Tiananmen Square. I came here by train. The train ride was long but nice. I talked to my friends on the train. Wish you were here. John.

2. Wow, this tower is really tall! We can see almost the whole city from up here! Look, there's the flag: red, white, and blue. We came here by bus and then we took the lift up to the top of this tower. There is the museum with the famous painting “Mona Lisa”. We went there yesterday. This city is really romantic! I just wish I could speak better French, so I could talk to more people here in this European capital. See you soon. Jenny.

3. Brrrrr! I should have bought more clothes, because it is really cold here! No houses, no trees, just snow and ice as far as you can see. The plane ride took 16 hours and then we had to walk two miles in the snow. There are some strange animals here, big black and white birds who walk on the ice. The days are very long here. Mike.

4. Ah, finally! It took a long time to get here. It was the first time I have been inside a spaceship. This is wonderful. It is quiet here. When I walk, I can take huge steps - I can jump 10 meters! I just wish we didn’t have to wear these strange clothes. There is no air here. We can see the earth in the distance. I like it here, but I hope I can go back home soon. If you look up at the sky at night you might see me. Gina.

5. This place is fantastic! Look at all the fish! Wow, it's good we have enough air, because we can't breathe here. We had to swim for twenty minutes to get here. It's difficult to write a postcard here - the paper is all wet. Oh, look at that big fish, it looks like … a SHARK!!! Let's go! Peter and Tina.