Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

Aim Practice English skills in an aviation context Practice present continuous in dialogue form Dear Diary, This is the life! Today is my first day working as a flight attendant and I am loving my new job! The crew is great and they are showing me what to do when I forget. As I write, we are flying over the Pacific Ocean and I am looking down at the Great Barrier Reef below. I’m imagining what Australia might be like, and I’m getting excited. I’m wondering if I’ll have time to visit my old university friend Dave while we’re in Brisbane.  I hope so – he said he’s expecting me and that he’s looking forward to it.   SMILING FLIGHT ATTENDANT I am taking a break now, but the short time I get for a break is passing quickly – I’m writing as fast as I can! I’m drinking plenty of water to stay hydrated and I’m eating some healthy snacks. Must go, someone is calling me – oops! X Marguerite . . Activity What are you doing? What are you  ...

Parts inside the Aircraft Flying can be an exciting as well as a jumpy and stressful experience for those flying for the first time. While you may be excited about travelling by air, there is also this lurking fear that you may not know what to do. Knowing what to expect as you enter the cabin can be reassuring. When passengers enter the aircraft they are seated in what is called the cabin area. This area is divided into different sections for business and economy class passengers. The first row and the emergency exit rows are generally preferred by tall people who need more leg room. Front rows are also preferred by those who do not want a bumpy ride since the movement of the aircraft is exaggerated in the rear rows. EMERGENCY EXIT The cabin area also includes the galley where the food is prepared, seating area for flight attendants and storage space that is used to carry food and beverages and other essential items. The space in between the seats is known as ...

Aim Practice English skills in an aviation context Test your reading skills (level: easy) Have fun! There’s a certain mystique about flight attendants, isn’t there? Watch heads turn as cabin crew walk by. They’re elegantly uniformed, immaculately turned out, on their way to somewhere far away and seemingly having the time of their lives. You can almost hear everyone wondering, ‘What’s it like for them?’ The average person is usually quite curious about what life is really like for flight attendants, what it feels like to wear that uniform, what really goes on among cabin crew, how many languages the flight attendant can converse in and how glamorous the lifestyle really is. Click here to receive the REAL definition of a   flight attendant ! And flight attendant hopefuls are equally interested to glean as much information as they can from working flight attendants, and to receive confirmation or encouragement that the dream is within reach. A charming story foll...

TOPIC:  Parts of an Aircraft GOAL:  To learn the major parts of an aircraft by location and function Level:  Easy 1. Read about the various major parts of an airplane, then proceed to Step 2 Although there are many aircraft designs flying today, most of them share a common assembly of major parts that all pilots should be thoroughly aware of. Ever since the early days of aviation, an aviator’s primary training included the fundamental knowledge of what each part is called, its function and where it is located. Each major part of a fixed-wing aircraft serves an important purpose. For example, the propeller helps move the aircraft through the air via thrust. The wings are lifting bodies which help keep the aircraft airborne. The horizontal and vertical stabilizers contain vital control surfaces; and the fuselage is a major structural component containing crew and passenger areas. The importance of knowing each part is reinforced when you undergo flight t...

Aim Practice English skills in an aviation context Improve vocabulary while learning stress management tips (difficult) Have fun! By now everyone has heard or read about the flight attendant who made his own emergency exit upon landing, when a bad day at work became too much. Link to article Raging flight attendant makes his own emergency exit Interestingly, although the flight attendant was arrested and charged, it seems he has become something of a folk hero.  Workplace stress is something we can all relate to and the majority of people are reacting with compassion and understanding.  Comments on social networking sites and news blogs speak of the particular workplace stresses that flight attendants face along with the increasingly challenging behaviour of passengers. Another article that follows suggests that a public image at odds with the actual role of cabin crew is partly to blame for stress levels among flight attendants. Link to article Sky Stress...

Jet lag – Cause and Management Also called  desynchronosis , jet lag is a medical condition that occurs as a result of air travel across countries in different time zones in a short period of time. This is different from air sickness which is nausea experienced by some people every time they travel by air.   Some of the  common symptoms of jet lag  include headache, fatigue, insomnia, disrupted sleep pattern, irritability and digestive trouble.   The body can tell the time of the day with the help of specific signals that are received by the senses. For example, the optic nerve in the eyes receives information about the amount of light or darkness outside and transmits this to the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls various bodily functions like temperature, hunger, thirst and sleep as well. When the eyes perceive darkness (sunset) the hormone melatonin is released in the body. This hormone promotes sleep. When the sun rises and t...