Hello friends how are you doing today? I’m Tash and I’m back with a new lesson. So
what are we doing today? Airport Expressions. Yes, I’m so sure that you have travelled
so many times and so often, we all travel. And there are so many new, let’s put it
in a grammatical term vocabularies that we listen at the airport every time you go there.
The other day a friend of mine has just come down from London and this is the first time
ever she’s travelled. She was born and bought up there, she has never been to any other
place apart from London and for the first time, she’s coming to my place. And she
was sharing her experiences with me. She told me Tash, you know what, I was only wondering,
what if I was travelling and you know I was travelling alone. What if I was travelling
alone? Of course she did not, her sister accompanied her. And her sister of course has travelled
many a times. She was telling me Tash, there were so many new expressions that I heard
at the airport and I just could not understand what they were talking. So that is the reason
why I thought I should talk to you about these today. Because I’m so sure that some of
us have definitely come across these and have wondered what are they talking about?
The first one says, what is the purpose of your trip? Now like we know an airport is a very
very secured place. It’s a very secured place, it’s of course a pathway for you
to enter into another country. So the security, which is there at the airport, is so tight
that you cannot fool around at the airport. While you are in your immigration, if somebody
happens to come to you and ask you, what is the purpose of your trip or why you’re check
in in somebody ask you. What is the purpose of your trip? What do you think is gonna be
your answer. My friend was telling me that, it was running in her mind, she was like,
because she was asked this question and she said, how does it bother and why does it matter
to you? That was just coming, that is something that you’re gonna tell the officer there
and his sister was like hesitant, she was like relax ill do the talking. Now friends
at the airport, when someone is asking you, what is the purpose of your trip? Your answer,
of course is gonna be study, maybe you are going out, you’re going abroad to study
or you’re going for a family visit, you’re going for pleasure. Which means you are going
on a vacation or you are going there for a business trip. It could be anything, however
what is important is how you respond to this question. The officer, who is asking you this
question, is not an ordinary officer. He’s asking you, maybe because; he’s got something
going on in his mind. And if you are very adamant or you are very aggressive, he’s
not gonna like it. Because then he’s going to doubt your intentions. So don’t do that,
anytime you listen to this, what is the purpose of your trip? You simply answer, I’m going
there for studying or I’m going there for a business trip or were just going there for
a vacation. That is it. You don’t want to fall into any kind of trouble. The next one
says, did you pack this bag yourself? You would say what kind of an absurd question
is that, of course I packed my bag. No the reason why they ask you is, if while they’re
frisking your bag and if they find something, which is not maybe supposed to be there in
your bag and maybe you are not aware of it. Then what are you gonna do? So even if it
is your close relative, your mom, your dad, your sister, your brother, your friend, whose
packing your bag, you definitely need to be aware of what goes inside your bag. Trust
me most of the time, you shouldn’t show her that your answer should be yes, so whenever
this question is asked to you, did you pack this bag yourself? Yes I did. So remember,
you cannot just say, no I don’t know, what is inside, my mom packed it for me. No, because
they are definitely going to, you know definitely going to gonna make you empty your bag. You
don’t wanna do that; please do not leave your bags unattended. Now it so many times
happens, when you are travelling and of course nobody is there for company and you wanna
go to the washroom or you just wanna use the rest room. What do you do? You just can’t
let your bags, you know just be there under your chair or just cant leave it right there.
You need to tell the co-passenger or the person who is around that, excuse me can you just
watch my bag for like a couple of minutes. I’ll be back in five minutes. Simply because
the moment the security sees, that a bag is unattended. They start doubting, because somebody
might think you’ve intentionally left it there, of course you haven’t done it and
trust me the person, the people, the security is definitely going to come searching for
you in the washroom and you don’t want that to happen. So never leave your bags unattended
at the airport, even if you’re travelling alone. Let a co- passenger know about it,
so that he can just watch your bag till you come back. The next says, do you have anything
to declare? Yes this is very funny, you know, this friend of mine, who came back. She’s
telling me that when they asked her, that do you have anything to declare? She was like,
what do you want me to declare here at the airport? And the officer started laughing,
he started laughing, because he found her very weird and yes it sounds weird. When they
ask you, do you have anything to declare? Means is there anything in your bag for which
you have to pay duty. When I say duty, means tax. Duty, Ahh there are certain things like
carpets, antiques, a liquor or foreign exchange. There are certain things, which you are not
just allowed to carry from one country to another. You’re just not allowed to, without
paying duty, without paying tax. And that is where they ask you, do you have anything
to declare? This declare does not mean, is there anything you wanna say? She just understood
it in little terms. And she’s like, I don’t wanna declare anything at the airport. It’s
so funny, so friends this is just to avoid miscommunication. What are we learning all
this for? Yes we are learning all this for , I said that you do not miscommunicate with
people or you are not at loss of words or you are not fumbling, when something new like
this comes in for a few. So these were few expressions, where I just spoke to you about
at the airport, what you have to remember. Let’s have a look at few more expressions.
Friends now let’s have a look at the next few more expression. Flight BA 333 is now
boarding. These, these expression which I hear are mostly announcements. When you are
waiting, you are waiting for your flight to take off. These are expressions, which are
usually announced. You always have to be very alert, when you are at the airport. Especially,
when you are waiting for your flight. This expression means, flight number so and so,
this is your flight, if this is your flight is now boarding. What is the flight boarding?
The flight is boarding and going where? No, the passengers which means, the passengers
who are on this particular flight have to now start boarding. That is what it means,
boarding here is for the passengers. Do you know, what is this? This is the short form
of passengers, which is usually on your air ticket or anywhere at the airport. It’s
very very common to use at the airport. It’s a very common vocabulary, which is used at
the airport. Next that says, Flight UA 666 has been delayed. Yeah I know, this is one
thing which we hate. Specially I really hate, when this happens. You really wanna reach
somewhere, you wanna meet someone, you are dying to get on that flight. And suddenly
you hear an announcement, which says if this is your flight, you have to get really upset.
Flight so and so UA 666 has been delayed. Of course now friends, it’s a machine. An
aeroplane is bound to have some technical fault or there could be some problem with
the aeroplane or there could be some problem with that particular airline. Because of which
the flight has been delayed and trust me you don’t have a choice, but you just have to
accept it. The next one says, Paging for passenger Joe Page to come to the inquiry desk. Now
when I say, you have to be alert, you definitely have to be alert at the airport. Now you’re
waiting for your flight and also if for some reason your name has been called and you are
called at the inquiry desk. One thing of course is sure that the announcements, which are
made at the airport are very very clear and they definitely ensure that they are repeated,
so paging, what does the word paging mean? Paging means calling, if you hear the word
paging and you’re like, what is paging, what is she trying to say? Paging means calling.
Calling for passenger Joe Page. That’s the name of the passenger to come to the inquiry
desk. He has been called to the inquiry desk . The next one and the last one says, this
is the final call for flight BA111 to Paris. Now this is the time, what you were waiting
for? Yippee, it’s time to get happy. This is the final call for flight BA 111. Now you’ve
already boarded your flight, but the people who are waiting at the airport, if you are
a passenger of this flight. Of course, you already boarded the flight and the flight
is about to leave. But for the passengers, who are waiting their flight, awaiting their
flight. This is for them. And for somebody, who is supposed to be on this flight and is
not on his flight. See there could be many reasons, why you were not on the flight. There
could be a delay in anything. You’ve not even reached the airport; there could be times
when these things can happen. So that is why they ensure. They ensure the airplane, the
airplane ensures, airline ensures that they say this. This is the final call for this
particular flight to Paris. So that you know that, if you know anyone, whose supposed to
be on the flight and is not yet, so you know what to do, you probably gonna go to the inquiry
desk and tell them about it, so these particular. These expressions which are here are usually
announcements to which you have to be really really alert and keep your ears open. And
also, when we talk about this that flight UA 666 has been delayed. Always ensure that
if you are the passenger travelling on this flight, remember that you have to be also
looking at the information display, the display that’s been happening with the flight names
and okay you have to look at that as well, because along with the announcement, your
flight number is going to be displayed over there. So friends, I hope these are good expression,
have helped you and are gonna help you. If you are going to travel for the first time
or there’s another person,. Who is going to travel with you for the first time, you
can always help them as well. So thank you for watching, keep learning, keep watching.
I’ll be back with another interesting lesson next time. Till then bye see ya, take care.