abroad -  - .
Although -  -    ,     .
downstairs -  -   .
passenger -  - .
luggage -  - .
weigh - w - .
upstairs -  - ,   .
Be about to     -  (- ).
porter -  - , , , .
omnipresent =  - .
Arrivals -  - .
eternal -  - , , .
crew -  - .
taxie up -   - .
lazily -  - .
get up -   - .
huge -  - .
pass -  - , .
customs -  - ,  .

 25
 
MEETING A .RIEND
  
    
I took a taxi and
   
  , 
went to the airport
w  
t  
to meet
 
   , 
an old friend of mine
   
  
who was coming
  w 
  
this morning
 
- . 
from abroad.
 
  
Although it was 
  w
 , 
early morning
 
  
the airport was
 w
 . 
full of life.
  
  
Big buses
 
 
were bringing
w 
  . 
travellers from town.
  
   
In the hall downstairs
  
  
passengers were having
 w 
  
their luggage weighed
  w
     . 
and their passports nd tickets examined.
     
  
Porters were carrying
 w 
 . 
passengers luggage.
 
   
In the restaurant upstairs
  
  
I found
 
 ,  
many people who
  
 
were having breakfast
w  
 
before

  . 
getting on board.
  
  
As soon as
  
 , 
the radio announced 
 
  
that the plane
 
  
from Sidney
 
- , 
was about to land
w   
  
the porters and
 
  
the omnipresent taxi- drivers
   
 
came hurrying out
  
  
to the Arrivals
  
   ( ) 
in their eternal
  
  . () 
hunt for clients.
  
   ()  (=   )
After making
 
   
a very round circle
   
 , 
over the airfield
  
    
the pilot and his crew
   
   ()
landed their machine
  
  
and taxied up
  
  . 
to the airport-building.
   
  
A group of passengers
  
   
lazily got out off
   
 , 
the huge plane,
 
    
??passed the never-sleeping
   
  
passport control
 
   , 
and walked to the customs
 w  
t   
to have their luggage
   
  
checked 
 
. 
by the customs-officers.
  
