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Answer — Exercise 4

8B - A ‘must-see’ attraction·English File Advanced - Student's Book

Question

Now listen to the rest of the story. After each part, answer the questions with a partner.

Answer

  1. He warned them about the windy weather at Gatwick Airport, and the fact that it might be quite bumpy.
  2. There was terrible turbulence, and the plane was dropping down and rising again.
  3. They could see that the wind was very strong, and the wings were moving up and down.
  4. They all thought they were going to crash.
  5. The plane suddenly went up again.
  6. That the wind made it too dangerous to land, and that all the airports in the UK were now closed.
  7. In Paris
  8. Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport
  9. Because it was less windy than at Gatwick
  10. They stood up and started to get their things from the overhead lockers.
  11. That the flight was going to refuel and then go back to Gatwick
  12. To stay on the plane or to get off
  13. Because they didn't want to be stuck in Amsterdam over Christmas.
  14. They got off the plane.
  15. They spent the night at the airport, then got a train to Belgium, and took the Eurostar from Brussels to London.
  16. At 7.00 p.m. on Christmas Eve
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