VOCABULARY to see off - odprowadzić, pożegnać się to touch down - wylądować round-the-world trip - podróż dookoła świata airport - lotnisko to say goodbye - pożegnać się he's having a great time - świetnie się bawi, wspaniale spędza czas what a great start - co za świetny początek to travel - podróżować station - dworzec kolejowy seatbelts - pasy bezpieczeństwa to fasten - zapiąć mobile phone - telefon komórkowy to switch off - wyłączyć

Lesson 17
To see off - to touch down

VICKI: Wow, that looks like a long email you're reading there…
MATT: Yes, it's from my friend Peter who has just started a round-the-world trip.
VICKI: Wow! He's going round the world - how exciting! So did you go with him to the airport to say goodbye?
MATT: Yes, I went to see him off at the airport last week. He sounds like he's having a great time.

VICKI: So tell us more about your friend's trip.
MATT: Well, after I saw him off at the airport, he took a plane to Australia!
VICKI: What a great start! Where in Australia? Sydney? Perth?
MATT: Actually, his plane touched down in Melbourne. He's going to travel all around Australia.
VICKI: So, his plane touched down - it landed, in Melbourne. I'd love to go there.

Examples:

to see someone off: When my brother went to university in Manchester, I went to the station to see him off.

to touch down: Please keep your seatbelts fastened and your mobile phones switched off until the plane has touched down.

Exercises:

to see someone off: I went to the airport to see him off.

to touch down: I started to relax as soon as the plane touched down.

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