Preparingfor Landing
Handing out Customs DeclarationForm
Air stewards andstewardesses are supposed to hand out customs declaration formsduring the flight to foreign passengers. These passengers are required to fillout the basic information such as full name, sex, date of birth, nationality,passport and visa numbers and purpose of the visit. In addition, passengers mayalso need to fill out other forms concerning health or other conditions.
In the customsdeclaration form, passengers are also required to fill in additionalinformation like the nature of their luggage, if they are bringing with themany items like animals or plants.
In the process offilling out of the form, air stewards and stewardesses aresupposed to provide necessary help to those passengers who are not familiarwith the procedures, in case they should make mistakes.
Cabin Preparation
Shortly before thelanding of the airplane, another important duty of the air stewards andstewardesses is to make sure that passengers are all prepared for landing.First, the air announcement will remind the passengers to fasten their seatbelts for the landing. Air stewards and stewardesses will check throughout thecabin to ensure that every passenger follows the instructions. In the meantime, all the food and drink should be put away. Air stewards and stewardessesshould also prepare themselves for situations such as when passengers attemptto use the lavatory or get to the front of the cabin in order to disembark assoon as the airplane lands. Since such situations might disrupt thenormal procedures of disembarkationand cause certain risks, stewards and stewardesses are supposed to stop themand ask them to follow the instructions.
New Words and Expressions
be supposed to 应该
hand out 分发
disembark [dɪsɪm'bɑːk] v. 下飞机
disrupt [dɪs'rʌpt] v.扰乱
disembarkation[dɪs,embɑː'keɪʃən] n. 下飞机
Task 1 Go through the passage and complete the followingsentences with the information in the passage.
1. Passengersare required to fill out the customs declaration form with some basicinformation, such as _________________, sex, _________________, nationality,passport and visa numbers and ______________________.
2. In theprocess of filling out of the form, air stewards and stewardesses are supposedto provide __________________ to passengers.
3. Before the landing of the airplane, the air announcementwill remind the passengers to _________________________ for the landing.
4. All the food and drink should be ______________________.
5. When passengers attempt to use the lavatory, stewardsand stewardesses are supposed to _______________them and ask them to ______________________.
Task 2 Why must passengers follow the instructions beforelanding? Work in groups and figure out the reasons for such requirements. Thenreport to the whole class.
Learnmore professional terms for your further study.
forewarn [fɔː'wɔːn] v. 预先警告
air bridge 旅客登机桥
date of issue 签发日期
date of landing 入境日期
baggage compartment 行李舱
