Passage 5 After ______ in a crowded bus and waiting in the noisy airport building, I was glad to be sitting in the plane at last. In a few minutes now we would be asked to ______ our seat and to stop smoking, and then we would soon be ______ in the sky on our flight to Berlin. But I had been _________ . Ten minutes later, instead of enjoying the _______ of the evening sky from high above the clouds. I was sitting in a smoke-filled room with an airline ________ and a police officer at my side. On the table in front of me was one of my _________. The officials were very polite. __________________________________________________ _________________________________. I did as I was told. ____________________________________________________________ ___________. __________________________________________________________________________. travelling fasten up mistaken beauty official suitcases They asked me to show them my passport, my ticket, and my baggage check. Then I was requested to open the suitcase and to spread out its contents on the table. The moment I placed a battery-powered alarm clock I bought for my father on the table, the two officials looked at each other and smiled. |