Video lesson#17: The Terminal

I´ve just remember this Steven Spielberg´s movie from 2004 that is perfect to listen to some specific airport vocabulary.

I´m quite sure you know this movie about an Easter European citizen who becomes stuck in New York´s J.F. Kennedy airport. In fact, it´s inspired in the true story of Mehram Karimi Nasseri who lived for almost 18 years (from 1988 to 2006) in Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, in France.

Anyway, it´s a great movie and I´m sure you will enjoy this short video with the first scenes of the film.

The vocabulary it´s quite easy, except from some technical airport terms that I´ve listed below.

So, welcome and enjoy your stay!

 

Vocabulary

Arrival: the act of someone or something that reaches a place, in this case the airport.

Gate: part of the airport where travelers are allowed to get on or off an aircraft.

To line up: to stand in a line

Booth: a small place like a box that a person can go into. In an airport is the place where customs officers check the travelers passports, visas and flight tickets.

I-94 form: is a form used by the U.S, Customs and Border Protection to keep track of the arrival and departure to/from the United States of people who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.

What´s the purpose of your visit, business or pleasure?: polite question asked at the customs to inquire about the reason of your travel

Return ticket: flight ticket to the origin of your flight, normally the city or country you are living in.

Enjoy your stay: polite sentence used in airports and accommodations to wish the visitor a good stay.

Passport: an official document containing personal information and usually a photograph that allows the person to travel to foreign countries and to prove who they are.

Customs: the place at a port, airport or border where travelers´ bags are examined for illegal or taxable goods.

Forged document: illegally falsified documents such as passports, visas, etc.

IBIS: acronym of Interagency Border Inspection System.

To claim your luggage: to demand your luggage in an airport.

Yellow cab: a taxi from New York city, where the taxis are yellow cars.

Inn: hotel.

Keep the change: polite sentence used to tip waiters, taxi drivers, etc. while giving them the money that is left of a payment.