Aviation English Communication: Radiotelephony and Question Forms for Pilots and ATC
Aviation English: Communication Problems, Radiotelephony and Question Practice
1. What is the main communication problem?
- Traducción: ¿Cuál es el problema principal de comunicación?
- English: Poor radio signal / Heavy accent or fast speech.
- Español: Mala señal de radio / Acento pronunciado o habla muy rápida.
2. How did the pilot try to help the controller understand?
- Traducción: ¿Cómo intentó el piloto ayudar al controlador a entender?
- English: By speaking slower and spelling words using the
Business English Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery
Business Vocabulary
- Business Angel: A person who gives money to a new business / Inversor que financia una empresa nueva.
- Funding: Money for a project or business / Financiación.
- Go out of business: To close a company permanently / Quebrar, cerrar un negocio.
- Pitch: A short presentation to persuade people / Presentación para convencer.
- Profit: Money earned after costs / Beneficio, ganancia.
- Target Market: The group of customers for a product / Mercado objetivo.
- Advise: To give suggestions or help / Aconsejar.
Who did George try to find out
Narrative:
It was [momento del día] when [personaje] decided to [acción inicial].
Little did [pronombre] know that [pista dlqv pasar].
At first, everything seemed normal.
[Personaje] was [haciendo algo] when suddenly, out of nowhere, [evento inesperado] happened. As a result, [reacción].
To make matters worse, [segundo problema].
[Personaje] had no choice but to [acción tomada].
Meanwhile, [situación paralela].
Eventually, [resolución].
In the end, it turned out to be [resultado positivo/negativo]
Mastering Reported Speech and Questions
Reported Speech Exercises
- Julie said that she would join us after work.
- She told me that she was going running this evening.
- John told us that he couldn’t come to the park.
- John said that he had been to the cinema at the weekend.
- She told them she wanted to quit.
- David said that he was going to arrive at eight.
- They said that they didn’t want to meet us on Tuesday.
- I told him I wasn’t impressed.
- Lucy told Julie that she was leaving on Wednesday.
- We said that we were going on holiday the following week.
Examples
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Personal Correspondence
Winter Holidays in Zakopane
From: Bartek
To: Rob
Topic: Winter holidays
Hi Rob,
Thanks for your email. I understand why you didn’t write earlier.
I went to the mountains to Zakopane with my wife for a week. It was my first time trying winter sports, so I decided to learn how to ski. I bought lessons with an instructor and had 6 hours of training. It cost 1500 zł, but it was worth it. Thanks to the instructor, I learned a lot.
Unfortunately, on the last day, I broke my ankle while
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English Grammar: Sentence Transformation
Rewrite the sentences:
- d. Experts report that electric cars will dominate the market by 2035.
→ It is reported that electric cars will dominate the market by 2035. - e. They must check all the luggage before boarding.
→ All the luggage must be checked before boarding. - f. They say that the city has improved significantly.
→ It is said that the city has improved significantly.
Error Correction Exercises
- a. Her ticket booked by her travel agent last week.
→ Her