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to signal
давать сигнал
officer
чиновник, работник
counter
стойка
to indicate
указывать
the counter indicated
указанная (им) стойка
landing card
карточка прилетевшего в
страну пассажира
reason
причина
the United Kingdom
Англия/ Великобритания/
(U.K./ UK/ the United
Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland)
Соединенное Королевство
Великобритании и Северной
Ирландии
to be on a business tour
совершать деловую поездку
to attend
посещать
a week or so
около недели
to ask
спрашивать
to present
представлять, давать
difficulty
['d
f
k
lt
]
трудность
to have difficulty in do-
ing something
испытывать затруднение в
чем-то
stranger
['stre
n
]
незнакомец
to interpret
[
n't
pr
t]
переводить (устно)
They do not like strang-
ers to help them
Они не любят, когда по-
сторонние лица хотят помочь
in such cases
в этих случаях
most probably
скорее всего
staff member
штатный сотрудник
only
единственный, только
the only words
единственные слова
like these
такие, как
a few words like these
несколько слов, таких как
to come
приезжать, приходить
I have come as a busi-
nessman
Я приехал в качестве
бизнесмена
Exercises
1. Underline the sentences true to the text:
• The plane arrives at the Heathrow airport.
The text does not say at what airport the plane arrives.
The plane arrives at the Gatwick airport.
• The passport control point is very close to the entrance into the building of the airport.
The passport control point is not close to the entrance.
• The passport control point is called Passports.
The passport control point is called Passport Control.
The passport control point is called Immigration.
• There are three gates at the passport control point.
There is only one gate at the passport control point
There are two gates at this point.
• There are very few passengers and the group comes to the officers in no time.
There are very many passengers and the Russians have to queue up.
• There is only one English officer at the point.
There are two English officers at the passport control point.
There are a few English officers at the point.
• When the officer is free he invites another passenger to come.
It is the queue marshal who indicates to the passenger what immigration officer is free.