what are we doing today? Airport Expressions. Yes, I’m so sure that you have travelled

so many times and so often, we all travel. And there are so many new, let’s put it

in a grammatical term vocabularies that we listen at the airport every time you go there.

The other day a friend of mine has just come down from London and this is the first time

ever she’s travelled. She was born and bought up there, she has never been to any other

place apart from London and for the first time, she’s coming to my place. And she

was sharing her experiences with me. She told me Tash, you know what, I was only wondering,

what if I was travelling and you know I was travelling alone. What if I was travelling

alone? Of course she did not, her sister accompanied her. And her sister of course has travelled

many a times. She was telling me Tash, there were so many new expressions that I heard

at the airport and I just could not understand what they were talking. So that is the reason

why I thought I should talk to you about these today. Because I’m so sure that some of

us have definitely come across these and have wondered what are they talking about?

The first one says, what is the purpose of your trip? Now like we know an airport is a very

very secured place. It’s a very secured place, it’s of course a pathway for you

to enter into another country. So the security, which is there at the airport, is so tight

that you cannot fool around at the airport. While you are in your immigration, if somebody

happens to come to you and ask you, what is the purpose of your trip or why you’re check

in in somebody ask you. What is the purpose of your trip? What do you think is gonna be

your answer. My friend was telling me that, it was running in her mind, she was like,

because she was asked this question and she said, how does it bother and why does it matter

to you? That was just coming, that is something that you’re gonna tell the officer there

and his sister was like hesitant, she was like relax ill do the talking. Now friends

at the airport, when someone is asking you, what is the purpose of your trip? Your answer,

of course is gonna be study, maybe you are going out, you’re going abroad to study

or you’re going for a family visit, you’re going for pleasure. Which means you are going

on a vacation or you are going there for a business trip. It could be anything, however

what is important is how you respond to this question. The officer, who is asking you this

question, is not an ordinary officer. He’s asking you, maybe because; he’s got something

going on in his mind. And if you are very adamant or you are very aggressive, he’s

not gonna like it. Because then he’s going to doubt your intentions. So don’t do that,

anytime you listen to this, what is the purpose of your trip? You simply answer, I’m going

there for studying or I’m going there for a business trip or were just going there for

a vacation. That is it. You don’t want to fall into any kind of trouble. The next one

says, did you pack this bag yourself? You would say what kind of an absurd question

is that, of course I packed my bag. No the reason why they ask you is, if while they’re

frisking your bag and if they find something, which is not maybe supposed to be there in

your bag and maybe you are not aware of it. Then what are you gonna do? So even if it

is your close relative, your mom, your dad, your sister, your brother, your friend, whose

packing your bag, you definitely need to be aware of what goes inside your bag. Trust

me most of the time, you shouldn’t show her that your answer should be yes, so whenever

this question is asked to you, did you pack this bag yourself? Yes I did. So remember,

you cannot just say, no I don’t know, what is inside, my mom packed it for me. No, because

they are definitely going to, you know definitely going to gonna make you empty your bag. You

don’t wanna do that; please do not leave your bags unattended. Now it so many times

happens, when you are travelling and of course nobody is there for company and you wanna

go to the washroom or you just wanna use the rest room. What do you do? You just can’t

let your bags, you know just be there under your chair or just cant leave it right there.

You need to tell the co-passenger or the person who is around that, excuse me can you just

watch my bag for like a couple of minutes. I’ll be back in five minutes. Simply because

the moment the security sees, that a bag is unattended. They start doubting, because somebody

might think you’ve intentionally left it there, of course you haven’t done it and

trust me the person, the people, the security is definitely going to come searching for

you in the washroom and you don’t want that to happen. So never leave your bags unattended

at the airport, even if you’re travelling alone. Let a co- passenger know about it,

so that he can just watch your bag till you come back. The next says, do you have anything

to declare? Yes this is very funny, you know, this friend of mine, who came back. She’s

telling me that when they asked her, that do you have anything to declare? She was like,

what do you want me to declare here at the airport? And the officer started laughing,

he started laughing, because he found her very weird and yes it sounds weird. When they

ask you, do you have anything to declare? Means is there anything in your bag for which

you have to pay duty. When I say duty, means tax. Duty, Ahh there are certain things like

carpets, antiques, a liquor or foreign exchange. There are certain things, which you are not

just allowed to carry from one country to another. You’re just not allowed to, without

paying duty, without paying tax. And that is where they ask you, do you have anything

to declare? This declare does not mean, is there anything you wanna say? She just understood

it in little terms. And she’s like, I don’t wanna declare anything at the airport. It’s

so funny, so friends this is just to avoid miscommunication. What are we learning all

this for? Yes we are learning all this for , I said that you do not miscommunicate with

people or you are not at loss of words or you are not fumbling, when something new like

this comes in for a few. So these were few expressions, where I just spoke to you about

at the airport, what you have to remember. Let’s have a look at few more expressions.

Friends now let’s have a look at the next few more expression. Flight BA 333 is now

boarding. These, these expression which I hear are mostly announcements. When you are

waiting, you are waiting for your flight to take off. These are expressions, which are

usually announced. You always have to be very alert, when you are at the airport. Especially,

when you are waiting for your flight. This expression means, flight number so and so,

this is your flight, if this is your flight is now boarding. What is the flight boarding?

The flight is boarding and going where? No, the passengers which means, the passengers

who are on this particular flight have to now start boarding. That is what it means,

boarding here is for the passengers. Do you know, what is this? This is the short form

of passengers, which is usually on your air ticket or anywhere at the airport. It’s

very very common to use at the airport. It’s a very common vocabulary, which is used at

the airport. Next that says, Flight UA 666 has been delayed. Yeah I know, this is one

thing which we hate. Specially I really hate, when this happens. You really wanna reach

somewhere, you wanna meet someone, you are dying to get on that flight. And suddenly

you hear an announcement, which says if this is your flight, you have to get really upset.

Flight so and so UA 666 has been delayed. Of course now friends, it’s a machine. An

aeroplane is bound to have some technical fault or there could be some problem with

the aeroplane or there could be some problem with that particular airline. Because of which

the flight has been delayed and trust me you don’t have a choice, but you just have to

accept it. The next one says, Paging for passenger Joe Page to come to the inquiry desk. Now

when I say, you have to be alert, you definitely have to be alert at the airport. Now you’re

waiting for your flight and also if for some reason your name has been called and you are

called at the inquiry desk. One thing of course is sure that the announcements, which are

made at the airport are very very clear and they definitely ensure that they are repeated,

so paging, what does the word paging mean? Paging means calling, if you hear the word

paging and you’re like, what is paging, what is she trying to say? Paging means calling.

Calling for passenger Joe Page. That’s the name of the passenger to come to the inquiry

desk. He has been called to the inquiry desk . The next one and the last one says, this

is the final call for flight BA111 to Paris. Now this is the time, what you were waiting

for? Yippee, it’s time to get happy. This is the final call for flight BA 111. Now you’ve

already boarded your flight, but the people who are waiting at the airport, if you are

a passenger of this flight. Of course, you already boarded the flight and the flight

is about to leave. But for the passengers, who are waiting their flight, awaiting their

flight. This is for them. And for somebody, who is supposed to be on this flight and is

not on his flight. See there could be many reasons, why you were not on the flight. There

could be a delay in anything. You’ve not even reached the airport; there could be times

when these things can happen. So that is why they ensure. They ensure the airplane, the

airplane ensures, airline ensures that they say this. This is the final call for this

particular flight to Paris. So that you know that, if you know anyone, whose supposed to

be on the flight and is not yet, so you know what to do, you probably gonna go to the inquiry

desk and tell them about it, so these particular. These expressions which are here are usually

announcements to which you have to be really really alert and keep your ears open. And

also, when we talk about this that flight UA 666 has been delayed. Always ensure that

if you are the passenger travelling on this flight, remember that you have to be also

looking at the information display, the display that’s been happening with the flight names

and okay you have to look at that as well, because along with the announcement, your

flight number is going to be displayed over there. So friends, I hope these are good expression,

have helped you and are gonna help you. If you are going to travel for the first time

or there’s another person,. Who is going to travel with you for the first time, you

can always help them as well. So thank you for watching, keep learning, keep watching.

I’ll be back with another interesting lesson next time. Till then bye see ya, take care.