B2 – Upper Intermediate
Thousands of flight passengers flock at airports on a daily basis and they lose things all the time.
During disembarkation, a passenger quickly realized her AirPods had gone missing on the plane, but was allegedly not allowed to go back to her seat to check if they were back there.
She tenaciously tracked them while being on-the-move for weeks.
Read the article about a woman’s experience losing her Airpods on a plane and her story on how she tracked them down and got them back.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airpods-tracked-down/index.html
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does ”blast” mean, “She worked out the email format for United employee emails, and “blasted” every single executive she could find, across the globe.”? Use this word in your own sentence.
- What does the word “ping” mean, “He matched the address the earphones were pinging from to an address for an employee of the airport – a contractor working to load food onto aircraft.”? Use this word in your own sentence.
- What does “lifeline” mean, Maybe they look like AirPods to normal people, but it’s my lifeline to my husband and means something different to me.”? Use this word in your own sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- What is your reaction to this news about a case of alleged theft from a plane?
- What is your opinion on how the airline handled this incident?
- What do you think of how Alisabeth handled this incident?
- If you were in her shoes, what would you have done?
- Have you ever lost anything while on a public transport vehicle/means? Talk about that moment.