Travelling in Covid times
TRAVELLING IN COVID TIMES
Activity 1
Warm-up
Discuss the following questions with your classmates.
When was the last time you used public transport?
Did you travel by bus, plane, train?
How was it different from travelling in pre-Covid times?
Activity 2
Vocabulary
2A. Divide the words and expressions in the box below among all the students in the class. Then, look up the words and expressions you’ve been assigned in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and provide a definition and one or two examples.
Upload them to the whole class Collaborative Glossary.
Board - Cabin crew - Check-in - Disembark - Fine - Ground Luggage - Passenger - Plane - Proof - Remove - Self isolate - Social distance - Speed up - Spread - Terminal |
2B. Now play Hangman to practice the words.
Activity 3
LISTENING
(Adapted from BBC News. Explainers. January 18, 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/explainers-53142063)
3A. Jumping on a plane looks and feels very different to how it did before the coronavirus pandemic. Listen to a member of an airline crew giving instructions for people who need to fly during the pandemic.
Which of the following topics do you think she’ll talk about? Copy your choices in your notebook.
Then
listen, to check if your guesses were correct. 
Safety measures when embarking / disembarking.
Safety measures when eating on the plane.
Instructions to pass security controls.
Fines you may have to pay.
3B.
Listen again and do the TRUE / FALSE activity.
Activity 4
Study Part B EXPRESSING OBLIGATION and PROHIBITION in the Grammar section and do the exercises.
Activity 5
The member of the airline crew is giving instructions that are compulsory, that is, obligatory. Copy the instructions in your notebook and fill in the blanks with must / have to / mustn´t / don’t have to.
- Before you get on your return flight, you .......................get tested for coronavirus.
- You ........................fill in a Passenger Locator Form giving details about where you´ve been.
- You .......................... go into the terminal if you are not a passenger.
- You ........................... keep your distance and tell the cabin crew if you feel unwell.
- You ............................walk around in the airport if you don´t need to.
- You............................. self isolate if you tested negative for Covid.
Activity 6
SPEAKING
Think of a trip you have taken.
Use must, mustn’t, have / has to and don’t / doesn’t have to to talk about the rules that help passengers fly safely and stop Covid-19 from spreading.
Share your experiences with your partner.