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Alex Lavrov is Going to Moscow

Alex Lavrov is very busy right now. His boss has just told him to go on business to Moscow. He has to take part in a conference which will begin at 3 o’clock tomorrow. Alex has very little time and there are so many things to do. Firstly he has to do some paperwork to get ready for the conference. Secondly he has to book tickets and pack his things.

He phones up the railway booking-office and inquires about the time-table and tickets. A clerk replies that there are tickets for the 10.20 train. It is a through express train. It arrives in Moscow at about 8.30 in the morning. That suits Alex all right. He’ll have plenty of time when he arrives in Moscow.

Alex goes to the railway booking-office. It is only a few blocks away from his work. There aren’t many people in there. So it doesn’t take him long to get a ticket. He buys a return ticket. It is more convenient this way.

Alex has just come to the station. It is about half an hour before the departure. There are a lot of people on the platform. They are waiting for the train to come. At last it has arrived. Passengers start getting in. Alex is among the first to get into the carriage. He quickly finds his compartment. Now he can relax for the first time this day. He has had an awfully busy day indeed. He goes out the platform to have a smoke and to buy a newspaper. People are hurrying to get aboard the train. Porters are carrying luggage. Suddenly Alex looks at a sign on the carriage. It says Kiev-Symferopol. What a big fool he is! He has mixed up the platforms and boarded the wrong train. And the awful thing is he has no time at all to catch the train to Moscow. Certainly he has missed it. It is now 10.50. What an awful situation! All his plans have gone to pieces…

I. Ask questions about:

a) Lavrov’s preparations for the trip;

b) Lavrov’s departure;

c) the awful situation Lavrov has found himself in.

II. Expand the following statements. Add information from the text:

1. Alex Lavrov is very busy at the moment.
2. Alex has to get a ticket to Moscow.
3. Alex Lavrov is at the raiway station.
4. Alex misses the train.

III. Speak on:

a) the purpose of his trip;

b) the preparation for the trip:

c) booking a railway ticket;

d) the failure of his plans.

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