Handout, class 03
Mar 6
1. Listen to two summaries and evaluate them in seven categories.
Summary be
should accurate
...
Author
be
objective
contain a
complete
coherent
paragraph
restate
ideas in
your own
words
show the
relationshi
p between
ideas
preserve
the
author‘s
attitude
preserve
jargon and
proper
names
sum
2. Understanding of the function of the text facilitates comprehension and helps extract and summarise the
necessary information. Many texts have several functions, but one is usually dominating. The purpose of...
a. informative texts - pass information
b. expressive texts - express the aesthetic and emotional views of the author
c. persuasive texts - persuade the reader and make him/her act
d. instructive texts - instruct the reader how to perform certain actions
e. descriptive texts - describe sth, to make reader picture some scenes, characters and situations
3. Answer the following question
a. Can we rearrange the order of ideas?
b. Can a summary contain more than one paragraph?
c. If the text is persuasive should the summary be persuasive or just state that the text is persuasive?
4. What was the function of Slum Tours? Was the function reflected in the summaries?
5. Match words with their definitions
1. a baggage handler
a. a period of time when a group of workers deliberately stop
working because of a disagreement about pay, working
conditions etc (= akcja protestacyjna, strajk)
2. a baggage reclaim
b. a person at an airport whose job it is to load and unload
passengers' luggage. (= bagażowy)
3. a carousel
c. a place where you report your arrival at an airport, hotel, hospital
(=stanowisko odprawy, odprawa)
4. a conveyor belt
d. a small piece of paper, cloth, plastic, etc, which is attached to
something as a means of identification (=przywieszka, metka,
luggage tag = przywieszka bagażowa)
5. a check-in
e. a temporary, often minor problem, often caused by the failure of
a piece of machinery (= drobny problem techniczny)
6. a departure gate
f. consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of
material that rotates about them (= przenośnik taśmowy)
7. a departure lounge
g. in an airport, a circular conveyor belt from which passengers
collect their luggage after a flight. (=taśmociąg bagażowy)
8. industrial action
h. przewóz drogą powietrzną na długim/średnim/krótkim dystansie
9. long/medium/short haul flight
i. the area in an airport through which passengers go to board their
flights (= wyjście do samolotu, bramka)
10. a tag
j. the place at an airport where people wait until their plane is
ready to leave (= hala odlotów)
11. technical hitch
k. the place at an airport where you get your luggage after a flight.
(= odbiór bagażu)
6. Read the passage Travel Troubles
Every year, it seems, more and more people are going on holiday abroad. Alas, this means that more and more
people are also experiencing the discomfort and frustration of foreign travel. This often starts at the airport,
irrespective of which airline you are using.
At least at peak holiday times, there are bound to be queues at the check-in and then more queues at passport
control as you go into the departure lounge. Then, there is often the misery of delayed flights. These tend to be
more common if you are travelling by charter flight, but they are by no means unknown on scheduled flights.
Sometimes such delays are due to technical hitches or to the very large numbers of planes which now take off and
land. However, some, in Europe at least, are the result of industrial action by staff. The holiday season is a favourite
time for baggage handlers, air-traffic control personnel, or other airport staff to take such action.
Still, eventualIy you get to the departure gate, board the plane, find your seat and fasten your seat belt ready for
take-off. Members of the cabin crew will very likely serve you with food and drink and unless you are on a long-haul
flight, it will seem a relatively short time before you land.
Now it is time to follow the signs to the baggage reclaim area of the airport and wait by the carousel for your
luggage, hoping that it has not been left behind or been sent to the wrong airport. Not surprisingly, given the
amount of luggage that is taken on board planes by travellers, it is quite common for luggage to go missing.
Fortunately, this is usually a temporary state of affairs. The individual pieces of luggage are tagged, making it
relatively easy for airlines to track them. Still, it is always a relief when you are reunited with your possessions! It is
even more of a relief to get home and we are often left wondering if travel is really worth the effort. Next year,
however, will find us at the airport again.
7. Extract the structure of the above text in the form of a multilevel list
8. Write a short summary of the above passage and give it to your friend for evaluation following criteria in 1)
9. Answer these questions in writing using full sentences:
a. Name one inconvenience faced by air travellers at the airport?
b. Give one cause for flight delays.
c. Why is it possible for lost luggage to be found?
10. With your partner, first discuss your answers to the questions below. Then write out each of your answers in
one or two sentences.
a. If you have travelled by air before, what was your strongest memory of your flight?
b. Do you agree with the writer that air travel can be troublesome? Give a reason for your answer.
c. Give one benefit of air travel.
Bibliography
Smirnova, T. „Materials for the Reading Part of the Centralised Exam”
Kirkpatrick B. and Rebecca Mok. “Read and understand”
solution to ex 7
discomfort of foreign travel
1.
at the origin airport
a. queues
i. at the check-in
ii. at passport control
b. delayed flights
i. depending on flight type
1. more common in charter flight
2. less in scheduled flights
ii. causes of delayed flights
1. technical hitches
2. industrial action by staff
2.
on the plane
a. finding seat and fastening seat belt may be a problem?
b. on long-haul flight it takes long before you land
3.
at the destination aiport
a. follow the signs to the baggage reclaim area
b. wait by the carousel for your luggage
c. risk that it was left behind or been sent to the wrong airport