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We have an extremely funny scene from modern family loaded with the ton of

excellent airport english as two of the main characters get lost in the airport on their

International flight our method is simple first you watch the scene to get the general idea

Then we're gonna teach you everything you need to know and then you can watch it again with dramatically improved comprehension

Time to turks and caicos is six hours 24 minutes why the tenants prepare for takeoff all right

Take that special flying medicine ronaldo gave us what is cuidado mean i think it means sleep tight oh well cheers cuidado

okay

what happened did we land yeah that stuff is good bad news folks we have had some mechanical issues

back, to the game anytime you head back to the gate that means your flights on taking off right gather your things we're gonna do

Scramble to find another one

okay mr

pritchett there is a

Connecting flight through dallas at leaves in five minutes you can catch it if you hurry i don't want to go to dallas we're going

To turks and caicos

dallas is just where you make your connection

I'm sorry i'm having a really hard time processing information right now we took sleeping pills

just make your way over to gate 32 okay okay okay wow

Wait, why do these say dallas oh yeah i'm sorry there's been a horrible mistake

We don't want to go to dallas okay

listen carefully you're

Connecting in dallas to turks and caicos you need to be at gate 32 in four minutes do you understand yes

i'm not an idiot

Okay, we have to be a cave for at 32 no gate 32 write it down okay

Why, is she so angry it's an obvious she's totally into me she gave me a marketing sense all right okay

i'm gonna follow you okay wrong

nuances instincts

yes wait no, my bag i bet my bags gone i've had my passport in it wait that guy

He has my bag excuse me sir nice try stealing my bag i see you've already painted it cam it's it's back on your shoulder

You are good cam listen listen to me listen speak if we're gonna have any chance of getting to dallas and then

Surviving there we are going to need hats

hats

excuse me sir sir sir are you the proprietor of this haberdashery can you point me in the direction of your finest sports caps

What, team okay i'm not sure why that's relevant

okay, oh

Okay i have a question for you

When you're outside the workplace do you wear hats or does that just kind of make you feel like you're always in the office?

You, know what i think i am going to get these little wing kit oh?

little girls hats we should get one for linda

um our daughter

No, it's lily oh i love that name mitchell why do you have 32 written on your arm i have no idea maybe it's some

Sort of code or maybe it's my age do i look 32

To you tell me the truth there you i don't well if we wrote it down it must be something important hey we should write

down other stuff that seems important so we don't forget yeah okay well

that's obviously okay what else i feel like there was a number it was not 32

No, no, no, no cam don't don't you do don't don't you dare oh?

it just looks so soft and inviting i i don't think i can go on

Tell linda i love her you're gonna tell them to yourself

Okay i cannot go to dallas without you the person's there are so big, oh

I'm just, so tired i'm so very tired i just need to close my eyes, oh

knock it off

you're gonna suck it up you're gonna pull your act together and you're coming with me it's a gate

3232 that can't be right we're just never gonna make it oh my god you're right we're gonna die in this airport

wait there's still time sir stop stop

is there a way that you can take us to gate 4 30 32

Yep i guess okay wow thank you so much you are a life savings hurry okay

Thank you okay thank you so much mitch and cam hi hi mitch and cam uh, i'm bitch he's killed mr. Tucker mr.

pritchett you made it just in time

Thank you lucy her name is lucy coming home lucy

sir

Sir where what happened are we in dallas yet oh we've left dallas we're in turks and caicos we need to clean the plane

Don't you remember being in dallas zoe must have slept through it you're wearing a cowboy hat so are you

What is this i don't think we're supposed, to have that?

So it appears i've gotten a piercing mm-hmm marie

why does your arm say marie ooh

Whose dog is this what do you mean whose dog you refused to board without him i did

Let's go i don't remember my bag being this heavy

Uh-oh!

why the tenants prepare for takeoff a flight attendant is a person whose job is to look after

Passengers who are travelling on a plane the takeoff is the moment when an airplane starts to ascend and the flight begins

note that when it's a noun it's written as one word

for example the takeoff is at five but when it's a verb it's written as two words for example it takes off at five

what does cuidado mean i think it means sleep tight

sleep tight is a common collocation used to tell someone that you wish they sleep nicely for example good night sleep tight

Joke, here is that cuidado doesn't mean sleep tight it actually is a spanish equivalent before be careful

did we land

To land is the opposite of to take off when a plane

Lands it touches the ground in the flight ends for example the plane lands at 7:00

To head or to head back as a verb to head means to go toward a place

For example to head for the bus stop is the same as to go to the bus stop when you add back after this word

it means to return for example they headed back home when it started getting dark a

Gate in the airport is the exit door or tunnel from the terminal or the interior part of the airport, to the airplane right

gather your things we're gonna

Find another one to gather your things is to collect or grab your things so that you can take them somewhere or leave

For example she gathered her things and went out through the back door to scramble is to move or do something

Hurriedly or quickly for example the company opened an office in town and is scrambling to hire employees

ok, mr

pritchett there is a connecting flight through dallas at leaves in five minutes you can hurry

Connecting flight if you have a connecting flight it means that instead of taking one direct flight you take two or more flights arriving at

other airports on your way to your final destination

So catch is to get on a bus a train or a plane

In order to travel somewhere for example we need to catch a taxi to the airport did you understand yeah understand

did you understand write it down write it down

gate 32 write it down okay

why, is she so angry it's an obvious she's totally into me she's totally into me if you're into someone it means you're interested in

that person romantically excuse me sir sir

sir are you the proprietor of this haberdashery can you point me in the direction of your finest sports caps a

Proprietor is a person who owns a business or property for example she is a proprietor of the building

haberdashery is a very uncommon formal word meaning the seller of men's clothing

Fine we use this word to describe something of high quality we also commonly use it in the

Superlative as in the finest for example spain and france produce some of the finest wines in the world oh?

yeah

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What, team okay i'm not sure why that's relevant

okay what team

Playing for the other team is a way of saying that you're gay so when the guys ask what team can thinks he was asking

if he was gay or straight which means heterosexual

Oh, trouble i don't know he sounds bad to be in trouble is to be in a threatening or difficult situation to describe the action

We say to get in trouble for example he got in trouble with the police

mad means angry or upset don't you

Don't you don't don't you dare don't you dare is used to angrily tell someone not, to do something

For example don't you dare tell dad i scratched his car i cannot go to dallas without you i cannot

you i

cannot go to dallas without you oh

knock it off

you're gonna suck it up you're gonna pull your act together knock it off is used to tell someone

To stop doing something that annoys you for example knock it off you two you've been making noise all day

suck it up is used for saying that someone has to accept a difficult or

Unpleasant situation even if they don't want to for example he never paid attention in class

So when the final exam arrived he had to suck it up and study twice as hard pull your act together

It's to start to organize yourself, so that you can deal with something

Effectively or achieve what you want for example she's failed the same exam three times in a row

i wish you'd pull her act together and study him well thank you so much you are a life savings hurry a

Life saver is literally a flotation device to save people in the ocean

figuratively it means something or someone that provides help in a moment you desperately need it for example when i lost all my money in

asia my credit card was a lifesaver

Mr. Tucker mr. Pritchett you made it just in time to make it is to successfully get

To or arrive at some place it implies a challenge because

To make it takes effort for example i'm not sure we're gonna make it on time

remember being in dallas so we must have slept through it

to sleep through something is to fail to pay attention or notice something because you were sleeping for example i slept through five alarm clocks

So it appears i've gotten a piercing

Mm-hmm!

a

Piercing there's a small hole made in different parts of the body like the ears or nose to put a ring or another piece of?

jewelry

whose dog is this

What do you mean whose dog you refuse to board without him the board is to get on an airplane or ship

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
airport ˈɛərˌpɔrt A1	noun - a place where airplanes take off and land, and where passengers and cargo are handled
international ˌɪntərˈnæʃənl A2	adjective - involving more than one country
mechanical məˈkænɪkəl B1	adjective - relating to machines or machinery
connecting kəˈnɛktɪŋ A2	verb - to join or link together
scramble ˈskræmbl B1	verb - to move or act quickly and hurriedly
proprietor prəˈpraɪətər B2	noun - a person who owns a business or property
haberdashery ˈhæbərˌdæʃəri C1	noun - a shop selling men's clothing, especially suits and accessories
finest ˈfaɪnɪst A2	adjective - of the highest quality
team tim A1	noun - a group of people who work together
trouble ˈtrʌbəl A1	noun - a difficult or dangerous situation
mad mæd A1	adjective - very angry or upset
lifesaver ˈlaɪfˌseɪvər B1	noun - a person or thing that helps you when you are in a difficult situation
piercing ˈpɪrsɪŋ B1	noun - a small hole in the body where jewelry is worn
board bɔrd A2	verb - to get on a vehicle, especially a ship or plane
takeoff ˈteɪkˌɔf A2	noun - the moment when an airplane leaves the ground
cuidado kwiˈðaðo A1	noun - Spanish for 'be careful'
land lænd A1	verb - to arrive on the ground after a flight
gate ɡeɪt A1	noun - a point in an airport where passengers board a plane
gather ˈɡæðər A2	verb - to collect or assemble
hurry ˈhɜri A1	verb - to move or act quickly

Key Grammar Structures

• We have an extremely funny scene...loaded with a ton of excellent airport English...

  ➔ Use of 'a ton of' as an intensifier.

  ➔ The phrase 'a ton of' is an informal way to say 'a lot of'. It emphasizes the abundance of something. In this case, it highlights the amount of useful airport English in the scene.

• Time to Turks and Caicos is six hours 24 minutes...

  ➔ Use of 'Time to [destination]' to indicate travel duration.

  ➔ This construction is a concise way to state the length of the journey to a specific location. It's more conversational than saying 'The travel time to Turks and Caicos is...'

• ...what does cuidado mean? I think it means sleep tight...

  ➔ Indirect question formation (using 'what does...mean?').

  ➔ Instead of directly asking 'What does cuidado mean?', the speaker uses an indirect question. This is more polite and common in conversation. The word order changes to 'what does + verb + object?'

• did we land?

  ➔ Use of auxiliary verb 'did' to form a past simple question.

  ➔ The question 'Did we land?' uses the auxiliary verb 'did' because the main verb is in the past simple ('land'). This is the standard structure for forming yes/no questions in the past simple tense.

• I'm not an idiot

  ➔ Use of the contraction 'I'm' and emphatic statement.

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm not an idiot' is a strong denial. The speaker is asserting their intelligence in response to being questioned. The contraction 'I'm' is common in spoken English.