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Questions 27-30
W: So you are determined to fly?
M: Yes, dear. I can hardly be back from Bangkok next Tuesday if I had to depend on surface transport.
W: What happens when you crash? You are leaving behind with those bill, loan money and children to educate.
M: I have insured.
W: How long would that last? I can sell the house, we are still paying for it though, and take a small flat, and then I shall have to take a job. No. Dorothy was talking of one the other day; I wonder if it’s still free? Then there is the firm, I suppose they are bound to do the right the thing.
M: I have the arrangements and make sure that you are taken care of.
W: What plane are you catching?
M: The super Caviar Special, my dear.
W: Then there’s the one it is or not where they serve you with free champagne? There are wings of chicken, sweet look here and coffee to follow,am I wrong? The whole meal and supervision of cuisine being by Milango of the Ritz
M: These are all my favorites, you know?
W: While you are eating, drinking and making a beast of yourself, you might spare a thought for your wife. I shall be lunching on the fish pie warmed up by a small size microwave oven.
M: As a matter of fact, you have to fly around the world 100,000 times before being mathematically certain of meeting an accident. Further, a man has to fly 24 hours a day for 70 years old before he is killed.
W: Suppose you met an accident during the first minute of your first flight.
M: I’ve never heard of that. Anyway, for anyone who travels by air, that maybe one in million chance.
W: I’m just a little bit nervous every time you were out on business.
M: There is nothing to worry about, I’m going now.
W: What was that?
M: I said I’m going now.
W: Have a nice trip, my dear. And hurry or you’ll miss the shuttle bus.
27. Why is the man determined to travel by air?
28. Which of the following is true about the man and the woman?
29. According to the conversation, what does the man especially enjoy on his flight?
30. What does the man think of traveling by air?