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    The manager of a tour company in london has a complaint about a flight delay. He has written to the company, who have denied responsibility.'my flight was due to leave at 8. A.m on Tuesday 25th November, but did not in fact leave until 20.30, a delay of more than eight hours'

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    The manager of a tour company in london has a complaint about a flight delay. He has written to the company, who have denied responsibility.'my flight was due to leave at 8. A.m on Tuesday 25th November, but did not in fact leave until 20.30, a delay of more than eight hours'

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    The manager of a tour company in london has a complaint about a flight delay. He has written to the company, who have denied responsibility.'my flight was due to leave at 8. A.m on Tuesday 25th November, but did not in fact leave until 20.30, a delay of more than eight hours'

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    Reading: Travel and Holidays 1. Complete the text with one of the words from the box below.

    There are three extra words you dont need. Agent accommodation Booked cut-price departure Daytime Destinations fortnight itinerary journey Reservation spend Stay Tour tourist Travel trip vacancy Is it better to go on a package (1)., or to (2) on your own? I suppose the answer depends on what kind of (3) you are. A complicated tour organized by a travel (4) .. has some advantages. You have a/an (5) .., which gives you definite (6).. and arrival dates, and a list of all your (7) . The (8) .. may be cheaper, as it has been (9) .. in advance, so you spend less time worrying about where you are going to (10) . . If you book your own hotel, you might have trouble finding a/an (11) , unless you are going to stay for a (12) . , for example. On the other hand, organizing your own (13) can be fun. Many people buy (14) plane tickets, and (15) .. the night in cheap hotels or guest houses. 2. Complete the text by writing a form of the word in CAPITALS in each space The Manager Transworld Air Portugal Street London Dear Sir/Madam, I travelled last week on a Transworld Airbus from London Gatwick to Copenhagen. This was the (1) OUT journey of a holiday in Denmark, a (2) PACK tour arranged through a company called Sunset. My (3) FLY was due to leave at 8.20 a.m on Tuesday 25th November, but did not in fact leave until 20.30, a delay of more than eight hours. The reason given was that vital (4) MAINTAIN work had to be carried out. Although all passengers were given a free meal, no other offer of (5) ASSIST was given. Such a long delay is totally (6) ACCEPT, and I feel justified in the circumstances in requesting some form of financial (7) COMPENSATE. I have

    written to the tour (8) OPERATE, who denied responsibility and advised me to write to you. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully Charles Rogers

    3. Read the text and decide with option best fits each space Anyone who has gone on a skiing holiday at a ski (1) of any size will be familiar with the age-old problem the eternal wait for ski lifts and cable cars. Well, there is an alternative. If you feel like something just a little different why not try heli-skiing in Canada? Somewhere in the snowy wastes of the Rocky Mountains the helicopter will deposit you and your group onto a slope of virgin snow that you have all to yourselves. It is all a (2).. cry from the busiest slopes of, say Switzerland, France, and Italy. You are fifty miles from the nearest town and there is nothing remotely (3) a ski-lift, so you have to (4).. on legs, skis and the chopper. You might see (5) mountain-goat or grizzly bear, but there wont be (6) of other skiers. There are one or two disadvantages. Your friendly helicopter pilot might just put you down in a five-metre (7). . And freezing weather might ground your helicopter and leave you (8) in the wilderness. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A. spot B. haunt C. refuge D. resort A different B. strange C. far D. long A. resembling B. appearing C. seeming D. looking A. count B. trust C. rely D. reckon A. occasional B. sometime C. incidental D. irregular A. bunches B. hordes C. throngs D. swarms A. dune B. pile C. mound D. drift A. deserted B. stranded C. wrecked D. aground

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