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Unit 18:
Going through Security

 Intermediate

Objective

To know what are the safety precautions when travelling.

  • Brain Storm : Share your ideas with your teacher. Try to make sentences.

Can you travel alone internationally? Are you not worried that something bad will happen?

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Vocabulary

Repeat the following words and phrases with your teacher and use them in a sentence.

  • conveyor belt (n)
  • detector (n)
  • bins (n)
  • declare (v)
  • quarts (n)
  • take off (phr.v)
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Dialogue 1

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Dan

Agent

Please lay your bags flat on the conveyor belt, and use the bins for small objects.

Do I need to take my laptop out of the bag?

Yes, you do. Take off your hat and your shoes, too.

(he walks through the metal detector)Please step back. Do you have anything in your pockets – keys, cell phone, loose change?

 I don’t think so. Let me try taking off my belt.

Okay, come on through.

(he goes through the metal detector again) You’re all set! Have a nice flight.

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Let’s practice

Match the phrasal verbs in Column A to its synonyms on Column B.

Column A

  1. Step back
  2. Take off
  3. Come through
  4. All set

Column B

A. remove
B. ready
C. retreat
D. enter

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Dialogue 2

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Passport official

Passenger

Good morning. Can I see your passport?

Here you are.

Thank you very much. Are you a tourist or here on business?

I’m a tourist.

 That’s fine. Have a pleasant stay.

Thank you.

 Good morning. Do you have anything to declare?

I’m not sure. I have two bottles of whiskey. Do I need to declare that?

No, you can have up to 2 quarts.

 Great.

Have you brought any food into the country?

Just some cheese I bought in France.

I’m afraid I’ll have to take that.

Why? It’s just some cheese.

Unfortunately, you are not allowed to bring cheese into the country. I’m sorry.

Here you are.

 Thank you. Anything else?

 I bought a T-shirt for my daughter.

That’s fine. Have a nice day.

You, too.

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Let’s Practice

Choose the correct answer.

  1. Could I please see your __________ before you get on the airplane?
  • bag
  • boarding pass
  • board ticket
  1. Please put your keys in the __________ and walk through the __________.
  • bin… scanner
  • holder… hall
  • bin… security
  1. Do you have any __________?
  • luggage
  • carry-ons
  • All of the answers are correct
  1. May I see your ___________? Are you a __________ or are you traveling on business?
  • suitcase… tourist
  • passport… airline worker
  • passport… tourist
  1. Do you have anything to __________? Any presents or alcohol?
  • tell me
  • declare
  • hide
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Discussion：

Share your  ideas with your teacher.

  1. Does your country provide good social security if you have no job or home?
  2. Douglas MacArthur said: “There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.” Do you agree with this?
  3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: “True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.” Do you agree?