Unit two, lesson B

Objective: describe difficult journeys

Travel collocations
Grammar Past continuous

Exercise
Unit two, lesson B. Audio 1.33

Listen to this difficult journey and complete the story.

Well, I ______ in a rush that morning and I suppose I set off a bit late. It was _______ when I left the house
and there was a lot of _______ on the roads. I _____ to the airport just before the desk closed. When I
boarded the plane, all the other passengers were _______ for me. It was a bit embarrassing, but we _____
off OK. I had a seat in the middle of the plane and for the first couple of hours it was fine. So, I ___ reading
my book when one of the flight attendants came over and _____ to me. She said that there was something
wrong with her _____ and that she needed to take _____. I was the last passenger to check in, so they
____ me. I asked the flight attendant where I should sit and she ____ me that the only place was the toilet.
At first, I thought it was a ____, but then I realized that she ___ serious. So, I was _______ on the toilet
when the turbulence started. It was quite frightening because of course there was no seatbelt in the
______. I almost fell off a few times. After the turbulence stopped, I ______ the door. About five
passengers ____ waiting outside to use the toilet. I just closed the door again. And then to top it all, when
we ______ at Istanbul there ___ a delay of an hour before we _____ get off the plane because of a
problem in the airport. I still can’t believe they told me to stay in the toilet for two hours. It ___ terrible.
You just can’t treat customers like that.