A. Reading comprehension

Read the following airport announcements and guess which letters, sounds or syllables could change or could be omitted in fast speech and highlight them. Try to find two for each announcement. Then listen to the recording and check your work.
  1. This is an announcement for all passengers travelling on the 10:25 flight to Lisbon. This flight has been delayed because of an accident on the runway.
  2. All passengers travelling to Durban on flight DR286 please prepare your boarding passes and passports for boarding. Please proceed to gate 23.
  3. This is the final boarding call for passenger Ned Thomas flying to Barcelona on flight EP3221. Your flight is ready to leave. Please go to gate 13 immediately. The doors of the plane will close in five minutes. Final boarding call for passenger Ned Thomas.

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