English for Business Life Elementary

UNIT 22
Starting a journey
Some useful phrases
Listen to the recording and repeat
Excuse me, which platform do l need
for Avignon?
is this the right platform for Avignon?
You need platform six.
Where can I check in?
Is this the right check-in for Tokyo?
Where is the check-in desk?
Can I see your ticket, please?
Can I see your passport, please?
Can I have an aisle seat?
an aisle seat a window seat
This is your boarding card.
I am (I'm) flying to Los Angeles.
Do I need to clear customs in Dallas?
No, you can clear customs in Los Angeles.
How many pieces of luggage do you have?
Just two pieces.
Is that your hand luggage?
Did you pack your cases yourself?
I think you are (you're) in the wrong seat.
This seat isA5.
I'm sorry.
No problem.
Study notes
... th e right platform for Avignon?
Compare:
the right platform the wrong seat
W here can I check in?
You can also say: Where is the check-in fo r ...?
The verb is to check in. The noun is a check-in.
... your t ic k e t ...
Check you also know' this vocabulary:
a return ticket a passport a boarding card
... an aisle seat
... a w in d ow seat
You could also ask for a seat:
with leg room near the exit
Do I need to clear custom s ...?
Notice the verb after need is in the infinitive (to clear).
Notice also that we clear customs.
H ow m any pieces of luggage ...?
We say many because pieces are countable.
Compare this with: How much luggage ...?
W'e say much because luggage is uncountable.
See also Reference Section 13.3.
Did you pack your cases yourself?
yourself is a reflexive pronoun. Here it emphasises that you and
nobody else packed the cases.
See also Reference Section 11.3.
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