11030 the terminal

Activity 1 – The Terminal
Basic level - Scenes: 1-2 (from 25” to 4’55”)
Before you watch
Odds words out – Which word does not belong to each list?

a) passport – return ticket – business – visa
b) camera - business – pleasure – shopping
c) passenger – tour – tourist - visitor
Fill in the blanks as you see the movie. Not all the conversation is printed:

Airline employee: What’s the purpose of your ______________? Business or pleasure?
Japanese girl: Just visiting. ______________.
Other passengers: Pleasure. ______________
Airline employee: How ______________will you be staying in the United States?
Airline employee: Could I see your return ______________, please?
Airline employee: Enjoy your stay. Next.

At the control room:
Supervisor: See this bunch of ______________ sweatshirts?
Guard: That’s the tour from ______________ connecting to ______________.
Supervisor: When was the last time you saw Chinese ______________ on their way to Disney
World without a single one with a ______________?
Airline employee: Sir, sir. ______________. Thank you. Welcome, Mr. Navorski.
Airline employee: Purpose of your visit? Business or ______________?
Guard: Mr. Navorski, please ______________ me.
Guard: All right, Mr. Navorski, we’d like you to ______________ here, please.
At the room:
Guard: What exactly are you ______________ in the United States, Mr. Navorski?


Navorski: Yellow ______________, please. Take me to Ramada Inn, 161 Lexington.

Guard: Staying at the Ramada Inn?
Navorski: ______________ the change.
Guard: Do you ______________anyone in New York?
Navorski: Yes.
Guard: ______________?
Navorski: Yes.
Guard: No, no. Do you know anyone in New York?
Navorski: Yes. 161 Lexington.
Guard: Ok, Mr. Navorski, I need to see your ______________ ticket, please.
Guard: No, your return ticket. Ah… yes. This is just a standard procedure.
Guard: I’m going to need the ______________ also.
Navorski: Ok. Thank you.
Guard: No, no. That. Passport.
Post-watching
Suggested extra activities based on the movie:
- Students role play a dialog at the check-in counter in an airport
- Students prepare a poster with objects they consider important to take in an international
trip, sticking or drawing pictures and writing this new vocabulary