Using the Self Check-In Machine
The machine won't read your passport — getting help.
- Them
Are you having trouble with the machine?
- You
It won't read my passport. I've tried twice.
- Them
Let me try. Sometimes the scanner is slow.
- You
Should I put it face down like this?
- Them
Yes, and hold it flat for a second.
- You
It worked this time. Thank you.
- Them
Now choose your seat and print the pass.
- You
Got it. I can finish the rest myself.
In the app you can tap any word for a definition, and turn on a line-by-line translation in your own language.
Words in this dialogue
- havingto own; to eat or drink
- troubledifficulty
- machinea device that does work
- won'tshort for will not
- readto look at words and understand them
- passportthe document you travel abroad with
- i'veshort for I have
- triedpast form of try
- twicetwo times
- sometimesnow and then
- scannerto read with a machine
- slowtaking a long time
- faceto look towards; a surface
- downalong; to a lower place
- holdto keep for someone; to have in your hand
- flatan apartment; level
- secondcoming after the first; a very short time; a moment (a second)
- workeddid a job
- timethe passing of hours and minutes
- chooseto pick one
- seatsomething to sit on
- printto put words on paper
- passa card letting you in; to go by; to hand over; a boarding pass
- finishto come to the end
- restwhat is left; a break
- myselfthe speaker, and nobody else
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- At Passport Control8 turns
- Boarding the Plane8 turns
- On the Plane8 turns
- Making a Tight Connection8 turns
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- Meeting Someone at Arrivals8 turns