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hi everybody welcome back to top words
my name is alicia and today we're going
to talk about 10 words for the airport
let's go
check in
the first word is check in check in so
to check in this is a verb a phrasal
verb to check in means to
check into your flight to essentially
say yes i am here i'm going to get on
the plane i am checking in we can use
the same expression for hotels actually
to check into your hotel to check in to
your flight so to check in means to
confirm you are going to fly on the
plane in a sentence check-in for
international flights is two hours
before departure
immigration
the next word is immigration immigration
so this is passport check essentially
when you are traveling internationally
you may need to well you do need to show
your passport to the immigration staff
so they are checking the people who are
coming and going in and out of the
country that process that area of the
airport that area maybe of border
control as well is called immigration we
call it immigration
in a sentence make sure your passport is
ready when you go to immigration
customs
the next word is customs customs is the
next word so customs uh is
the part of the airport or the
international travel experience where
the items you have purchased or the
items you are bringing into the country
maybe the amount of cash that you have
on you or maybe any dangerous items or
any kind of like specific items that you
need to declare that you need to
announce you are carrying those things
are checked that's the place in the
airport where that sort of thing is
covered so there's usually
there's usually a form that you fill out
when you enter a country and it'll say
do you need to declare anything so to
declare means to announce there's
something you are carrying or something
you need to explain to the people who
are in the country uh to the border
staff the customs staff in the country
you are going to so that
whole area of the airport of the travel
experience is called customs customs in
a sentence
do you have anything to declare with
customs
departure gate
the next expression is departure gate
departure gate so depart means to leave
a place your departure gate is the gate
the airport gate from which you leave
the airport your departure gate the
place your plane leaves from in the
airport is called your departure gate
your departure all right in a sentence
my departure gate is a5
baggage claim okay next one the next
expression is baggage claim baggage
claim so bag or baggage meaning your
luggage your suitcase and claim so claim
means you say that's mine in other words
to claim something to retrieve something
to pick up something baggage claim
suitcase pickup is essentially what it
means baggage claim
so you might hear baggage claim carousel
so carousel is that that machine that
goes around in a circle and it moves
bags and moves suitcases that's a
baggage claim carousel in the airport
baggage claim in a sentence pick up your
luggage at baggage claim carousel number
three
currency exchange
the next expression is currency exchange
currency exchange so currency means type
of money currency so yen is a currency
dollar is a currency euro is a currency
type of money and exchange so for
example if you need to change yen to
euro you do it at a currency exchange
location where you can change your money
to a different type of money so if the
country that you're coming from has
different money than the country you're
going to which is likely the case you
may need to change your money at a
currency exchange location so in a
sentence i need to stop at a currency
exchange desk
boarding pass
the next expression is boarding pass
boarding pass your boarding pass is a
piece of paper or now i suppose we have
them digitally on our smartphones a
boarding pass a boarding pass is the
documentation digital or physical that
shows the flight attendants that shows
the staff
from the airline that you are allowed to
get on the plane that you have a seat
you are allowed to board the plane so
boarding means getting on the plane and
pass means permission so boarding
permission essentially allowed to get on
the plane paperwork is what you can
think of this as so a boarding pass very
important of course in a sentence
do you have your boarding pass
seat assignment
the next expression is seat assignment
seat assignment so seat meaning the
place where you sit your chair
your your assignment then is the place
that the airline has chosen for you to
sit the seat the airline has chosen for
you is your seat assignment or maybe you
chose your seat assignment but that's
the place you are supposed to sit on the
airplane in a sentence
i'd like to change my seat assignment
first class business class
so the next expression is first class or
business class so these refer to a
couple different levels of service on an
airplane the basic level of service is
called economy service or we also call
it coach coach so coach economy is the
basic level
after that would be business class which
usually has slightly larger seats maybe
a little bit more
delicious food
maybe more drink options for example and
then there's first class which is the
highest level of service and is also the
most expensive level service so first
class business class economy class these
are the three levels on an airplane so
it's typically considered a nice
experience to fly business class or
first class somewhere in a sentence are
there any seats available in business
class
layover
the next word is layover layover a
layover is a period of time between two
flights presumably at an airport so if
you are flying for example from like um
i don't know from
singapore to london maybe maybe you have
to transfer at an airport you fly from
like singapore to
i don't know los angeles maybe or like
chicago maybe and then you have to wait
there for your next flight to london
you're connecting flight that period of
time between your two flights is called
a layover so typically people want to
have a short layover a fairly short
layover so they have time to transfer to
their next flight or maybe they want to
take a break
from being on a plane so
a layover typically a short layover is
good typically long layovers are bad but
you might have a cheap flight if that's
the case so a layover is the period of
time between two flights in a sentence i
have a long layover in bangkok
so those are 10 words for the airport i
hope that was useful for you of course
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