8th gr. ГР 3. Сприйняття письмових текстів/Читання. Travel PROBLEMS

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1. A few years ago, a couple from England booked a bargain flight to the Caribbean online. It was from the local airport in Birmingham to the island of Trinidad. At the airport, there was no information about the flight on any of the departure boards, so they went to ask at the information desk.

That's when they discovered why the flight was so cheap. It was from Birmingham, Alabama in the USA, which is much closer to the Caribbean than Birmingham, UK.

2. The moment you are up in the air, you can relax -yes? Not always. On a flight from Newark to Denver, one passenger decided to relax and tried to use her reclining seat. Unfortunately, the man in the seat behind her wanted to work on his laptop and he used a special gadget called a "knee defender' to stop the seat from moving down. The woman asked him to remove it. He refused. She threw a cup of water over him. The plane stopped in Chicago, left the two passengers there and continued its joumey.

3. If travelling by plane is too stressful, why not take the train? A man from Darlington, in England, read that it was cheaper to buy a ticket to Durham than Darlington. Strangely, Durham was farther away. He thought it was OK. so, he bought a ticket and got off one stop early. When station staff checked his ticket, they said it was for the wrong station, and asked him to pay £155 extra!

4. For sure, the Eurostar train from London to Paris or Brussels is a nice way to travel? Not always. In December 2009, several trains stopped in the tunnel. One family said that there were no lights, no air conditioning, no food and no water on their train. After several hours, they got off and walked through the tunnel to find another train which was warmer. Fortunately, no-one told them they had the wrong ticket.

5.Finally, a story about ferry travel. During a bad storm one winter, the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao spent 36 Pechours at sea. Eventually, it came into a harbour in Brest, northern France. Unfortunately, it was also Christmas Eve and there were no ferries back to the UK until after the holidays. Passengers were left in Brest, 1000 km from Bilbao. Their only choices were to find a local hotel, rent a car and drive all night or try to get to an airport and a very expensive, last-minute flight. Happy Christmas!

The couple in the first paragraph had a problem because

Read the text and choose the corect answer

1. A few years ago, a couple from England booked a bargain flight to the Caribbean online. It was from the local airport in Birmingham to the island of Trinidad. At the airport, there was no information about the flight on any of the departure boards, so they went to ask at the information desk.

That's when they discovered why the flight was so cheap. It was from Birmingham, Alabama in the USA, which is much closer to the Caribbean than Birmingham, UK.

2. The moment you are up in the air, you can relax -yes? Not always. On a flight from Newark to Denver, one passenger decided to relax and tried to use her reclining seat. Unfortunately, the man in the seat behind her wanted to work on his laptop and he used a special gadget called a "knee defender' to stop the seat from moving down. The woman asked him to remove it. He refused. She threw a cup of water over him. The plane stopped in Chicago, left the two passengers there and continued its joumey.

3. If travelling by plane is too stressful, why not take the train? A man from Darlington, in England, read that it was cheaper to buy a ticket to Durham than Darlington. Strangely, Durham was farther away. He thought it was OK. so, he bought a ticket and got off one stop early. When station staff checked his ticket, they said it was for the wrong station, and asked him to pay £155 extra!

4. For sure, the Eurostar train from London to Paris or Brussels is a nice way to travel? Not always. In December 2009, several trains stopped in the tunnel. One family said that there were no lights, no air conditioning, no food and no water on their train. After several hours, they got off and walked through the tunnel to find another train which was warmer. Fortunately, no-one told them they had the wrong ticket.

5.Finally, a story about ferry travel. During a bad storm one winter, the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao spent 36 Pechours at sea. Eventually, it came into a harbour in Brest, northern France. Unfortunately, it was also Christmas Eve and there were no ferries back to the UK until after the holidays. Passengers were left in Brest, 1000 km from Bilbao. Their only choices were to find a local hotel, rent a car and drive all night or try to get to an airport and a very expensive, last-minute flight. Happy Christmas!

The man on the flight to Denver