Работа с текстом: Pre-reading tasks, While-reading tasks, Post-reading tasks

Работа с текстом

Pre-reading tasks:

1. Look at the pictures. Guess what the story is about.

2. Match the words and their definitions:

air hostess	a toilet or a room with a toilet in it
tray	a woman whose job is to serve and take care of passengers on an aircraft.
lavatory	A flat piece of wood, metal or plastic with raised edges, used for carrying or holding things,  especially food.
the captain of the plane	the person in charge of a commercial aircraft.

While-reading tasks:

1. Read the text and find the sentences which describe the pictures given above.

The air hostess was in the small kitchen at the back of the airplane preparing the trays for lunch when a little old lady came up and spoke to her. “Could you please tell me,” she asked, “where the ladies’ lavatory is in this airplane?”

“Yes, madam,” said the airhostess and smiled. “It is right at the other end of the plane – at the front.”

The old little lady went too far. She walked all the way to the front of the plane, opened the door in front of her, and saw the captain of the plane and other officers. They were all busy at their work and didn’t see her. She went out again, shut the door and returned to the air hostess.

“Oh, didn’t you find it, madam?” the girl asked her.

“Yes, I did,” said the little old lady. “But there are four men in the ladies’ lavatory watching television.”

2. Make up questions to the text.

3. Work in pairs asking and answering the questions.

Post-reading tasks:

1. Characterize the old little lady.

2. Share the emotions in the person of the air hostess.

3. Can you think of funny situations caused by some misunderstanding?

4. Retell the story as if you were the old lady.