LESSON SEVENTEEN (THE SEVENTEENTH LESSON)

DIALOGUE

(to be learnt by heart).

My 'Friend 'Goes A^broad

A.    'Here we ~\are at /last. I 'What /time does your t plane t take

B.    '9. -\30, we’ve 'plenty of J time yet. | I’ll 'go and 'have my 'luggage 'weighed "^now.J

Л/'How much are you al'lowed to 'take "'vvith you? I

В. I 'travel "^tourist class, | so it’s about '20 ~\kiIos. f I 'don’t 'think my 'luggage 'weighs f more than ~\that. |

A.    'Will it 'take you 'long to | go 'through the _/customs? j

B.    *\No, | it'll be 'just a formality. | I’ve 'nothing to de^clare. |

A.    'When are you 'due in "^London? |

B.    It’s a 'non-stop~Vlight J so I’ll be 'there f long be'fore

“Vunch. I

A.    “\Oh, |'that’s wonderful, | you 'won’t even have

'time to gef\alr-slck. |    .

B.    I 'never "^do.l though I’m a 'poor "Vailor. |

A. Then you can 'look 'forward to a t pleasant journey.

ACTIVE WORDS AND WORD COMBINATIONS

abroad    to take pictures

Irom abroad    to weigh

to take off    to weigh    one’s    words

to take for    to weigh    up

to take over    a non-stop flight

to take to    .    to get air- (sea-, car-) sick

(See Vocabulary for Lesson 17, p. 445)

EXERCISES

I. Practise the sound combinations given below, then read the dialogue aloud, paying attention to pronunciation and intonation.

'whatjtime? 'will it 'take you....? I 'don’t 'think al'lowed to 'take a 'pleasant^journey    ^w

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